Green Lantern #22 for Sale - First Appearance of Jim Jordan - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series)
Issue: #22
Publication date: July 1963
Key date: 1963-07-00
On-sale date: 1963-05-23
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Jack Jordan - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Master of the Power Ring!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Green Lantern, Hal Jordan
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	Master of the Power Ring!	comic story	12.33	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Carol Ferris, Green Lantern, Hector Hammond, Hal Jordan
4	Giant Batman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	-	cartoon	1
7	A Tree Grows on Second Street	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
10	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
11	Dual Masquerade of the Jordan Brothers!	comic story	11.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Jack Jordan First, Jim Jordan First

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Green Lantern Archives #4 ISBN 1-56389-811-X	2002	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Green Lantern #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1264-3	2007	On eBay ›
The Green Lantern Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-3295-5	2012	On eBay ›
Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6857-2	2017	On eBay ›
Green Lantern: The Silver Age #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-7107-7	2018	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Green Lantern: The Defeat of Green Lantern #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-848-3	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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