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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Fall 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer
Notes Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club is advertised in this issue. Alan Scott works for APEX Studios in this issue. Notes added by Craig Delich 6-22-08.

Cover Details

Characters The Green Lantern
Genre superhero
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Hop Harrigan's All-American Flying Club is advertised in this issue. Alan Scott works for APEX Studios in this issue. Notes added by Craig Delich 6-22-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

2 page Green Lantern story "Green Lantern: His Personal History"

Characters The Green Lantern [Alan Scott](origin retold).
Synopsis An all-new, incapsulated version of Green Lantern's origin from All-American Comics #16.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

13 page Green Lantern story "Masquerading Mare!"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Villains: "Scar" Jorgis, Slink, Gerald Davis.
Synopsis Irene inherits an old estate including a race horse, which she decides to race. Unfortunately for her, a certain gangster decides the horse must go...and Irene along with it.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell))
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

2 page text article "Will Power Is the Flame of the Green Lantern! My Flame Shall Be Yours If You Develop Will Power!"

Characters William Moulton Marston [photo]; General George Washington; General Ulysses S. Grant
Synopsis On the first page, Marston discusses how "will power" can help a person overcome every obstacle and difficulty in life, while page two illustrates this fact in the lives of Generals Washington and Grant.
Genre fact
Script William Moulton Marston (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell
Inks Martin Nodell
Letters typeset
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

13 page Green Lantern story "Disease!!"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Mr. Van Smithers; Tommy Filch; Villains: Boss Filch, Commissioner Merril.
Synopsis A pneumonia epidemic and the murder of the District Attorney in Capitol City plunges the Emerald Crusader into a touching story involving mis-appropriation of hospital funds and a gangter's love for his son.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. A crook masquerades as the Green Lantern in this story. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Introducing Bill Finger and Marty Nodell Creators of Green Lantern!"

Characters Bill Finger (photo); Martin Nodell (photo)
Synopsis This contains short, informational biographies of Finger and Nodell.
Genre Fact
Script Sheldon Mayer
Letters typeset
Notes This features does NOT appear in the Golden Age Green Lantern Archives Volume 1 (1999). Writer credit added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.

13 page Green Lantern story "Arson in the Slums"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Villains: Barton, Murker; Irene Miller; Mrs. James; Commissioner Grey.
Synopsis A ruthless publisher has several people murdered to keep his scheme quiet concerning the torching of buildings to get insurance payoffs.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

2 page Sweet Adeline filler

Characters Adeline
Genre gag
Script Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils Art Helfant (signed)
Inks Art Helfant (signed)
Letters Art Helfant
Notes This filler does NOT appear in the Golden Age Green Lantern Archives Volume 1 (1999). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.

2 page Hop Harrigan text story "Trailers of Treachery"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Delores; Doiby Dickles (guest star); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (guest star).
Synopsis Green Lantern & Doiby help Hop and Tank fight off some would-be gangsters, only to find out that they had just ruined a special surprise arranged by Hop's girl, Delores.
Genre aviation
Pencils Irwin Hasen (Green Lantern illo); Sheldon Mayer (Hop Harrigan illo)
Inks Irwin Hasen (Green Lantern illo); Sheldon Mayer (Hop Harrigan illo)
Letters typeset
Notes Art credit revisions by Craig Delich June 17, 2006. Credits formerly given to Martin Nodell. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1

13 page Green Lantern story "Green Lantern in South America"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Doiby Dickles; President of the Apex Broadcasting System; V: General Ranko; President Carlos.
Synopsis Alan and Doiby head for South America to find out who had been tampering with Apex Studio's short-wave outlet, and run smack-dab into a civil war.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-30-08.
Reprinted in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1