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27August-September 1947
$0.10

Green Lantern #27

DC · August-September 1947 · on sale 1947-06-25

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Series
Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
August-September 1947
Key date
1947-08-00
On-sale date
1947-06-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Sky Pirate!cover1pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellGreen Lantern; Doiby Dickles; the Sky Pirate (Villain)
1The Dodo and the Frogpromo (ad from the publisher)0.75
2Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.25letters: typeset
3The Freedom of the Skies!comic story12script: John Broome; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Bob OksnerGreen Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Sky Pirate (Intro); J. B. Jasper
5-cartoon0.5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
7-cartoon1script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
8-cartoon1script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
10All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1
11The Lamb Who Cried Wolf!comic story12script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Bob OksnerGreen Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Egbert Lamb; Sebastian Wolf (Villain)
13Out of the Gag-Bagcartoon1script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed Wheelan
14Mr. Roberts and the Piano-Tunertext story2script: Charles King
15The Gambler Bets His Life!comic story13script: Lee Goldsmith; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Bob OksnerGreen Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; the Gambler (villain, chronologically 3rd appearance)
17Flash Comicspublic service announcement1

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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