| Issue | #22 |
| Published | September-October 1959 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
| Notes | 1st Silver Age Green Lantern. Some sources credit Joe Giella with the cover inking, including including 80-Page Giant Green Lantern Annual (1998). The cover is signed with a K over G, which at this time meant that Gil Kane did the inking also. The Schwartz pay records also list solely Gil Kane on this cover. Art Spotters Bob Bailey, Michael Evans, David Bachman and Gene Reed all agree that it is Gil Kane inks. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics. |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Gil Kane (signed) |
| Inks | Gil Kane (signed) |
| Notes | 1st Silver Age Green Lantern. Some sources credit Joe Giella with the cover inking, including including 80-Page Giant Green Lantern Annual (1998). The cover is signed with a K over G, which at this time meant that Gil Kane did the inking also. The Schwartz pay records also list solely Gil Kane on this cover. Art Spotters Bob Bailey, Michael Evans, David Bachman and Gene Reed all agree that it is Gil Kane inks. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics. |
| Reprinted | in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro) |
| Synopsis | Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Notes | Intro and Origin of Silver Age Green Lantern. |
| Reprinted | in Green Lantern and Green Arrow (Paperback Library) #64-729 [1]; in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2; in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #nn; in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22; in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (intro); Willard Ferris (intro); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (Pilot) |
| Synopsis | Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Reprinted | in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22; in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Dr. Parris (villain) |
| Synopsis | Green Lantern stops a missile launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Reprinted | in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 |