#28
April 1964

Cover:
Gil Kane,
Murphy Anderson

1) The Shark Goes on the Prowl Again: (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Joe Giella)

2) The House that Fought Green Lantern: (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Joe Giella)

#29
June 1964

Cover:
Gil Kane

1) Half a Green Lantern is Better than None: First appearance of supervillain Black Hand, the "black sheep" of the Hand family, who has the (annoying) habit of speaking in cliches. Uses a device he invented to shift GL to another dimension, from which he can control his "green energy." Hal manages to halt the process, but he's stuck half-in, half-out -- and equally matched with Black Hand's control of his ring. Hal uses his ring to create a mirror image of his right side and merge it so he looks whole, which fools Black Hand long enough for Hal to best him and take control of the dimensional device. (John Broome, Gil Kane, Sid Greene)

2) This World is Mine: (no info yet) (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene)

#30
July 1964

Cover:
Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson

1) The Tunnel Through Time: (John Broome, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) Intelligent Pterodactyls try to take over the Earth, using a Time-Reversal Beam to revert Coast City back to prehistoric time, and M-Energy to give the pterodactyls Super-Mentality.

2) Once a Green Lantern, Always a Green Lantern: (John Broome, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) First appearance of Katma Tui, who replaced Sinestro as the Green Lantern of Korrugar. Katma Tui is considering leaving the Corps to marry, and Hal convinces her (by subterfuge) that in heart, she really wants to stay in the Corps. In the end, the Guardians praise Hal for his ingenuity; "Praise from the Guardians! It's worth any price!", says Hal.

#31
Sept. 1964

Cover:
Gil Kane,
Murphy Anderson

1) Power Rings for Sale: (John Broome, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) GL's pal Tom Kalmaku is concerned about Hal's irrational behavior, and consults a doctor, and then the Guardians themselves. Turns out Hal is under the control of a group of aliens from the 24th galaxy, the Grollians, who are plotting to (what else) take over the Earth by controlling GL using Cerebro-radiation. They do this first by breaking down Hal's rationality using minor doses of the radiation. Hal even goes so far as to sell duplicates of his power ring for a buck a piece! After the aliens land and take over, they order Hal to destroy himself using his ring. Actually, he only turns himself invisible; he has been aware of the aliens' plans for a while, and has been playing along. He sold the ring duplicates to create a backup force of willpower to help him overcome the aliens. In the end, Hal saves the day, and spares the lives of the aliens in exchange for their promise never to try to colonize the Earth again.

2) Pay Up -- or Blow Up: (John Broome, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) Hal goes to his brother Jim's wedding (he's marrying the report, Sue, who still believes he's really Green Lantern -- see issue 22.) When he gets there, he finds out that an evil scientist is threatening to blow up everyone via their power lines unless the authorities give him one million dollars. This naturally upsets Sue because it interferes with her wedding plans! Hal plans to follow the helicopter when it makes the ransom drop, but a "yellow-tinged fog" moves in and interferes. Hal uses his power ring to burrow through a mountainside, and discovers the scientist's lair, but is caught by surprise and knocked out. Meanwhile, his brother Jim, coerced by his fiancee (who's still convinced he's GL), goes searching for the scientist as well, and discovers his lair. Jim attempts to use his "willpower" (see issue 22) to overcome the scientist -- and Hal wakes up just in time to use his power ring, thus convincing Jim that he did it! Int he end, Jim captures the scientist, further convincing Sue that he's GL, and Sue and Jim are married. Even when Jim and Sue are on their honeymoon, and GL has obviously been at work while Jim was away, Sue remains convinced, because as GL, Jim can "create an image of Green Lantern any time [he] wants and send it into action!"

