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Sid Greene

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Sid Greene
Known forGreen Lantern
Issues credited384
Active1941–2025
Primary roleinker
Batman #181
Batman #181 (1966)

Sidney Greene was born on June 18, 1906, and passed away in October 1972. A versatile American comic book professional, he worked across penciling, inking, and lettering for a wide range of publishers across roughly three decades, from the early 1940s through the 1970s.

Justice League of America #64
Justice League of America #64 (1968)

Greene is best remembered for his contributions to DC Comics during the Silver Age, where his inking work on titles such as Green Lantern, The Atom, Justice League of America, Batman, and Strange Adventures helped establish the clean, consistent visual identity that characterized DC's superhero line throughout the 1960s. Logging credits on hundreds of issues, he was a reliable and prolific presence in an era when house style and craft consistency mattered enormously to readers and editors alike.

Green Lantern #30
Green Lantern #30 (1964)

While Greene worked behind the scenes as an inker rather than as a headlining penciler, his role in shaping how readers experienced these characters should not be understated. Inking is the interpretive final layer between a penciled page and the printed comic, and Greene's steady hand helped give DC's Silver Age figures their distinctive polish. His long career across multiple publishers reflects both his adaptability and his deep roots in the industry's formative years. No major awards are documented in the available record, but his sustained output across so many important titles speaks for itself.

Full bibliography · 119 series

Detective Comics (1937) · 12
Cuentos de Misterio (1960) · 9
Aventures Fiction (1958) · 8
Groene Lantaarn Classics (1969) · 8
The Flash (1959) · 7
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1958) · 6
Big Boss (1960) · 6
Etranges Aventures (1966) · 6
Superman (1966) · 6
Sparkling Stars (1944) · 5
Super-Mystery Comics (1940) · 5
Historias Fantásticas (1958) · 5
Elektron (1967) · 5
From Beyond the Unknown (1969) · 5
Sidéral (1958) · 4
Mighty Comic (1960) · 4
Rommets Helter (1965) · 4
Justice League of America Archives (1992) · 4
Crime Must Pay the Penalty (1948) · 3
Adventures into Weird Worlds (1952) · 3
Lynvingen (1966) · 3
Secrets of the Unknown (1962) · 3
The Atom & Hawkman (1968) · 3
Top Comics Die Grüne Laterne (1970) · 3
Love Confessions (1949) · 2
Lovers' Lane (1949) · 2
Astonishing (1951) · 2
Uncanny Tales (1952) · 2
Marvel Tales (1949) · 2
Girls' Romances (1950) · 2
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (1960) · 2
House of Mystery (1951) · 2
Creepy Worlds (1962) · 2
Relatos Fabulosos (1959) · 2
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (1965) · 2
Superman et Batman (1967) · 2
Supermann (1969) · 2
All Star Adventure Comic (1959) · 2
Vault of Evil (1973) · 2
Flash (1970) · 2
Green Lantern Album (1976) · 2
DC Super Stars (1976) · 2
Grüne Leuchte (1979) · 2
Crisis on Multiple Earths (2002) · 2
Green Lantern Archives (1993) · 2
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (2005) · 2
Showcase Presents: Batman (2006) · 2
Green Lantern: The Silver Age (2016) · 2
Super Comics (1968) · 2
4Most (1941) · 1
The Human Torch (1940) · 1
#11
Marvels of Science (1946) · 1
#1
New Heroic Comics (1946) · 1
#39
My Love Secret (1949) · 1
#25
Secret Loves (1949) · 1
#2
Blue Bolt (1949) · 1
Police Comics (1941) · 1
Crime Does Not Pay (1942) · 1
Date with Danger (1952) · 1
#5
Intimate Love (1950) · 1
#21
Love Romances (1949) · 1
#27
Love Diary (1949) · 1
#37
Girls' Love Stories (1949) · 1
#30
Secret Hearts (1949) · 1
#23
Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961) · 1
#49
The Brave and the Bold (1955) · 1
#48
All Favourites Comic (1960) · 1
#43
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (1965) · 1
#16
Hawkman (1964) · 1
#24
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968) · 1
#12
Superman en Batman (1967) · 1
#6
The Hawk and the Dove (1968) · 1
#6
Monde Futur (1971) · 1
#3
Justice League Double Double Comics (1968) · 1
#2
Captain Action (1971) · 1
#5
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972) · 1
#5
Horror (1972) · 1
#16
Dead of Night (1973) · 1
#2
Dracula Lives (1973) · 1
Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (1973) · 1
#8
The Original Green Lantern (1974) · 1
#6
Météor (1953) · 1
Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas (1976) · 1
#1
Eks almanah (1975) · 1
#72
King Cobra (1977) · 1
#5
L'Inattendu (1975) · 1
#23
Roter Blitz (1976) · 1
Detective Comics Special Reprint [Toys 'R' Us Special Replica Edition] (1997) · 1
Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 359 (2000) · 1
Comic Box Hors-série (2000) · 1
Spécial DC (1997) · 1
#17
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man (2006) · 1
#1
Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007) · 1
#1
The Adam Strange Archives (2004) · 1
#3
Showcase Presents: The Atom (2007) · 1
#2
Showcase Presents: Green Lantern (2005) · 1
#4
Daring Dames Jungle Gems (2011) · 1
#1
The Green Lantern Omnibus (2010) · 1
#2
Batman Anthologie (2014) · 1
Batman 181 (Facsimile Edition) (2019) · 1
DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Bridge Between Earths (2024) · 1
DC Finest: Green Lantern: The Defeat of Green Lantern (2024) · 1
Green Lantern 59 (Facsimile Edition) (2025) · 1
Fantastic Tales (1963) · 1
#9
Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron (2024) · 1
#2
Illustrated Bible Tales (1953) · 1
#3
Top Comics (1969) · 1
#7
Top Comics Blitzmann (1970) · 1

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