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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published August-September 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (assistant editor)
Notes Fillers, characters, etc. added 3/06 by Bob Hughes. Some info [such as Doiby Dickles summoning G.L. with a green signal flare in one of the stories] and modified synopses added by Craig Delich 7-26-08.

Cover Details - "The Sky Pirate"

Characters Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles; the Sky Pirate (Villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell

12 page Green Lantern story "The Freedom of the Skies"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Sky Pirate (Intro); J. B. Jasper
Synopsis From out of the skies appears a new criminal that robs from the air: the Sky Pirate, whom the Green Lantern must battle in order to establish dominion of the skies.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-26-08.

2 page Ton O' Fun filler

Genre humor
Script Harry Lampert
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 7-26-08.

12 page Green Lantern story "The Lamb Who Cried Wolf"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Egbert Lamb; Sebastian Wolf (Villain)
Synopsis A young scientist's son has a problem that he feels that only Green lantern can help him solve: the fact that all he can invent are lies, and those lies have gotten Gotham City's underworld after him!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes According to the splash page of this story, this tale was prepared to appear in Green Lantern #26. Writer credit revision from John Broome to Gardner F. Fox, notes and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-26-08.

1 page Out of the Gag Bag filler

Genre humor; gags
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant
Letters Art Helfant
Notes Writer/artist revision from Ed Wheelan to Art Helfant, plus letterer credit added by Craig Delich 7-26-08.

2 page text story "Mr. Roberts and the Piano Tuner"

Genre adventure
Script Ted Udall [signed as Charles King]
Letters typeset

13 page Green Lantern story "The Gambler Bets His Life"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; the Gambler (Villain; chronologically 3rd appearance)
Synopsis The Gambler bets that Green Lantern and the Warden will die instead of him on his execution night. He then escapes from prison on the scheduled night of his execution, believing the odds are all in his favor: after all, he has killed the Emerald Crusader!
Genre superhero
Script Lee Goldsmith
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes Modified synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 7-26-08.