Unofficial Showcase Index

SHOWCASE #24

Cover Date: January-February 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-11-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella

Story: "The Secret of the Black Museum!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Supporting Character(s):

Carol Ferris

Villain(s):

Moster and two other spies (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

General Willis (last in issue #22/3; now an Army General; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #3/2)

Citizens of Coast City (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

United States of America

Coast City

Story Reprinted in:

Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (1993)

Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1 (2005) (black and white)

Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)

Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 (2011)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age #1 ([December] 2016)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([April] 2017)

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Second Story: "The Creature That Couldn't Die!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; next in Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #28)

Supporting Character(s):

Carol Ferris (next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #1/2)

Two scientists from the Dulong Experimental Station (first appearance)

Villain(s):

The Creature That Couldn't Die (first appearance; a cosmic-ray spawned creature; destroyed; the alien Zook later assumes this form for a while in Superman/Batman #29)

Other Character(s):

Citizens of Plant City (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

United States of America

Plant City

Comment(s):

After this issue Green Lantern was given his own series Green Lantern Vol. 2.

Story Reprinted in:

Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (1993)

Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1 (2005) (black and white)

Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)

Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 (2011)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age #1 ([December] 2016)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([April] 2017)

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