GREEN LANTERN #61 (June1968) 7.0 FN/VF Gil Kane! Golden Age GL Alan Scott!

Item Specifics

Series Name

GREEN LANTERN

Issue Number

#61

Publisher

DC Comics

Main Character

Green Lantern

Genre

Superhero

Grade

7.0 FN/VF

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

Here are TWO great pairings: original Golden Age GREEN LANTERN Alan Scott with his successor Hal Jordan . . and The dynamic pencilling of maestro Gil Kane with the beautiful inking of Sid Greene!!

In the 22-page story by Mike Friedrich, "Thoroughly Modern Mayhem", a villain from Earth-Two, Captain Challenge, travels to Earth-One to try and commit crimes. Hal Jordan calls in his pal Alan Scott, the Green Lantern from Captain Challenge's universe. During the fight, Hal has to hold back because Challenge is using a ray that fires yellow beams, however Alan -- his power-ring having no weakness to yellow -- goes into the fray and easily defeats his foe. During the fight Hal notices that Alan is touchy about his age and wonders what's wrong. 

Back in Gotham City of Earth-Two and at his job as owner of Gotham Broadcasting Channel, his secretary tells him that two of his employees are fighting in the newsroom. Alan arrives to break it up, but not before one of the employees is knocked out and needs medical attention. When he questions the instigator he learns that the employee just suddenly snapped. Alan has to abandon his enquiry when reports of robberies springing up all over town prompt him to go into action as the Green Lantern. After a day of breaking up crimes, the Green Lantern is about to call it a day when a secret alarm he put around his friend Bruce Wayne's mansion while Bruce is away goes off. Green Lantern arrives to find it being robbed by a crook. Alan is shocked to find that his power ring has run out of power and has to fight the crook hand-to-hand. Alan is mortified when he is almost bludgeoned to death by the crook and quickly knocks him out.

Changing back to his civilian guise and returning home, Alan ponders the state of the world. Listening to the radio news does not help his mood as it is filled with stories of violence and conflict all over the world. Wondering what sort of impact he has on the world, Alan decides to do something he's always thought of but never quite had the courage to do: Use his power ring to command all evil to cease to exist. This causes everyone on Earth-Two to suddenly vanish, including Alan Scott, leaving behind only his power ring!

Back on Earth-One, Hal Jordan returns from a mission in space to find a large mass of people frozen in suspended animation in the Utah Salt Flats. Scanning them with his power ring he learns that they all come from Earth-Two and decides to check out what happened there. Travelling to the Earth-Two dimension Hal finds that everyone on the planet is missing and comes across Alan's power ring. Realizing that Alan must also be trapped like everyone else, he travels back to Earth-One, finds Alan and frees him from his trance state and learns what happened.

Alan realizes the folly in his idea: Because every human being is capable of being evil, his power ring command worked a little too well and immobilized everyone. Hal gives Alan a pep-talk to never give up - no matter how bleak things may be he should never give up being a champion of Earth-Two. The two then use their combined power rings to return everyone to Earth-Two.

Alan does some soul-searching about his effectiveness as Green Lantern and decides he can, after all, battle crime and injustice and make a difference . . . one small victory at a time!

A bit of trivia -- this is the first time since the Golden Age that Alan Scott has recited his original oath ("And I will shed my light ..."). For some time, even in the Golden Age, Alan used the oath that would be taken by Hal Jordan years later!

 I remember being utterly amazed by this issue and all the emotions depicted - along with Kane's fantastic artwork - when I was 15!

This is a great-looking 53-year old Silver Age GREEN LANTERN -- no creases, tears, pieces missing, or abnormal toning. The binding is strong, the colors are bright . . but a corner is worn, there are some small stress lines at the spine, and there is a bit of minor warping or rippling on the back cover..   We grade this a 7.0 FN/VF . . . which Overstreet values at $33 . . . but we're pricing it at just $23 . . with our always-L•O•W shipping!

In Brightest Day . . get the best of Kane, Greene and Friedrich all in one terrific bargain, or you'll find yourself . . In Blackest Night!

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