367 – The Harlequin!

A panel from All-American Comics #89, July 1947
A panel from All-American Comics #89, July 1947

Speaking of love interests, Green Lantern (Alan Scott) is given a supporting cast member in All-American Comics #89 (July 1947). Molly Maynne is Alan’s mousey secretary at the radio station where he works. It turns out she is secretly athletic and outgoing and is in love with the Green Lantern. While working on a new radio show to feature Green Lantern, they decide to invent a nemesis for him named “Harlequin”. When Alan admits to Molly that she should give up on her crush on Green Lantern, she becomes enraged and decides to become a real-life Harlequin to attract Green Lantern’s attention.