Green Lantern #43 for Sale - First Appearance of Paul Booker - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #43
Publication date: March 1966
Key date: 1966-03-00
On-sale date: 1966-01-13
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Paul Booker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Major Disaster - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, Paul Booker First, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Major Disaster First
1	Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!	comic story	23	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Barry Allen, Paul Booker First, Carol Ferris, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Thomas "Pieface" Kalmaku, Major Disaster First, Iris West Allen
3	Any Questions	comic story	1	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	Professor Aubit
4	Look -- Up in the Sky!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	Second Smash Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
8	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
9	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
10	Get With It, Cats!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Ira Schnapp
11	No One in Central City Believed It Would Ever Happen	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp

Where to read it

Collection	Year
DC Special #18	1975	On eBay ›
Green Lantern Archives #6 ISBN 1-4012-1189-5	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Green Lantern #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1792-1	2008	On eBay ›
The Green Lantern Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-3295-5	2012	On eBay ›
Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-7802-1	2018	On eBay ›
Green Lantern: The Silver Age #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-9435-9	2019	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #4243 of 205#44 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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