Comic Title: Showcase Presents Green Lantern Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2005
On Sale Date: September 28, 2005 Direct Market Date September 28, 2005
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Direct Market Date September 14, 2005
Source: Previews, Vol. 15 #7 (#199)

Direct Market Date September 14, 2005
Source: Comic Shop News, #948

Cover Price: $9.99
Page Count: 528
Editor: Robert Greenberger

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Menace of the Giant Puppet"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Green Lantern #1 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #1; next appearance in Green Lantern #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Carol Ferris (last appearance in Showcase #24; next appearance in Green Lantern #2)

Villain(s)

• Puppet-Master (next appearance in Justice League of America #5)
• Biffy (a small-time criminal; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Various citizens of Coast City (no further appearances)

Comments:
The flashback sequence from Carol’s memory is from the first story of Showcase #24.

Synopsis:
Carol Ferris thinks about marrying Green Lantern. She recalls an event in the park in which he rescues a drowning man during a date. She is now waiting for GL to call her after his appearance in a charity parade.

While flying down the street in the parade, Hal recalls how he volunteered to be in it. A few days earlier the Coast City Bank was robbed my a small time criminal named Biffy. He was apprehended by Green Lantern, and Biffy revealed that he was being controlled like a puppet. Several other robberies were committed recently in similar fashion. Green Lantern hopes to lure the Puppet-Master into striking at him in the parade.

There is a huge clown puppet which is part of the parade. It shoots it’s gun at GL, but he manages to stop it. The puppet is controlled by a crane, but when Green Lantern arrives he discovers the operator is unconscious.

Elsewhere the Puppet-Master schemes to get rid of Green Lantern. He has added a new Q-circuit to his hypno-ray which is responsible for the crimes. He zeroes in on GL, who is attending a club with Carol.

Green Lantern is snagged by the beam. He allows himself to be dragged away from the club by the ray. When he arrives at the source of the beam, he breaks free. He had only been faking his submission to the beam. Puppet-Master attempts to shoot GL, but is stopped. Green Lantern uses several cords to tie up the villain and march him to the police like a marionette. Afterwards he returns to the Ferris Company offices as Hal Jordan.