Issue | #27 |
Published | August-September 1947 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (assistant editor) |
Notes | Fillers, characters, etc. added 3/06 by Bob Hughes. Some info [such as Doiby Dickles summoning G.L. with a green signal flare in one of the stories] and modified synopses added by Craig Delich 7-26-08. |
Characters | Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles; the Sky Pirate (Villain) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Howard Purcell |
Inks | Howard Purcell |
Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Sky Pirate (Intro); J. B. Jasper |
Synopsis | From out of the skies appears a new criminal that robs from the air: the Sky Pirate, whom the Green Lantern must battle in order to establish dominion of the skies. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | John Broome |
Pencils | Howard Purcell |
Inks | Bob Oksner |
Notes | Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-26-08. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Harry Lampert |
Pencils | Harry Lampert |
Inks | Harry Lampert |
Letters | Harry Lampert |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 7-26-08. |
Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Egbert Lamb; Sebastian Wolf (Villain) |
Synopsis | A young scientist's son has a problem that he feels that only Green lantern can help him solve: the fact that all he can invent are lies, and those lies have gotten Gotham City's underworld after him! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Howard Purcell |
Inks | Bob Oksner |
Notes | According to the splash page of this story, this tale was prepared to appear in Green Lantern #26. Writer credit revision from John Broome to Gardner F. Fox, notes and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-26-08. |
Genre | humor; gags |
Script | Art Helfant |
Pencils | Art Helfant |
Inks | Art Helfant |
Letters | Art Helfant |
Notes | Writer/artist revision from Ed Wheelan to Art Helfant, plus letterer credit added by Craig Delich 7-26-08. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ted Udall [signed as Charles King] |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; the Gambler (Villain; chronologically 3rd appearance) |
Synopsis | The Gambler bets that Green Lantern and the Warden will die instead of him on his execution night. He then escapes from prison on the scheduled night of his execution, believing the odds are all in his favor: after all, he has killed the Emerald Crusader! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Lee Goldsmith |
Pencils | Howard Purcell |
Inks | Bob Oksner |
Notes | Modified synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 7-26-08. |