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.
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.
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.
Green Lantern (1960) · 39
Strange Adventures (1954) · 32
Justice League of America (1960) · 24
Titanes Planetarios (1953) · 14
Mystery in Space (1951) · 11
Batman - Lepakkomies (1966) · 9
Aventures Fiction (1958) · 8
Cuentos de Misterio (1960) · 8
Groene Lantaarn Classics (1969) · 8
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1958) · 6
Etranges Aventures (1966) · 6
Detective Comics (1937) · 5
From Beyond the Unknown (1969) · 5
Sparkling Stars (1944) · 4
Historias Fantásticas (1958) · 4
Justice League of America Archives (1992) · 4
Super-Mystery Comics (1940) · 3
Crime Must Pay the Penalty (1948) · 3
Adventures into Weird Worlds (1952) · 3
Rommets Helter (1965) · 3
Secrets of the Unknown (1962) · 3
The Atom & Hawkman (1968) · 3
Top Comics Die Grüne Laterne (1970) · 3
Love Confessions (1949) · 2
Girls' Romances (1950) · 2
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (1960) · 2
Relatos Fabulosos (1959) · 2
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (1965) · 2
Superman et Batman (1967) · 2
All Star Adventure Comic (1959) · 2
Green Lantern Album (1976) · 2
DC Super Stars (1976) · 2
Green Lantern Archives (1993) · 2
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (2005) · 2
Green Lantern: The Silver Age (2016) · 2
The Human Torch (1940) · 1
Marvels of Science (1946) · 1
New Heroic Comics (1946) · 1
My Love Secret (1949) · 1
Crime Does Not Pay (1942) · 1
Date with Danger (1952) · 1
Mr. District Attorney (1948) · 1
Tales of the Unexpected (1956) · 1
Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961) · 1
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (1965) · 1
The Adventures of Bob Hope (1950) · 1
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968) · 1
Superman en Batman (1967) · 1
Justice League Double Double Comics (1968) · 1
Captain Action (1971) · 1
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972) · 1
Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (1973) · 1
The Original Green Lantern (1974) · 1
Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas (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
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man (2006) · 1
Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007) · 1
Countdown Special: The Flash (2007) · 1
The Adam Strange Archives (2004) · 1
Showcase Presents: Batman (2006) · 1
Showcase Presents: The Atom (2007) · 1
Daring Dames Jungle Gems (2011) · 1
The Green Lantern Omnibus (2010) · 1
Batman Anthologie (2014) · 1
Batman 181 (Facsimile Edition) (2019) · 1
Crisis on Multiple Earths (2021) · 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
Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron (2024) · 1
Illustrated Bible Tales (1953) · 1
Top Comics Blitzmann (1970) · 1
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