All-American Comics #19
In "The Insurance Racket," Green Lantern takes on a deadly scheme in which a man named Slade exploits desperate gamblers by forcing them to take out life insurance policies he then collects on after their mysterious deaths. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Martin Nodell, this 1940 story blends noir intrigue with the hero’s signature moral clarity, as Green Lantern uses cunning and a well-timed trap to expose the criminal network. The cover by Sheldon Moldoff captures the tension of the moment with sharp, expressive detail.
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After a man Alan Scott saves from a near hit-and-run dies under mysterious circumstances, Green Lantern uncovers a gambling ring run by a man named Slade where those in debt are made to take out insurance policies and sign them over to Slade, before they meet untimely ends. By posing as a gambler who runs up a large debt, Green Lantern scares a confession out of Slade's lawyer, then confronts Slade himself, but Slade falls into the deathtrap he plans for the hero.
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