#16

Synopsis

Construction engineer Alan Scott survives an explosion during a test crossing of a trestle bridge and learns he was saved by the green lantern he carried. The lantern tells how long ago a meteor was formed into a lamp by a Chinese lampmaker and how it protected him from his murderous neighbors. Later the lamp was found by an asylum inmate, who re-formed it into a lantern and was cured of his insanity by the lantern. Now it brings power to Scott, who forms a ring out of part of it and uses his new abilities to force a confession for the sabotage of the bridge out of Dekker, a rival contractor.

Notes

Reprinted from

• All-American Comics #16

Reprinted in

• The Great Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
• Golden Age Green Lantern Archives #1
• Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn]
• Green Lantern: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn]
• DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection #60
• Green Lantern: 80 Years of the Emerald Knight The Deluxe Edition #[nn]
• Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn]
• DC Comics: The Golden Age (1938-1956) #[nn]

Credits

Script

Bill Finger, Jon Blummer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Jerry Siegel, Edwin Alger, Art Helfant, Carl Claudy, Sheldon Mayer

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff, Marty Nodell, Jon Blummer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Bill Smith, Edwin Alger, Art Helfant, Stan Asch, Sheldon Mayer

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff, Marty Nodell, Jon Blummer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Bill Smith, Edwin Alger, Art Helfant, Stan Asch, Sheldon Mayer

Letters

Marty Nodell, Jon Blummer, Robert Ripley, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Edwin Alger, Sheldon Mayer

Assistant editor

Sheldon Mayer

Managing editor

M. C. Gaines

Spot illo

Sheldon Mayer

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