Showcase #22

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Green Lantern: "S.O.S. Green Lantern"

An alien peace officer named Abin Sur) of the Green Lantern Corps crash lands in the middle of the California desert. As he lays dying, he commands his power ring to seek out a worthy successor - one who proves to be fearless and strong-willed. Miles away, test pilot Hal Jordan) is examining a flight simulator when a corona of green light envelops him, pulling him along with the simulator to the spot of Abin Sur's crashed vessel. Abin Sur tells Hal that the power of the ring selected him to take on the role of the Green Lantern. He gives him the ring, his costume, and a power battery. He instructs him that the ring will obey his every command but is powerless against anything colored yellow. He also tells him that the ring's energy must be charged from the power battery once every twenty-four hours. Hal agrees to accept the responsibility of wielding the ring in the cause of justice, and, with that, Abin Sur passes away. Hal Jordan is now Green Lantern.

| StoryTitle2 = Green Lantern: "Secret of the Flaming Spear" | Synopsis2 = Test pilot Hal Jordan goes to the office of Carol Ferris, daughter of Ferris Aircraft's president and CEO Carl Ferris. He asks Carol out on a dinner date, and Carol agrees. Suddenly, an S.O.S. pipes through the office intercom. A Ferris aviator piloting the experimental *Flaming Spear* is in trouble. Hal sneaks away and changes into the Green Lantern. He flies to the runway and helps bring the *Flaming Spear* safely to ground. His ring picks up a strange radiation emanating from the nose of the plane. Tracing the energy signature back to its source, Green Lantern finds that a group of saboteurs are responsible for disrupting the Flaming Spear's flight path. When Green Lantern appears before them, the thugs begin shooting at him, but he uses his ring to make their bullets explode. One of them picks up a yellow lamp and heaves it at Hal Jordan. As the power of his ring is vulnerable against anything colored yellow, the lamp succeeds in striking Jordan's head, knocking him down. The saboteurs take this opportunity to make their escape. Green Lantern revives and gives chase, but quickly discovers that their getaway car is colored yellow as well. He uses his ring to spike the vehicle's tires causing it to skid to a halt. The three criminals attempt to flee, but Hal binds them with tendrils of green energy. With the threat abated, Green Lantern changes into his civilian attire and returns to Ferris Aircraft.

Green Lantern love problems.jpg|Love stinks|right Carl Ferris calls Carol and Hal into his office for an important announcement. He tells them that he and his wife are going on an extended vacation for the next two years. During this time, Carol will retain full control of the company. After Carl leaves the room, Hal asks Carol if they are still on for their dinner date, but Carol tells him that, as his new boss, their relationship will be "strictly business" for the next two years. Back in his locker room, Hal laments the fact that his power ring can grant him his every desire except the one thing he wants most in the world - Carol.

| StoryTitle3 = Green Lantern: "Menace of the Runaway Missile" | Synopsis3 = After conducting in a test flight, Hal Jordan tries to ask Carol Ferris out on a date. However, she rebuffs him stating that she is going to the celebrity ball to meet Green Lantern. That night, Hal changes into Green Lantern and has a romantic interlude with Carol, until he notices a missile in the sky. Speeding off to try and stop it, he realizes that the missile is coated in yellow paint, and his power ring cannot affect it. He soon notices that the nose cone of the missile is not yellow and is able to stop it by creating a net with his power ring.

Tracking the missile to its source, he captures its creator: a scientist who put his evil ambition ahead of his country. After Green Lantern turns him over to the military, he returns to the Ferris Aircraft Company the next day as Green Lantern to apologize to Carol, who coldly rebuffs him.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)) Green Lantern **Supporting Characters:** * Green Lantern (Abin Sur)) **Locations:** * California **Items:** * Green Lantern Ring * Green Lantern Power Battery **Vehicles:** * Abin Sur's Starship

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)) **Supporting Characters:** * Carol Ferris) * Carl Ferris) **Antagonists:** * Saboteurs **Other Characters:** * Frank Nichols **Locations:** * California ** Coast City *** Ferris Aircraft **Items:** * Green Lantern Ring * Green Lantern Power Battery **Vehicles:** * *The Flaming Spear*

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)) **Supporting Characters:** * Carol Ferris) **Antagonists:** * Doctor Parris **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Colonel **Locations:** * California ** Coast City *** Ferris Aircraft **Items:** * Green Lantern Ring * Green Lantern Power Battery

| Notes = * The whole issue is reprinted in: ** DC Silver Age Classics: Showcase Vol 1 22 ** Millennium Edition: Showcase Vol 1 22 ** The Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 (Collected) ** The Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (Collected) ** Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1 (Collected) ** Green Lantern: The Silver Age Vol. 1 (Collected) ** Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (Collected) * "S.O.S. Green Lantern" is also reprinted in: ** Secret Origins Vol 1 2 ** DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest Vol 1 22 ** Green Lantern Vol 3 81 ** Green Lantern: A Celebration of 75 Years (Collected) ** Green Lantern: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (Collected) ** Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Collected) * "Secret of the Flaming Spear" is also reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest Vol 1 22. * This is the first appearance of Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green Lantern). He makes a chronologically earlier appearance in a Justice League origin story in Justice League of America Vol 1 144. He chronologically appears next in a flashback tale in Green Lantern Vol 2 10. That event takes place one week following events from this issue. His next actual appearance is in Showcase Vol 1 23, following the third story from this issue. * This is the first appearance of Carol Ferris). Carol will become Hal Jordan's on-again/off-again lover, and even his adversary when she takes on the mantle of Star Sapphire. Carol makes a chronologically earlier appearance in Green Lantern Vol 2 10. She appears next in Showcase Vol 1 23. * Although this is the first and only canonical appearance of Abin Sur), he will appear in numerous flashback sequences in the following years. His next chronological flashback appearance takes place in Green Lantern Vol 2 16.

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Creative credits

Writers: John Broome, John Broome, John Broome

Interior art: Gil Kane, Gil Kane, Gil Kane

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