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Green Lantern #74

Jan 1970 · DC · 0.15 USD

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“Lost in Space!”

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Green Lantern #74 occupies a precise hinge point in the history of the Silver Age Green Lantern series: it is the penultimate issue before Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams arrived with #76 and transformed the title into the socially conscious 'Hard Travelling Heroes' era that defined Bronze Age DC Comics. The story 'Lost in Space' is notable as one of the earliest issues to stage a genuine team-up between two of Hal Jordan's greatest rogues — Sinestro and Star Sapphire — making it the first major 'rogues alliance' story in the Green Lantern canon. The issue also carries real emotional weight as the chapter in which Hal Jordan at last reveals Carol Ferris's dual identity as Star Sapphire directly to her face, a long-deferred moment that closes out the Silver Age emotional arc of their relationship. DC itself later validated the story's standing by selecting it as one of only ten issues to represent the entire Green Lantern mythos in the prestige trade paperback Green Lantern: The Greatest Stories Ever Told.

In "Lost in Space!", Green Lantern finds himself stranded in the cosmos with a familiar face—Carol Ferris, now Star Sapphire, drawn back into a conflict she never asked for. When Sinestro reveals he's behind her transformation, her loyalty is tested as she confronts the truth behind his plan. Written by Mike Friedrich and illustrated by Gil Kane with inks by Murphy Anderson, this 1970 issue features a cover by Gil Kane that captures the tension in a single, striking image.

writer Mike Friedrich · artist Gil Kane · inker Murphy Anderson · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Gil Kane

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History

The issue was written by Mike Friedrich — a young writer who contributed regularly to DC during the late Silver Age transition period — with pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson, and editorial direction from Julius Schwartz, the same foundational team that had stewarded the Hal Jordan concept since its Silver Age relaunch in 1959. The cover date reads January 1970, but the issue was actually distributed and on newsstands on November 26, 1969, placing its physical existence still in the Silver Age even as the Bronze Age loomed two issues away. Kane's cover art for the issue was later noted by comics historians as exemplifying the bold, anatomically confident style he had refined over his decade-long run on the character — a style that would serve as a visual bridge into the Bronze Age work that followed.

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Cover-dated January 1970; published on newsstands November 26, 1969 (DC Database).
Written by Mike Friedrich; penciled by Gil Kane; inked by Murphy Anderson; edited by Julius Schwartz; executive editor Carmine Infantino (DC Database / MyComicShop).
Story title: 'Lost in Space' — a two-part conclusion continued from Green Lantern #73 (DC Database).
First 'rogues alliance' story in the Green Lantern series: Sinestro is revealed to have given Carol Ferris the Star Sapphire gem specifically to weaponize her against Hal Jordan (DC Database / Amazon synopsis).
Sinestro surrenders his Yellow Lantern Ring to Green Lantern at the story's climax, then cryptically teleports away — a rare plot beat giving GL possession of his nemesis's weapon (DC Database).
Hal Jordan reveals Carol Ferris's Star Sapphire identity to her directly for the first time; Carol flees in tears, closing out the central Silver Age relationship arc between the two characters (DC Database).
Reprinted in Green Lantern: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC Comics trade paperback), one of only ten issues chosen to represent the full GL mythos (Internet Archive / Collected Editions).
Also reprinted in Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 4, the black-and-white DC paperback series covering issues #60–75 (Internet Archive / Archive.org Showcase Presents listing).