Secret Origins, #18 Newsstand
Published: September 1987
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Creeper [Jack Ryder]
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz
- Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz
Before and After Science
Storyline
Jack Ryder is captured by a mob boss, drugged, shot and left for dead. He is brought back to life by Professor Yatz but the process has created the Creeper.
Characters
- Creeper [Jack Ryder]
- Moe
- Manny
- Emil Yatz
Credits
- Script: Andy Helfer
- Script: Keith Giffen
- Pencils: Keith Giffen
- Inks: Rick Bryant
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: John Costanza
- Editing: Greg Weisman
Story Notes
This origin, although based on the original Showcase tale, stresses that the Creeper is not quite sane.
The Tale of the Green Lantern
Storyline
A piece of the Star-Heart travels to ancient Earth where it is shaped into a lantern that eventually falls into the hands of Alan Scott, who becomes the first Green Lantern.
Characters
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Guardians of the Universe
- Star-Heart
- Chang the Lampmaker
- Joe
- Mrs. Billings
- Billings
- Jimmy Henton
- Albert Dekker
- Irene Miller
- Bart Murdock
- Danny Miller
- Judge Homer Wake
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: George Freeman
- Inks: George Freeman
- Colors: Anthony Tollin
- Letters: Jean Simek
Story Notes
This is based on the stories in the early All-American Comics, but does include the continuity of the Guardians, and their creation of the Starheart as shown in Green Lantern circa #115.
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
Story Notes
Includes letters from Anthony R. Cardno, Susanna Doyle, Charles D. Brown, Ken Ruby III and George A. Williams.