Unofficial Showcase Index

SHOWCASE #22

Cover Date: September-October 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-07-28

Cover Credits:
Art: Gil Kane

Story: "SOS Green Lantern" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Harold 'Hal' Jordan; appears in between pages of Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #1 or Green Lantern Vol. 4 #30; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Abin Sur (first appearance; Green Lantern of Ungara, Space Sector 2814; last in flashback in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #16/2 or Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #1 or Green Lantern Vol. 4 #30; dies; see Comments)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:

Earth

Ferris Aircraft

Comment(s):

Various details concerning Green Lantern's origin have been retconned over the years. Following the reality-changing Crisis on Infinite Earths a new version of Green Lantern's origin was told in the mini-series Emerald Dawn. The events shown in this issue were mostly kept intact but merely expanded upon. Following another reality-changing event known as Infinite Crisis Green Lantern's origin was retconned again in the Secret Origin storyline in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #29 - #35, this time with a lot more revisions to history. The basics of this first meeting were kept intact though.

Abin Sur's chronology has also been revamped a number of times, giving us different accounts of how he ended up on Earth.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes #22 (June 1982)

DC Silver Age Classics: Showcase #22 (1992)

Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (1993)

Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1 (2005) (black and white)

Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)

Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 (2011)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age #1 ([December] 2016)

Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([April] 2017)

Synopsis:

Abin Sur of Ungara, the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814, is dying and his final act is to give his power ring and battery to test pilot Hal Jordan of Earth.

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Second Story: "Secret of the Flaming Spear!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (last seen in flashback in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #10/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Carol Ferris (first appearance; last in Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #6; see Comments)

Carl Ferris (first appearance; named WIllard Ferris in this appearance; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #21/2)

Villain(s):

Three unnamed saboteurs (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Frank Nichols (first appearance; a Ferris Aircraft test pilot)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Christine Ferris (first mentioned as "Mrs. Ferris;" named in {c

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Space Sector 2814

Earth

Ferris Aircraft

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As a result of the retcon in the Secret Origin storyline in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #29 - #35 this story is no longer considered in continuity. The last and next appearances of the Feature and Supporting characters refer to the chronology as it was prior to that story.

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