Green Lantern #30
Green Lantern #30 earns its place as a Silver Age key by introducing Katma Tui, the Green Lantern of Sector 1417 who stepped into the ring vacated by the newly-expelled Sinestro. Her debut was a quietly radical act for 1964: writer John Broome placed a woman at the center of the second story not as a love interest but as a full peer of Hal Jordan — a Guardian-appointed law officer grappling with duty versus personal happiness. Katma went on to become one of the Corps' most enduring figures, eventually training John Stewart, marrying him, and leaving a long narrative shadow across decades of Green Lantern continuity, including Geoff Johns's 'Blackest Night' and ongoing 2020s storylines.
In "The Tunnel Through Time!", Hal Jordan faces a delicate mission: persuading Katma Tui to stay with the Green Lantern Corps after she announces her resignation. With time running short and emotions running high, Hal devises a clever ruse to test her commitment—leading to a moment that challenges her loyalty in ways neither of them expected. Written by John Broome and brought to life by Gil Kane’s dynamic art, with inks by Sid Greene and lettering by Gaspar Saladino, this 1964 classic features a cover by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson that captures the tension perfectly.
In "Once a Green Lantern -- Always a Green Lantern!", Hal Jordan faces a personal challenge when he's tasked with convincing Katma Tui to stay in the Green Lantern Corps after she announces her resignation. Using a carefully crafted ruse, Hal tries to prove that her dedication to the Corps runs deeper than her feelings for Imi Kann.
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By mid-1964 the Broome–Kane–Schwartz assembly line was at full creative velocity: issue #29 had just premiered Black Hand, and editor Julius Schwartz — who had conceived the entire Silver Age Corps mythology alongside Broome — continued the rapid expansion of Korugar's backstory in #30. Schwartz was deeply involved in plotting, while Broome, a former science-fiction pulp writer whose agent had been Schwartz before both moved to DC, scripted the two-part anthology format that was standard for the title. Kane penciled all of the first 59 issues of the series, making this a representative product of the tightly knit team responsible for the whole Silver Age GL mythology; interior inks were by Sid Greene, while the cover was inked by Murphy Anderson, with lettering by Gaspar Saladino.
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- First appearance of Katma Tui, the Green Lantern of Space Sector 1417 and Sinestro's direct successor on the planet Korugar — one of the earliest recurring female Lanterns in DC history.
- Written by John Broome, penciled by Gil Kane, cover inked by Murphy Anderson, interior inks by Sid Greene, edited by Julius Schwartz; on-sale date from copyright registration is May 28, 1964, with a cover date of July 1964.
- The issue contains two stories: 'The Tunnel Through Time!' (Hal battles alien pterodactyls by luring them to prehistoric Earth) and 'Once a Green Lantern — Always a Green Lantern!' (Hal is dispatched to Korugar to persuade Katma not to resign from the Corps in favor of her love, Imi Kann).
- Katma is expressly framed in the narrative as Sinestro's replacement — establishing the continuity thread that her entire people view the Green Lantern symbol as a sign of oppression, a tension revisited many times over subsequent decades.
- Katma Tui's origin as told here was partially retconned by the 1991 miniseries Emerald Dawn II, which revised the timeline so that Hal met Katma before Sinestro's expulsion from the Corps, and added her role in organizing the rebellion against him.
- The key story 'Once a Green Lantern — Always a Green Lantern!' was singled out for reprint in DC Special #20, and the full issue was later collected in both The Green Lantern Archives Vol. 5 and Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 2.
- Katma Tui made her DC Animated Universe debut in the Justice League episode 'Hearts and Minds' (2003), voiced by Kim Mai Guest, and also appeared in the Duck Dodgers episode 'The Green Loontern' (2003), voiced by Tara Strong.
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Reprinted in Batman #276 (1965), DC Special #20 (1976), Green Lantern Archives #5 (2005), Showcase Presents: Green Lantern #2 (2007), The Green Lantern Omnibus #2 (2012), Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017), Green Lantern: The Silver Age #3 (2018), DC Finest: Green Lantern: The Defeat of Green Lantern #[nn] (2025), Lovens Vogtere #1
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