Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	October 1965
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Secret Origin of the Guardians!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Guardians of the Universe
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #6 (January 2007); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 (May 2008)

24 page Green Lantern story "The Secret Origin of the Guardians!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (Earth-2); Doiby Dickles (Earth-2); The Guardians of the Universe (origin); Green Lantern [Ki-Nilg] (first appearance; flashback); Krona (first appearance; villain; origin)
Synopsis	Hal Jordan and Alan Scott team up to fight the Guardians oldest adversary... Krona.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Sid Greene
Notes	This story sows the seeds that evolve into the Crisis On Infinite Earths. 1st team-up with the Earth-2 Green Lantern. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted	in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #4 (September-October 1980); in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #6 (January 2007); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 (May 2008)

Half page General Mills Cocoa Puffs advertisement "A Laugh a Minute with the Cuckoo Bird!"

Characters	Cuckoo Bird; Gramps
Notes	Ad for General Mills Cocoa Puffs.

1 page Little Pete public service announcement "Are You a Litter-Bug?"

Characters	Little Pete
Genre	children
Script	Jack Schiff ?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

Half page The Kat from AMT advertisement "Kat Korners the King!"

Characters	Kat; George Barris
Notes	Ad for Kat model car from AMT Corporation.

1 page Green Lantern's Mail Chute letters page "Green Lantern's Mail Chute"

Script	Julius Schwartz
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Mike Flesher, Donald D. Ensign and Alan Busby - and responses from Julius Schwartz.

1 page Rocky and Bullwinkle; General Mills Cheerios advertisement "Are Cheerios Your Favorite Cereal Bullwinkle?"

Characters	Rocky; Bullwinkle
Genre	Humor
Notes	Ad for General Mills Cheerios.

Half page General Mills Trix advertisement "How's Trix?"

Characters	Trix
Genre	Humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Ad for General Mills Trix cereal.

Half page Cap's Hobby Center activity "We Sold Our TV Set!"

Genre	Humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff