Cover: Gil Kane

Green Lantern #72

Oct 1969 · DC · 0.15 USD

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“Phantom of the Space-Opera!”

In "Phantom of the Space-Opera!", Green Lantern is dispatched to the Berliotz star system, where an annual opera performance stands at the heart of a growing interstellar tension. With the warlike Wagnorians and their enigmatic allies, the nomadic Verdees, threatening to turn the event into a pretext for full-scale conflict, Green Lantern must navigate a web of deception and spectacle. Written by Denny O'Neil and illustrated with bold precision by Gil Kane, with inks by Joe Giella and lettering by John Costanza, this 1969 issue features a cover by Gil Kane that captures the drama in full swing.

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writer Denny O'Neil · artist Gil Kane · inker Joe Giella · letterer John Costanza · cover Gil Kane

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Full credits

writer Denny O'Neil

artist Gil Kane

inker Joe Giella

letterer John Costanza

cover pencils, inks Gil Kane

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Green Lantern is sent to the Berliotz star system, the site of an annual opera performance which is going to be disrupted by the warlike Wagnorians and their pawns, the nomadic Verdees, as a pretext for interplanetary war.

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