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Issue Details

Issue #31
Published March-April 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The Terror of the Talismans"

Characters Green Lantern; the Harlequin (Villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen

24 page Green Lantern story "The Terror of the Talismans"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Harlequin [Molly Mayne](Villain; chronological 9th appearance)
Synopsis A mysterious crime boss devises an ingenious scheme to get Green Lantern and the Harlequin to give up their weapons [his power ring and her spectacles] --- then, his gang uses them to commit crimes!
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks John Belfi
Notes The splash page indicates that this story was originally to appear in Green Lantern #32. Alan Scott works for Station WXZ and his secretary is Molly Mayne. Oddity: back in issue #3, a Nazi sailor dons the power ring and is automatically destroyed, yet in this story, a crook uses it to commit crimes with no ill effects! Notes, some character info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.

2 page text story "The Magic Crime"

Genre adventure
Script John Broome [signed as John Osgood]
Letters typeset

Half page Little Pete filler

Characters Pete
Genre children; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff

1 page Ton O' Fun filler

Genre gags
Script Harry Lampert
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.

12 page Green Lantern story "Beauty and the Fool"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Molly Mayne; The Fool (Villain; chronological 2nd appearance)
Synopsis Green Lantern smells serious trouble when silly crimes begin to hit Gotham City --- a sign that the Fool has returned to town!
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Notes Alan Scott works for Station WXYZ and Molly Mayne is his secretary. Notes, some character info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.