- "Attack him, my Starlings! He must be kept so busy he cannot concentrate on using his power ring!"
- ―Evil Star
| "The Spies Who 'Owned' Green Lantern!" | |
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| Green Lantern | |
| Title: | "The Spies Who 'Owned' Green Lantern!" |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Number: | 37 |
| Cover price: | .12 |
| Cover date: | June, 1965 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Writers: | Gardner Fox |
| Pencilers: | Gil Kane |
| Inkers: | Sid Greene |
| Cover artists: | Gil Kane |
| Cover inker: | Murphy Anderson |
| Letterers: | Gaspar Saladino |
| Editors: | Julius Schwartz |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Green Lantern #36 |
| Next: | Green Lantern #38 |
"The Spies Who 'Owned' Green Lantern!" is the title to the first story featured in issue #37 of the second Green Lantern ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. It was written by Gardner Fox with artwork by Gil Kane and inks by Sid Greene. The second story is called "The Plot to Conquer the Universe!", and was also crafted by the team of Fox, Kane, and Greene. Both stories were edited by Julius Schwartz. This issue shipped with a June, 1965 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.
"The Spies Who 'Owned' Green Lantern!"[]
Carol Ferris convinces Hal Jordan to take her new secretary Betty Sloane out on a date at the Twist Age Club in order to make Betty's boyfriend jealous. That evening, Betty uses her yellow topaz pendant to hypnotize Hal Jordan. Betty is actually part of an international spy ring and manipulates Hal into selling state secrets. Once Hal realizes what is happening, he has to rely upon Tom Kalmaku to help him smash the spy ring. Removing the pendant breaks Betty's control over him. After re-charging his ring, Hal flies towards Oa so that the Guardians of the Universe can undo the hypnosis.
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
Organizations
- Guardians of the Universe (Referenced only)
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
- Green Lantern power battery
- Green Lantern ring
- Handgun
- Revolver
- Swords
- Tom Kalmaku's scrapbook
- Yellow topaz pendant
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
"The Plot to Conquer the Universe!"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
Organizations
- Green Lantern Corps (Cameo appearance only)
- Guardians of the Universe
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
- Electromagnetism
- Energy constructs
- Energy projection
- Flight
- Invulnerability
- Matter transmutation
- Memory transference
- Molecular immobilization
- Power absorption
- Transformation
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Hal Jordan, aka Green Lantern, was created by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane. He first appeared in Showcase #22 in October, 1959 in a story titled "S.O.S. Green Lantern!" He received his first ongoing Green Lantern comic book series in August, 1960.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue shipped to retailers on April 8th, 1965.
- This issue includes a public service message comic strip featuring Superboy in "Happy Hobby Time!" It is published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
- This issue includes an advertisement for General Mills' Cheerios cereal featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle.
- This issue includes an advertisement for General Mills' Lucky Charms.
- This issue includes an advertisement for Silly Putty.
- This issue includes a house ad for 80-Page Giant #11 featuring Superman in "The Greatest Superman-Luthor Duels!" On sale on April 15th, 1965.
- This issue includes a house ad for Batman #172 and The Flash #153, both of which go on sale on April 15th, 1965.
- This issue includes a house ad for The Atom #19 and Hawkman #8, which go on sale on April 15th, 1965.
- The events of "The Spies Who 'Owned' Green Lantern!" lead directly into the events of "The Plot to Conquer the Universe!".
- In "The Spies Who 'Owned' Green Lantern!", Hal Jordan uses his power ring to transform himself into an envelope to be mailed. This is a rather extreme and most unconventional use of a Green Lantern ring.
- This is the first appearance of Evil Star, who becomes a recurring foe of Hal Jordan. He appears next in Green Lantern, Volume 2 #44.
- This issue reveals that the Starlings are artificially created life forms that Evil Star manufactured with the use of his Star band.
- The planet Aoran is referenced in this issue. This is the home world of Evil Star.
- Hal Jordan erroneously references an event on the planet Aoran. Hal was not on Aoran when he first encountered Evil Star, he was on a planet called Acrux.
- There is a cameo appearance of an unidentified member of the Green Lantern Corps shown on a computer screen.