#32
Oct. 1964

Cover:
Gil Kane,
Murphy Anderson

1) Green Lantern's Wedding Day: (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) The story starts off with Hal and Carol at a science fair; while in a truth machine, Carol confesses that she in fact loves Hal and not GL. Hal asks Carol to marry him, and then tells her that he and GL are the same person. Later, after the wedding, everything fades, and Hal finds himself at Ferris Aircraft with Tom (Pieface) Kalmaku. Turns out that Hal was exposed to Espian Radiation, a yellowish form of energy that pulses in cycles -- at its peak, Hal disappears and is transported to a parallel Earth, where he merges with his parallel self, who is married to Carol. This time he orders the ring to keep him from merging, and talks with the other Hal Jordan (interestingly, Hal mentions both Earth-2's GL Alan Scott, and Earth-3's "Power Ring", the evil GL of the Crime Syndicate, from JLA #29, Crisis on Earth-3.) Together, the two Hals use their power beams to seal off the barrier between their worlds, so that next time the Espian radiation peaks, Hal will be prevented from being pulled into the parallel world, but the Espian radiation will be forced from his body. Later, at the science fair on his own world, Hal asks Carol the same question as before, but this time she tells him that she loves Green Lantern more. Hal resolves to wait until Carol changes her mind, just as the other-Earth Carol did.

2) Power Battery Peril: (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) While recharging his ring, Hal is drawn into the power battery and sent across the universe to the planet Thronn, in the star-system Rhythrum. He was summoned there by Energiman, who can turn his body into energy with the same frequency as GL's power beam. He and his fellow heroes of Thronn, Golden Blade, Strong Girl and Magicko, have been been captured by an alien invader called Vant Orl and imprisoned in an Ergal Prism. Hal tries to free the heroes, but can not, and so must attempt to overthrow Vant Orl alone. Vant Orl vies with Hal for control of the power ring; Hal barely manages to escape, and by chance picks up a yellow leaf, with which he is able to block Vant Orl's control of his ring. GL overthrows Vant Orl, and this time, without Vant Orl's interference, is able to free the Thronnian heroes from the Ergal Prism. GL leaves, after promising to ask the Guardians to appoint a Green Lantern for Thronn's sector of space.

#33
Dec. 1964

Cover:
Gil Kane,
Murphy Anderson

1) Wizard of the Light-Wave Weapons: (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) Green Lantern vs. Doctor Light (not the first appearance of Dr. Light, but possibly(?) his first appearance in Green Lantern comics.) A fantastic light display over Coast City summons GL to a rooftop where Dr. Light is waiting; he is now attacking the Justice League members one at a time, beginning with GL. Dr. Light demonstrates a lot of new tricks with his light weapon, knocking GL out cold. GL is saved from a fall to his death by his power ring, which opens a tunnel through the Earth. Dr. Light escapes, and Hal orders his ring to scan the city looking for him while Hal prepares to go to a "Man of the Year" banquet. When the ring finds Dr. Light, Hal uses his ring to disguise Tom Kalmaku as Hal Jordan to attend the banquet in his place, and goes after Dr. Light. Dr Light creates seven armed warrior in the colors of the spectrum; when the yellow-colored one penetrates his green barrier, Hal uses his ring to "red-shift" (Doppler effect) the color of the warrior so that his ring will then be able to affect it (gee, why doesn't this work on other yellow things?) Anyway, Dr. Light creates giant musical instruments to attack GL, and his ring pops loose and into Dr. Light's hands; but Hal is still able to control the ring as long as he is within 100 yards of it, and creates a green force bubble around Dr. Light and captures him. (Interesting note: In "Ganthet's Tale" by Larry Niven, Hal uses a similar trick -- he flies away from his adversary at a high rate of speed -- to shift his beam's color from green to yellow so that it will affect his target, one of the Guardians of the Universe.)

2) The Disarming of Green Lantern: (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene) While hospitalized due to a minor accident at Ferris Aircraft, Tom Kalmaku talks in his sleep and reveals to a crime boss (who looks a great deal like Edward G. Robinson, of course), that GL is his friend. The crime boss kidnaps Tom and uses his knowledge to steal GL's power battery. It seems that their plan worked, but in actuality, they stole a fake power battery, and Hal's ring never actually loses it's power. Hal rounds up the thieves, and Tom has the pleasure of taking out the crime boss himself.

#34
Jan. 1965

Cover:
Gil Kane,
Murphy Anderson

Three Way Attack Against Green Lantern: (Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene)