Showcase Presents: Green Lantern #4

In "This Is the Way... The World... Ends!", Green Lantern is thrust into Earth's distant past by a fanatical alien scientist determined to erase humanity’s violent history by preventing life from ever emerging. Stranded in a primordial world, the Green Lantern must confront the terrifying moral weight of a universe where every war, every tragedy, was never meant to be — and where his very existence might be the one thing standing in the way of total annihilation.

In "Death to Green Lantern," Hector Hammond unleashes a twisted plan of vengeance, manipulating Green Lantern’s mind to believe the Guardians have stripped him of his power ring—driving him to question his own sanity and the very foundation of his heroism. With psychological warfare at its core, the story plunges the hero into a storm of doubt, testing his resolve in ways no battle could.

In "Dry Up -- and Die!", Green Lantern faces a crisis unlike any other when Dr. Emerson, desperate to stop an alien threat that will drain Earth’s water, attempts to summon the hero through mental manipulation. When that fails, he creates a duplicate of his former nemesis, Dr. Polaris, only to lose control of the new threat—leaving Green Lantern caught between two escalating dangers, one from space and one from within.

When Bill Baggett, once briefly touched by Green Lantern’s power, reclaims the ring for his own, he turns its light to shadow—using its might to fuel a string of crimes. Green Lantern Does His Ring-Thing! follows the hero’s urgent pursuit as he confronts a rogue wielding his own ring with a dangerous twist.

In "I Wonder Where the Yellow Went!", Green Lantern faces a cunning alien impostor posing as a scientist who promises a cure for the power ring's vulnerability to yellow. But as the solution takes hold, the ring begins to fail—leaving Hal Jordan with a terrifying question: is the cure real, or is the enemy already inside his own light?

In "If Earth Fails the Test -- It Means War!", Green Lantern faces a dangerous alien uprising that's using Earth as a training ground for revolution, testing humanity’s worth in a high-stakes cosmic trial. As tensions rise, Carol Ferris arrives the night before her wedding, seeking a confession he never gives—leaving both of them caught between duty and desire.

When a malfunctioning toy robot from the planet Ghyra crash-lands on Earth and goes rogue, it stirs up chaos—especially when a gang of crooks hijacks its unpredictable powers. Meanwhile, Hal Jordan’s new life as a salesman for the Merlin Toy Company takes an unexpected turn as he tries to keep the situation under control.

In "The City That Died!", Green Lantern races to uncover the source of a total electrical blackout crippling Solar City, where darkness has swallowed the lights and the streets fall silent. As he investigates, Hal Jordan crosses paths with Olivia Reynolds, a sharp-witted salesperson from a competing toy company, whose calm demeanor hides something just beneath the surface.

In "Hip Jordan Makes the Scene!", Jo finds himself at a family reunion where he's determined to prove he's more than just the black sheep—until he stumbles upon a clue that makes him think he's uncovered Green Lantern’s secret identity. With a mix of nerves and ambition, Jo tries to turn the discovery into his own advantage, unaware of the chaos his actions might stir.

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 crisis. With war looming between the Wagnorians and the nomadic Verdees, the peace of the performance becomes a fragile front for a larger conflict—one that may be far more dangerous than it first appears.

In "Lost in Space!", Carol Ferris finds herself caught between loyalty and betrayal when Sinestro reveals he’s behind her transformation into Star Sapphire—only for her to turn on him when she learns his true goal: the destruction of Green Lantern. The tension escalates as their uneasy alliance fractures in the depths of space, where every decision could mean the end.