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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.56973
EAN: 9781401207595
ISBN: 1401207596
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: October 01, 2005
Publisher: DC Comics
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: October 01, 2005
Sales Rank: 94136
Studio: DC Comics
Editorial Review:
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Green Lantern is a perfect subject for DC's budget-priced Showcase Presents series because the hero made his first appearance in Showcase in July 1959. Volume 1 collects his first three appearances in Showcase (22-24) as well as the first 17 issues of his own book. alternating between one and two stories per issue. Hotshot test pilot Hal Jordan is selected by a dying alien as one who is both honest and without fear, thus deserving of wearing the power ring that enables the wearer to fight crime and injustice. In these issues, we meet Hal's boss and love interest, Carol Ferris, who Lois Lane-like only has an eye for his alter ego, Green Lantern; Hal's mechanic and confidant, Thomas "Pieface" Kalmaku; the all-powerful Guardians of the Universe, the source of the ring's energy; renegade Green Lantern Sinestro; the weaponers of Qward; and neighboring GL Tomar Re. Stories are by John Broome, with art by Gil Kane and Joe Giella, plus a few contributions by JLA stalwarts Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson. While the Showcase Presents' black-and-white format is a reasonable tradeoff for this much material (526 pages) at this low price (under $10, even cheaper than most Showcase volumes), it turns out to be a significant disadvantage for GL, considering how often the plots rely on the use of green and especially yellow. --David Horiuchi
Product Description:
Green Lantern is a perfect subject for DC's budget-priced Showcase Presents series because the hero made his first appearance in Showcase in July 1959. Volume 1 collects his first three appearances in Showcase (22-24) as well as the first 17 issues of his own book. alternating between one and two stories per issue.Hotshot test pilot Hal Jordan is selected by a dying alien as one who is both honest and without fear, thus deserving of wearing the power ring that enables the wearer to fight crime and injustice.In these issues, we meet Hal's boss and love interest, Carol Ferris, who Lois Lane-like only has an eye for his alter ego, Green Lantern; Hal's mechanic and confidant, Thomas "Pieface" Kalmaku; the all-powerful Guardians of the Universe, the source of the ring's energy; renegade Green Lantern Sinestro; the weaponers of Qward; and neighboring GL Tomar Re. Stories are by John Broome, with art by Gil Kane and Joe Giella, plus a few contributions by JLA stalwarts Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson.While the Showcase Presents' black-and-white format is a reasonable tradeoff for this much material (526 pages) at this low price (under $10, even cheaper than most Showcase volumes), it turns out to be a significant disadvantage for GL, considering how often the plots rely on the use of green and especially yellow. --David Horiuchi
Average Rating: 
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The Green Lantern stories were never exactly narrative masterpieces. First, our hero tries to mack on his boss, Miss Ferris, and just as he's either getting shot down or getting a little action, news arrives of some new threat. He zooms there, finds out that his superpowers don't work, and in a split second, comes up with some clever way to bypass the problem. Eight pages later, it's all wrapped up.
But the artwork was always really cool, and the dry humor was either asinine or funny, ... Read More
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When I was a youngster in the 70's, one of the comics I used to love reading from DC was Green Lantern. Imagine my surprise when I walk into my local BAM Bookstore and find a digest of old Green Lantern comics called Showcase Presents Green Lantern, Volume 1 for a real low price of $9.99. I quickly purchased it and brought it home for an all-night read. Thing is, it's three days later and I still hadn't finished it, lol. While storytelling in this volume might seem a bit rigid & straightforward as ... Read More
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I honestly don't get the appeal of these books. Why bother making (or reading) black & white reprints of classic four-color comics...? I mean, yeah, the stories are still great and the original comics are hard to find, but a huge part of what made these comics great was the eye-popping artwork, including the bright primary colors: reading them in dull B&W is just plain wrong. Sure, the printing costs are lower, so you can get more pages for your money, but it's more pages of boring, not more pages ... Read More
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Of Qward and the pursuit of Carol Ferris.
One interesting thing (and I did have some of these in reprints as a kid) is to compare the realism of the drawings of both men and women to comics now, given Carol Ferris is a major feature. The artists were certainly doing a much better job in Green Lantern, than they are now, anyway.
Other than that, Qward and Sinestro recur, as do encounters with crazy villains and space monsters, the introduction of Hector Hammond, and the various ... Read More
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His weakness is YELLOW, yet the book's B&W! Fortunately, I'm doped up with a cold, so my highlighter and I are rectifying the situation. This Showcase is thus much more interactive than the rest.
(I do wish they did a showcase for the Golden Age version of GL, but that's just me.)
Still, like the rest of the Showcase Presents series, this is an excellent value and a great way to catch up on the semi-ancient history of classic characters!
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