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DC Comics   ·   Released Dec 1st, 1959

Showcase #23

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SUMMONS FROM SPACE!

With Green Lantern making many public appearances with beautiful women, Carol Ferris is jealous that Green Lantern is not spending any time with her. When Hal tries to capitalize on this by asking Carol out on a date, but she refuses, citing that employees shouldn't date. Instead, she asks him to invite Green Lantern to come to a date with her and Hal. After all, aren't Hal and GL good friends?  Later, Hal is contacted by the Guardians via his power ring who tell him of a danger that needs to be stopped on the planet Venus. Changing into Green Lantern, Hal travels to Venus to find a primitive tribe of humanoids who are being terrorized by dinosaurs. Using his powers, Green Lantern defeats the Pterodactyls that are terrorizing this tribe. He returns to Earth where he heads to the date as Green Lantern. After the dance, Hal realizes that Carol is falling in love with Green Lantern when he wants her to love with him as Hal Jordan.

THE INVISIBLE DESTROYER!

Visiting Carol's office, Hal is shown an ad in the newspaper asking for Green Lantern's help. Leaving and changing into the Green Lantern, Hal races off to see what the problem is and is attacked by a costumed being known as the Invisible Destroyer. When his power ring doesn't work, Green Lantern tries to attack him hand-to-hand, but the Destroyer only disappears.  When G.L. arrives at the location in the newspaper classified, he learns that it's the home of Doctor Phillips. Phillips warns Green Lantern (albeit too late) of the Invisible Destroyer, but adds that he believes he created the villain by mind-over-matter. Probing Phillips' mind, he finds that the Invisible Destroyer manifests from Phillips' own subconscious.  The Destroyer manages to free himself from Phillips' mind and sets out to drop a nuclear bomb near Coast City. However, G.L. is able to contain it with his power ring. Facing the Invisible Destroyer one-on-one, Hal turns back the villain's anti-matter bolts, causing a chain reaction that destroys the Invisible Destroyer. Dr. Phillips thanks Green Lantern for his help, but Hal Jordan wonders why he can solve other people's problems but not his own, specifically his relationship with Carol.

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Cover Price
$.10
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Creators

John Broome
Writer
John Broome
Gil Kane
Penciller, Cover Artist
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Inker, Cover Artist
Joe Giella
Julius Schwartz
Editor, Editor-in-Chief
Julius Schwartz

Characters

Carol Ferris
Carol Ferris
Prime Earth
Green Lantern
Hal Jordan
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Invisible Destroyer
Martin Phillips
Invisible Destroyer
Prime Earth

Key Events

First Appearance
Martin Phillips as Invisible Destroyer Prime Earth

Collected In

  • The Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    The Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    Green Lantern Vol. 2 (1960 - 1986)
  • Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 HC
    Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 HC
    Green Lantern Archives (2004)
  • Green Lantern: 80 Years of the Emerald Knight HC
    Green Lantern: 80 Years of the Emerald Knight HC
    Green Lantern: 80 Years of the Emerald Knight (2020)
  • Green Lantern: The Silver Age Vol. 1 TP
    Green Lantern: The Silver Age Vol. 1 TP
    Green Lantern: The Silver Age (2016)
  • Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    Green Lantern: The Silver Age (2016)
  • Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1
    Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1
    Showcase Presents: Green Lantern (2005 - 2009)
  • The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told Vol. 5
    The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told Vol. 5
    The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (1991)
  • The Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 TP
    The Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 TP
    The Green Lantern Chronicles (2009)

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