Showcase #23 (1959) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Invisible Destroyer!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Invisible Destroyer
1	New Stars for "Old Glory"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp	George Washington
2	Summons from Space!	comic story	12.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Joe Letterese	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (brief origin); Carol Ferris; a Venusian pterodactyl; Venusians
4	Green Almanac	cartoon	1
5	Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
6	Venus - The Mystery Planet!	text article	1	letters: typeset	V. A. Firsoff
7	Green Slang!	cartoon	1		Mr. Drew
8	Stars and Their Legends	comic story	1	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	Andromeda; Poseidon; Perseus
9	The Invisible Destroyer!	comic story	11.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Phantom Destroyer [aka The Invisible Destroyer] (introduction, villain); Carol Ferris; Dr. Phillips
10	The Brave and the Bold; Suicide Squad	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Green Lantern #88	1972	On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289803	1991	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Green Lantern #1 ISBN 1-4012-0759-6	2005	On eBay ›
Green Lantern Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-087-9	1993	On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289838	1992	On eBay ›
The Green Lantern Chronicles #1 ISBN 9781401221638	2009	On eBay ›
The Green Lantern Omnibus #1 ISBN 1-4012-3056-3	2011	On eBay ›

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