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131August 1980
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Green Lantern #131

DC · August 1980 · on sale 1980-05-27

First appearance: Evil StarFirst appearance: Green LanternFirst appearance: Malet Dasim1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series)
Issue
#131
Publication date
August 1980
Key date
1980-08-00
On-sale date
1980-05-27
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893051508
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Evil Star - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Green Lantern - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Malet Dasim - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Doom of the Golden Sun!cover1pencils: Brian Bolland; inks: Brian Bolland; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Todd KleinEvil Star First, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan
1The Doom of the Golden Suncomic story9script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: John CostanzaEvil Star First, Carol Ferris, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Thomas "Pieface" Kalmaku
2-letters page1script: Jack C. Harris
3The Trial of Arkkis Chummuck: Evidencecomic story8script: Bob Toomey; pencils: Alex Saviuk; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: KarishaArkkis Chummuck, Green Lantern, Green Lantern First, Malet Dasim First
4Volume 80 Issue 20 - Week of May 19, 1980in-house column0.8editing: Bob Rozakis
5-comic story0.2script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.15 GBP

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CollectionYear
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland #[nn]
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Series context

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Sources

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