Unofficial Green Lantern Vol. 2 Index

GREEN LANTERN VOL. 2 #1

Cover Date: July-August 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-05-24

Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella

Story: "The Planet of Doomed Men!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Brave and the Bold #30)

Supporting Character(s):

Guardians of the Universe (first appearance; last in flashback in Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II #6/Green Lantern Vol. 4 #35; see Comment)

Abin Sur (in flashback; appearance same as Showcase #22)

Villain(s):

The Dryg (first appearance; a sixty-foot high gorilla-like creature of Calor)

Other Character(s):

Calorians (first appearance; natives of the planet Calor)

Location(s):

Space Sector 0

Oa (first appearance)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

United States of America

Coast City

Ferris Aircraft

Calor (first appearance)

Comment(s):

DC Super-Stars #14 stated Calor was the homeworld of Gorilla City and Flash foe Gorilla Grodd. The story was written out of continuity in Who's Who a few years later.

Various details concerning Green Lantern's origin have been retconned over the years. According to this story, Hal Jordan is not yet aware of the Guardians of the Universe. In this story they bring an energy duplicate of Hal Jordan to Oa and erases the memory of the meeting from his mind until it is proper for him to learn about them. Later retcons have Hal Jordan meeting and remembering the Guardians a lot earlier.

The events of their last appearance in Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II #6 might no longer be in continuity following the retcon of Hal Jordan's origin in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #29- #35.

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins Giant #1 (Summer 1961)

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4 (September-October 1980)

Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (1993)

Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1 (2005) (black and white)

Green Lantern: The Greatest Stories Ever Told TPB (2006)

Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)

Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 (2011)

DC Universe Secret Origins ([June] 2013)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age #1 ([December] 2016)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([April] 2017)

Green Lantern #1 (Facsimile Edition) ([April] 2020)

Solicitation:

Green Lantern's comic book series made its debut with this issue that introduced the Guardians of the Universe, the leaders of the Green Lantern Corps, and a mission to 'The Planet of Doomed Men!' Plus: What is the strange secret of the giant marionette that threatens Coast City?