Showcase #22
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- September-October 1959
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/15200
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue contents
Cover
Menace of the Runaway Missile!
(Green Lantern)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Credits
- Art
- Gil Kane [as GK]
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
Some sources credit Joe Giella with the cover inking, including Green Lantern Annual, No 1, 1963 issue (DC, 1998 series) #[nn]. 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.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Charles Atlas
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (introduction, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (introduction)
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Reprint history
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First published in this issue
- Also printed
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Green Lantern Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #1 ([July 1976?]) — SOS Green Lantern
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #18 ([May 1960?]) — SOS Green Lantern
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All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #18 ([May 1960?])
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #74 ([June 1971?]) — SOS Green Lantern
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #74 ([June 1971?])
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Green Lantern And Green Arrow (Paperback Library, 1972 series) #1 [64-729] (January 1972) (January 1972)
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Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973) — SOS Green Lantern
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Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown, 1976 series) (1976) — SOS - Green Lantern!
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Green Lantern Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #1 ([July 1976?])
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The Super Heroes Monthly (Egmont Publishing, 1980 series) v1#3 ([December 1980?]) — SOS Green Lantern
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DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982) — SOS Green Lantern
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DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982)
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Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #Volume 1 (1993) — SOS Green Lantern
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Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #Volume 1 (1993)
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Green Lantern (DC, 1990 series) #81 (December 1996) — Telling Tales (Within framing story)
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Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) (December 2000)
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Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 (October 2005) — Table of Contents
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Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 (October 2005)
- From GCD
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (September-October 1959)
- from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (October 1959)
Synopsis
Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.
Notes
Introduction and origin of Silver Age Green Lantern.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Frontier Cabin
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- Hi-Power Binoculars
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
5Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- Morris Waldinger ?
Synopsis
facts about several things associated with the color green
6Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (introduction); Willard Ferris (introduction); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (pilot)
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Synopsis
Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
8Featuring
- Feature
- Palisades Amusement Park
9Featuring
- Feature
- Sling-a-Shot
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
10Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Synopsis
Information about the developments in missile technology.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Text feature containing many facts about test pilots through history.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Dr. Parris (villain)
Credits
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Synopsis
Green Lantern stops a missile launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales
15Featuring
- Feature
- Littleton Stamp Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
16Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chemical Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Flying Jet
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
The issue is the first appearance of the Silver Age Green Lantern.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. Copies exist with the date July 30, 1959 stamped on the cover (see brianbolland.blogspot.com/.../...ollection_08.html).
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.