Comic Title: Green Lantern #18
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1963
On Sale Date: November 22, 1962 Copyright Date November 22, 1962
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1962

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug. and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The World of Perilous Traps"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Green Lantern Archives Vol. 3 HC (2001)
Showcase Presents Green Lantern Vol. 2 TPB (2007)
Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2011)
Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 4 TPB (2012)
Green Lantern:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017)
Green Lantern:The Silver Age Vol. 2 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in Justice League of America #16; next appearance in Green Lantern #18)

Supporting Character(s)

• Carol Ferris (last appearance in Green Lantern #17; next appearance in Green Lantern #20)
• Tom Kalmaku (last appearance in Green Lantern #17; next appearance in Green Lantern #18)

Villain(s)

• Weaponers of Qward (Magot and Gypo-Bax named; last appearance in Green Lantern #15; next appearance in Green Lantern #75)
• Sinestro (last appearance in Green Lantern #15; next appearance in Green Lantern #52)
• Sub-Humans of Kyrba (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dusty and Frank (members of the Ferris ground crew; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Green Lantern tells his friend, Pieface, of his latest adventure. He was sent by the Guardians to save the humans in a neighboring system from a group of attacking sub-humans. During his mission his power beam strangely missed one target. He tries to think of what could have caused the problem, when Pieface interrupts. GL tells Pieface to hold on for a moment and inadvertantly paralyzes Pieface with his ring. He is unable to remove Pieface from the trance, and he quickly discovers everyone in the path of the beam is paralyzed, including Carol Ferris, who was in the next room.

Believing his ring to be cursed, Green Lantern removes it and throws in away in disgust. Sinestro appears out of nowhere and takes the ring. GL is taken to the planet Qward where he becomes Sinestro’s target in another bid to win a popularity contest. Sinestro explains that during their last battle, he implanted a hypnotic suggestion in GL’s mind to free him from his imprisonment. The beam from GL’s ring that went astray on Kyrba was really sent to free Sinestro.

Sinestro plans to imprison Hal in a cube of amber, but before he can act on his plan, GL wills his ring back to his finger. Suspecting a trap all along, Green Lantern actually threw away a duplicate ring. The real power ring remained hidden until needed. With his ring returned, Green Lantern mops up his foes and imprisons Sinestro in the cube of amber. When he returns to Earth, he removes the paralysis from his friends and shows Pieface his captured foe.