| 0 | - | cover | 0 | pencils: Carlos Pacheco; inks: Jesús Merino; colors: Peter Steigerwald | Green Lantern, Hal Jordan |
| 1 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff | |
| 2 | Part I: 1940-1950 - The Green Flame Ignites | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Introducing the Green Lantern! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff | The Green Lantern [Alan Scott] |
| 4 | The Origin of Green Lantern | comic story | 8 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Martin Nodell; inks: Martin Nodell; letters: Martin Nodell | Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (introduction, origin, railroad construction engineer); Chang (lamp maker); Joe (asylum guard); Billings (asylum patient); Jimmy (railroad worker); Dekker (villain, death) |
| 5 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] |
| 6 | They Are Invincible! | comic story | 13 | script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman | The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Al Bester (not named, introduction); Sheldon Mayer (introduction); laundry man (introduction); grocery boy (introduction); two unnamed thugs (villains, introduction for both) |
| 7 | Introducing Streak the Wonder Dog! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth | Green Lantern; Streak the Wonder Dog |
| 8 | The Saga of Streak! | comic story | 12 | script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Streak the Wonder Dog (introduction, 1st appearance); Sara Dale; Luke Dale; Dr. Malorgo (villain) |
| 9 | Part II: 1959-1969 - The Emerald Crusader | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 10 | Menace of the Runaway Missile! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; letters: Ira Schnapp | |
| 11 | SOS Green Lantern! | comic story | 6 | script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino | |
| 12 | The Day 100,000 People Vanished! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] |
| 13 | The Day 100,000 People Vanished! | comic story | 15.33 | script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Sinestro (introduction, villain); Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Guardians of the Universe; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Ki-Mon (Korugarn alien) |
| 14 | The Strange Trial of Green Lantern! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Tomar-Re of Xudar]; Green Lantern [Xax of Xaos]; Green Lantern [NautKeLoi of Aeros]; Green Lantern [Medphyll of J586]; Green Lantern [Stel of Grenda] |
| 15 | The Strange Trial of Green Lantern! | comic story | 15.33 | script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Grern Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Tomar-Re of Xudar]; Green Lantern [Stel of Grenda]; Green Lantern [NautKeLoi of Aeros]; Green Lantern [Rori Stroh of Rojira]; Green Lantern [Medphyll of J586]; Green Lantern [Chaselon of Barrio III]; Green Lantern [Larvox of T41A]]; Sin |
| 16 | The Secret Life of Star Sapphire! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris] |
| 17 | The Secret Life of Star Sapphire! | comic story | 14.33 | script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Zamarons; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Anamede (Zamaron); Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris] (villain, first appearance) |
| 18 | The Secret Origin of the Guardians! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp | The Guardians of the Universe |
| 19 | Secret Origin of the Guardians! | comic story | 23 | script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; The Guardians of the Universe (origin); Green Lantern [Ki-Nilg] (first appearance, flashback); Krona (first appearance, villain, origin) |
| 20 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner] |
| 21 | Earth's Other Green Lantern! | comic story | 22.17 | script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner] (introduction); Guardians of the Universe; Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (flashback); Sinestro (cameo); Black Hand (cameo); Shark (cameo); Sonar (cameo); Dr. Polaris (cameo) |
| 22 | Part III: 1970-1985 - In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 23 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Jack Adler | |
| 24 | No Evil Shall Escape My Sight! | comic story | 21.83 | script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: John Costanza | The Guardians of the Universe [Appa Ali Apsa (Old Timer)]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Robert F. Kennedy (flashback) (cameo); Martin Luther King, Jr. (flashback) (cameo); Jubal Slade; Jeremy Tine |
| 25 | Beware My Power! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [John Stewart] |
| 26 | Beware My Power | comic story | 13 | script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: John Costanza | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Guy Gardner; Guardians of the Universe; Green Lantern [John Stewart] (intro); Jeremiah Clutcher |
