Comic Title: Green Lantern #72
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1969
On Sale Date: August 26, 1969 Copyright Date August 26, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date August 26, 1969
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V24 #7

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Phantom of the Space-Opera"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan of Earth-1)

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Green Lantern Vol. 4 TPB (2009)
Green Lantern:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in Justice League of America #122; next appearance in Green Lantern #73)

Supporting Character(s)

• Guardians of the Universe (last appearance in Green Lantern #70; next appearance in Green Lantern #76)

Villain(s)

• The Wagnorians (a warlike race; no further appearances)
• Du-Quesne (a Wagnorian spy; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Captain Hektor and performers from Berliotz (no further appearances)
• The Verdees (a gang of space rebels; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Green Lantern is sent to the Berliotz star system by the Guardians. His mission is to stop a potential war instigated by the Wagnorians. A group of performers from Berliotz is putting on a space opera. With the help of a spy planted among the performers, the Wagnorians force them to change the play to antagonize a band of rebels known as the Verdees. Angered, the gang attacks the Berliotz performers. Using the incident to intervene, the Wagnorians are then able to move in and begin their conquest of the system. However, Green Lantern uncovers the spy. He then convinces the Verdee leader to stop the fight. Finally he confronts the Wagnorians and forces them to submit to interplanetary justice.