In Green Lantern #16 (Aug 1962), we get a complex back-up story wherein Hal Jordan explains to Pie-Face the story that the Power Ring told him about why Abin Sur was using a spaceship when he died. Got all that? Yeah, me neither. Get ready for some made-up name soup! Incorporeal energy beings called Larifars […]
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In Green Lantern #9 (September 1961), Hal’s nemesis, Sinestro, makes his second appearance, complete with villainous exposition explaining how he escaped that green bubble they trapped him in last time. Our hero, Hal Jordan, is looking forward to the first GL Con… “the first galaxy-wide conference of all power battery possessors”. That’s kind of interesting, […]
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Green Lantern #7 (May 1961) debuts another long-standing Green Lantern villain: Sinestro. The Guardians explain to Hal Jordan that Sinestro was the Green Lantern of sector 1417 on the planet Korugar. I guess they should have thought twice to give a power-ring and battery to a being with such an obviously-evil name, but oh well. […]
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Green Lantern #5 (Jan 1961) introduces a new villain for GL in Hector Hammond. In this first tale, Hector has found a meteorite and secretly kidnapped and exposed four scientists to its radiation, forcing them to mutate and evolve along future lines of the human race. This involves giant craniums, feeble willpower, and the ability […]
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