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Showcase, #22

Published: September-October 1959

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Issue Contents:
Menace of the Runaway Missile!
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Some sources credit Joe Giella with the cover inking, including Green Lantern Annual, No 1, 1963 issue (DC, 1998 series) #[nn]. The cover is signed with a K over G, which at this time meant that Gil Kane did the inking also. The Schwartz pay records also list solely Gil Kane on this cover. Art Spotters Bob Bailey, Michael Evans, David Bachman and Gene Reed all agree that it is Gil Kane inks. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics.

Story 1 1 page

"Don't spend your life on the sidelines"

Characters
  • Charles Atlas (photo)
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

SOS Green Lantern!
Story 2 6 pages superhero

"This pilot trainer wasn't meant to fly--it has no wings!"

Storyline

Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Introduction and origin of Silver Age Green Lantern.

Story 3 1 page
Story 4 1 page
Green Oddities
Story 5 1 page non-fiction

"During the ages the color green has been regarded with superstitious awe as possessing both lucky and unlucky powers..."

Storyline

Facts about several things associated with the color green.

Credits
Secret of the Flaming Spear!
Story 6 9 pages superhero

"The highly-secret experimental space-plane--called the Flaming Spear--was the pride and joy of the Ferris Aircraft Company!"

Storyline

Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.

Characters
Credits
Story 7 0 pages

"Outdoor camping is really the thing, seeing wildlife and birds on the wing."

Story 8 1 page
Story 9 1 page
Pioneer Guided Missiles!
Story 10 1 page non-fiction

"The first guided missile ever developed was the American "Bug.""

Storyline

Information about the developments in missile technology.

Test Pilot!
Story 11 1 page non-fiction

"Without those intrepid adventurers who were willing to take to the air in the..."

Storyline

Text feature containing many facts about test pilots through history.

Characters
  • Oliver
  • Orville Wright
  • Wilbur Wright
  • Ellehammer
  • Henry Farman
  • Leon Delagrange
  • Glen H. Curtiss
Menace of the Runaway Missile!
Story 12 10 pages superhero

"Incredible! I'm bombarding that deadly missile with bolts from my power ring--but it won't blow up!"

Storyline

Green Lantern stops a missile launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility.

Characters
Credits
Story 13 0 pages

"On a boat heading out for high seas with full sail and a cool spanking breeze."

Story Notes

Ad for Tootsie Roll Pop.

Story 14 1 page
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Wilson Chemical Co. Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.