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GREEN LANTERN VOL. 2 #59
Cover Date: March 1968
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1968-01-11
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson
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Credits:
| Story | John Broome |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Sid Greene |
| Colors | Shelley Eiber |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; between Justice League of America #60 and #61)
- Guy Gardner (first appearance; next in issue #87; also in simulation)
Supporting Character(s):
- Guardians of the Universe
- Ka (first appearance)
- unidentified Guardian
- Abin Sur (in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- Gherans (first appearance; in simulation; an alien race, only the children survived the Yellow Plague, and are divided into two camps)
- Bluers (Gor named)
- Orangers (Orm named)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Black Hand (image; in simulation)
- Doctor Polaris (image; in simulation)
- The Shark (image; in simulation)
- Sinestro (image; in simulation)
- Sonar (image; in simulation)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 0
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- United States of America
- Baltimore, MD (presumed, in story only mentioned as an East Coast city; in simulation)
- Coast City
- Ferris Aircraft (in flashback)
- United States of America
- Ghera (first appearance; in simulation)
- Earth
Comment(s):
- A Guardian advises Hal Jordan that the body of Abin Sur was teleported from Earth to Oa and "...enshrined in the crypt..." which is the first mention of the Crypts of the Green Lantern Corps.
- The events in the simulation "...very closely parallel [Hal's]" career. Though the simulation will diverge, it's not explained why the Guardians took so long to make their presence known to Guy Gardner.
- Hal Jordan first met the Guardians in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #1 (July-August 1960): "The Planet of Doomed Men." Guy met the Guardians after a "resounding defeat" of Sinestro, but using the first appearances of Green Lantern's rogues gallery, Black Hand was the last introduced in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #29 (June 1964): "Half a Green Lantern Is Better Than None." The next battle with Sinestro was still a way off, in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #52 (April 1967): "Our Mastermind the Car" which also involved Alan Scott. The Silver and GOlden Age GLs met back in the landmark Green Lantern Vol. 2 #40 (October 1965): "Secret Origin of the Guardians" which heavily involved the Guardians... at least Hal's reality.
- Guy's story would be revisited and revised over the years, but a long delay in the Guardians contact with Earth's GL could be an interesting story.
Story Reprinted in:
- Green Lantern Vol. 2 #184 (January 1985)
- Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 3 (2008) (black and white)
- Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)
Solicitation:
- Many know the Green Lantern of Earth as Hal Jordan, but there is another with the ability to wield the Emerald Ring: Guy Gardner, a character who goes on to become a major player in Green Lantern history!