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168September 1983
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

Green Lantern #168

DC · September 1983 · on sale 1983-05-24

First appearance: LysandraFirst appearance: Green LanternFirst appearance: Green Lantern2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series)
Issue
#168
Publication date
September 1983
Key date
1983-09-00
On-sale date
1983-05-24
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lysandra - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Green Lantern - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Green Lantern - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kaylark - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; colors: Anthony TollinGreen Lantern, Hal Jordan
2A Ring of Endless Mightcomic story17script: Joey Cavalieri; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Len WeinEddore, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Green Lantern First, Hal Jordan, Kaylark First, Galius-Zed
8The Lysandra Saga, Part One: Sins in the Stars!comic story7script: Jack C. Harris; pencils: Jerome Moore; inks: Sal Trapani; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: Philip Felix; editing: Ernie ColónGreen Lantern First, Lysandra First
9-in-house column1script: Dick Giordano, Bob Rozakis
10-letters page1script: Ernie Colón

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0709893051509
Canadianprice 0.75 CAD; barcode 0709893051509

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-2702-9		2010On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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