291 – Green Lantern Moons

A panel from Green Lantern Comics #16, June 1945
A panel from Green Lantern Comics #16, June 1945

Green Lantern joins Wonder Woman (who went to Mars and Venus) in the ranks of DC’s space-traveling superheroes in Green Lantern #16 (June 1945). Superheroes traveling to other planets became a common trope in the 1950s, but this is the first time we see Green Lantern leaving the Earth’s atmosphere and taking a quick trip to the Moon. Superman has remained earth-bound so far.