It’s almost like every book in the DC universe was told to expand their mythos. The Batman family got a new member, so did the Wonder Woman family. Superman had the Phantom Zone added. And the JLA got a new member. So what about Green Lantern? Well, Green Lantern #6 (March 1961) added the concept […]
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Green Lantern makes his second Silver Age appearance in Showcase #23 (Sept 1959). In it, a hint of a mystery is presented by Hal Jordan receiving a message from the Lantern to go check out a problem on the planet Venus. I like how the writers are seeding mysteries and not feeling the need to […]
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Showcase #22 (July 1959) finally brings us the last of the original Justice League members: The Silver Age Green Lantern. Hal Jordan, a revival of the Golden Age Green Lantern but changing the battery/ring explanation from magic to pseudo-science. Hal, a test pilot for Ferris Aircraft Company, is summoned by the dying Abin Sur to […]
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In Strange Adventures #62 (September 1955), an organization of inter-galactic space travelers rescues a human from Earth and reveal themselves as the “Watchdogs of Space”, a group that patrols the spaceways and helps from the shadows. They recruit this human into their organization. The Watchdogs sounds remarkably like the Green Lantern Corps, even down to […]
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