Comic Title: Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: April 29, 2009 Direct Market Date April 29, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Direct Market Date April 29, 2009
Source: Previews, #244

Cover Price: $14.99
Page Count: 160
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted From:
Green Lantern #3 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in Justice League of America #1; next appearance in Green Lantern #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Carol Ferris (last appearance in Green Lantern #2; next appearance in Green Lantern #3)
• Tom Kalmaku (last appearance in Green Lantern #2; next appearance in Green Lantern #4)

Villain(s)

• Weaponers of Qward (last appearance in Green Lantern #2; next appearance in Green Lantern #4)
• Chomin and Drik (two Qwardian spies; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Hendricks (a landlady; no further appearances)

Comments:
Green Lantern’s power battery is shown to have a shield around it, as well as being invisible.

Synopsis:
Green Lantern is returning to the Ferris Aircraft Company from a mission. He is surprised when he arrives much sooner than expected, as if he reaches his destination fifty miles too soon. Upon his arrival, something seems wrong. He sees Carol Ferris in her office writing with her left hand, and he also thinks he spots Hal Jordan. GL dismisses his feeling and goes to charge his ring. As soon as he begins, everything vanishes like a mirage. He flys onward to the real Ferris Co., where he finds his power battery stolen.

Atop a boarding house not far away, GL’s friend Pieface is adjusting the aerial antenna on the roof. The aerial picks up the transmission of two Qwardian spies, Chomin and Drik. It is revealed that they created the phony hangar to discover the location of Green Lantern’s power battery. They manage to find and steal the invisible battery, but a shield prevents them from touching it. Pieface, having learned this, races off to warn GL.

Fearing the battery could be damaged during a direct confrontation, Green Lantern, as Hal Jordan, uses the room next to the thieves to spy on them. He witnesses the Qwardians send the battery through the barrier into the Qward universe. GL pursues his stolen lamp through the barrier.

Green Lantern is attacked by yellow Qwardian tanks upon his arrival. The Weaponers plan on delaying him long enough that his 24 hour charge expires. His power battery is encased in a yellow dome to prevent GL from charging it. He finds a tiny hole in the dome, which allows him to break through from the inside. Quickly GL tries to charge his ring, but he finds that it won’t work in the Qward universe.

Racing back to the barrier, GL is fired upon by the Weaponers. However, they are actually shooting an energy duplicate created by Green Lantern, while the real one escapes invisibly. Once back into his own universe, Green Lantern recharges his ring, captures the spies, and returns with Pieface to the Ferris plant.