Green Lantern #29 Half a Green Lantern is Better Than None!; This World is Mine!
Cover Date: June, 1964
Half A Green Lantern Is Better Than None! The Green Lantern apprehends a gang of fur thieves. Soon after, a mysterious man arrives, at the scene of the crime, and activates a device that absorbs residual power ring energy. The Green Lantern apprehends ...
Issue Description
Half A Green Lantern Is Better Than None!
The Green Lantern apprehends a gang of fur thieves. Soon after, a mysterious man arrives, at the scene of the crime, and activates a device that absorbs residual power ring energy. The Green Lantern apprehends a band of thieves at the freight yards. Once again, the mysterious man arrives on the scene, to collect more residual power ring energy. This man is revealed to be William Hand, the black sheep of the wealthy, and renowned, Hand family. Despising his family's respectability, Hand turned to a life of crime. Over the years, Hand honed his criminal craft to near mastery. Knowing that he would eventually have to cross swords with the Green Lantern, Hand began working out a plan to defeat the Emerald Gladiator.
Discovering that the Green Lantern's power ring left residual traces of energy behind, Hand began collecting it, to use as a weapon against the Green Lantern. Hand, now calling himself "Black Hand", issues a challenge to the Green Lantern, projecting his image through the Green Lantern's very power battery. As soon as the Green Lantern arrives to confront Black Hand, the entire left side of his body is projected into another dimension. Able to draw power ring energy from the half of the Green Lantern trapped in said dimension, Black Hand attacks the Green Lantern, with his own power ring energy. The Green Lantern, though, still proves to be equally matched with Black Hand, forcing the villain to withdraw.
Black Hand robs a jewelry store, then resumes his conflict with the Green Lantern. Again and again they spar, each time ending in a draw, as they are exactly evenly matched, forcing Black Hand to withdraw. Black Hand decides to disrupt a ceremony honoring his father and two brothers. Black Hand reveals his identity to his family, with the intent of taking thier place at the ceremony. Suddenly, the Green Lantern appears, and appears whole. Taking Black Hand by surprise, the Green Lantern quickly defeats his foe. The Green Lantern reveals that he used his power ring to fuse his mirror image to himself, to create the illusion that he was back to normal. Using Black Hand's device, the Green Lantern restores himself to normal, then carries Black Hand to jail.
Green Lantern (1960)
- Publisher
- DC Comics
Volume Description
Volume 2.1Volume 2.1 is the second Volume with the name Green Lantern. Green Lantern Volume 1 was centered around Alan Scott. Although the volumes share the names the Green Lanterns had completely different powers and origins.
Volume 2.1 saw the first appearance of Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris, Sinestro, Guy Gardner, John Stewart and the Green Lantern Corp. Towards the end of the volume the Green Lantern title changed to Green Lantern Co-Staring Green Arrow, and Green Arrow became a constant character in the series. The series was canceled at issue #89 in 1972. Hal Jordan's story continued as a co feature in Flash Volume 1 it was later restarted in Green Lantern Volume 2.2.
Preceded by Green Lantern Volume 1Continued in Green Lantern Volume 2.2TPBIssues #1-5 are collected in Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1Issues #6-13 are collected in Green Lantern Archives Vol. 2Issues #14-21 are collected in Green Lantern Archives Vol. 3Issues #22-29 are collected in Green Lantern Archives Vol. 4Issues #30-38 are collected in Green Lantern Archives Vol. 5Issues #39-47 are collected in Green Lantern Archives Vol. 6Issues #48-57 are collected in Green Lantern Archives Vol. 7Showcase PresentsIssues #1-17 are collected in Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol 1Issues #18-38 are collected in Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol 2OmnibusIssues #1-21 are collected in Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1Issues #22-45 are collected in Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 2Absolute Green Lantern/Green Arrow (#76-87 & 89)Green Lantern ChroniclesVol. 1 (Showcase #22-24 and Green Lantern #1-3)Vol. 2 (Green Lantern #4-9)Vol. 3 (Green Lantern #10-14 and The Flash #131)Vol. 4 (Green Lantern #15-20)Please first Sign In before leaving a review.