| 27 | Let There Be... Darkness! | comic story | 7 | script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Bill Draut; colors: Carl Gafford | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Guardians of the Universe; the Plant-People of Zerbon; Ravagers of Olys |
| 28 | The Day of the Falling Sky! | comic story | 7 | script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Tex Blaisdell | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Guardian of the Galaxy; Ayries (Alien race) |
| 29 | The Floods Will Come! | comic story | 7 | script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Tex Blaisdell | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Ravagers; Itty |
| 30 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Bruce Patterson; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Hal Jordan; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Tawny Young |
| 31 | Decent Exposure | comic story | 17 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Bruce Patterson; colors: Tony Tollin; letters: Helen Vesik | Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Tawny Young; Sonar; The Predator; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Carol Ferris; Hal Jordan; Thomas Kalmaku; Superman [Clark Kent] (cameo) |
| 32 | Part IV: 1986-2003 - Twilight of a Hero | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 33 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Kevin Maguire; inks: Terry Austin | |
| 34 | Born Again | comic story | 25 | script: Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis; pencils: Keith Giffen, Kevin Maguire; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Bob Lappan | John Charles Collins (villain, a terrorist?) |
| 35 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Darryl Banks; inks: Romeo Tanghal; letters: Todd Klein | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] |
| 36 | Emerald Twilight, Part Three: The Future | comic story | 33 | script: Ron Marz; pencils: Darryl Banks; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Steve Mattsson; letters: Albert DeGuzman | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Sinestro (death); Green Lantern [Kilowog] (death); Guardians of the Universe; Ganthet; Kyle Rayner [Green Lantern] |
| 37 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Darryl Banks; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Steve Mattsson; letters: Todd Klein | Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] |
| 38 | Changing the Guard | comic story | 19 | script: Ron Marz; pencils: Darryl Banks; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Steve Mattsson; letters: Albert De Guzman | Ohm; Mongul; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] |
| 39 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Rodolfo Damaggio; inks: Kevin Nowlan | Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] |
| 40 | Against the Dying of the Light | comic story | 22 | script: Judd Winick; pencils: Randy Green; inks: Wayne Faucher; colors: Tom McCraw, Heroic Age; letters: Sean Konot | Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Adam Strange (cameo); Atom [Ray Palmer] (cameo); Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond] (cameo); Power Girl (cameo) |
| 41 | Part V: 2004-Present - Rebirths | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 42 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ethan Van Sciver; inks: Ethan Van Sciver; colors: Peter Steigerwald | Spectre [Hal Jordan] |
| 43 | Blackest Night | comic story | 30 | script: Geoff Johns; pencils: Ethan Van Sciver; inks: Ethan Van Sciver; colors: Moose Baumann; letters: Rob Leigh | Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Spectre [Hal Jordan]; Warrior [Guy Gardner]; Carol Ferris; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Jade [Jennie-Lynn Hayden]; Aquaman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Flash [Wally West]; Mia Dearden; Superm |
| 44 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Carlos Pacheco; inks: Jesús Merino; colors: Carlos Pacheco | Green Lantern, Hal Jordan |
| 45 | Flight | comic story | 22 | script: Geoff Johns; pencils: Darwyn Cooke; inks: Darwyn Cooke; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Jared K. Fletcher | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martin Jordan; Jessica Jordan; Jim Jordan; Jack Jordan; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] |
| 46 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Christian Alamy; colors: Alex Sinclair | Green Lantern [Simon Baz] |
| 47 | The New Normal | comic story | 19 | script: Geoff Johns; pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin; colors: Tony Aviña, Alex Sinclair | Agent Crippen; Agent Fed; Agent Valdez; Amanda Waller; Hal Jordan [Green Lantern]; Justice League [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]]; Mr. Baz (first appearance); Mrs. Baz (first appearance); Simon Baz (first appearance, origin); Sira Baz (first appearance); Sinestro [Green Lantern]; The T |
| 48 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0 | pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Scott Williams | |