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Cover: Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson

Green Lantern #39

Sep 1965 · DC · 0.12 USD

📊 ~79,785 copies sold its debut month

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Contains 2 stories

Practice Makes the Perfect Crime!

13.3 pp · Superhero

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]Carol FerrisBlack Hand [William Hand] (villain)

In "Practice Makes the Perfect Crime!", Green Lantern finds himself framed when Black Hand uses his powerful light to craft an illusion that makes it appear as though the hero himself has stolen priceless artworks. As the Justice League turns against him, GL must clear his name before the truth is lost in a web of deception.

The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!

9.67 pp · Superhero

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]Kory (first appearance)Brutus Force (first appearance, villain)

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VG) $11

CGC 9.8 · 1 in census $2,734

CGC 9.6 · 4 in census $812

CGC 9.4 · 8 in census $513

CGC 9.2 · 17 in census $219

CGC 9.0 · 15 in census $151

CGC 8.5 · 13 in census $127

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CGC 8.0 · 9 in census $86

CGC 7.5 · 8 in census $65

CGC 7.0 · 8 in census $52*

CGC 6.5 · 5 in census $44*

CGC 6.0 · 5 in census $39*

CGC 5.5 · 5 in census $31*

CGC 5.0 · 6 in census $31*

CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $24*

CGC 4.0 none in existence

CGC 3.5 · 3 in census $20*

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Full credits

writer John Broome

artist Gil Kane

inker Sid Greene

letterer Milt Snapinn

cover pencils Gil Kane

cover inks Murphy Anderson

Reprints

Reprinted in Rymdmannen #1/1966 (1966), Groene Lantaarn Classics #2721 (1971), Green Lantern #6 (1974), Green Lantern #7 (1974), DC Super Stars #10 (1976), The Flash #136 (1978), Green Lantern Archives #6 (2007), Showcase Presents: Green Lantern #3 (2008), The Green Lantern Omnibus #2 (2012), Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018), Green Lantern: The Silver Age #4 (2019), DC Finest: Green Lantern: The Defeat of Green Lantern #[nn] (2025), Top Comics Die Grüne Laterne #115

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