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Cover Credits |
Penciller: Carmine Infantino Inker: Murphy Anderson |
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Comic Title: Flash #143
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1964
On Sale Date:
January 23, 1964 Newsstand Date January 23, 1964
Source: House Ad, Green Lantern #27, Page 15
Copyright Date January 23, 1964
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1964
Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Story |
Title: "Trail of the False Green Lanterns"
Pages: 25
Feature(s):
Flash (Barry Allen of Earth-1)
Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella
Reprinted In:
DC Special Series #24 (1981)
Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told HC (1991)
Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told TPB (1992)
Showcase Presents:The Flash Vol. 3 TPB (2009)
Flash Archives Vol. 6 HC (2012)
Flash:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2017)
Flash:The Silver Age Vol. 3 TPB (2018)
Feature Character(s)
- Flash (last appearance in Justice League of America #25; next appearance in Justice League of America #26)
Guest Star(s)
- Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #27; next appearance in Justice League of America #26)
Supporting Character(s)
- Iris West (last appearance in Flash #142; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #53)
Villain(s)
- T.O. Morrow (full name Thomas Oscar Morrow; next appearance in Justice League of America #64)
- Three duplicates of Green Lantern and a duplicate of T.O. Morrow (destroyed in this story; no further appearances)
Guest Appearance(s)
- Carol Ferris (last appearance in Green Lantern #27; next appearance in Green Lantern #28)
Synopsis:
Barry Allen visits a police line-up where four identical men who look like Hal Jordan are held. Barry is contacted telepathically by the real Hal using his power ring. Barry bails out his friend and takes him to Ferris to recharge his ring.
Before the two heroes can investigate the strange duplicates, the duplicates show up garbed in Green Lantern costumes sporting power rings of their own. The duplicates explain that scientist T.O. Morrow created them as a challenge to the heroes. Then they leave to commit robberies around the world.
Flash travels to Paris and stops one of the duplicates from attempting to rob the Louvre. The real GL stops another duplicate trying to steal the Statue of Liberty. The two heroes then tackle the third GL in London.
Flash soon realizes that both his opponent and ally are false Green Lanterns. When they turn on him, he is rescued by the real GL, who was beaten in New York. Flash sent one of the duplicate power rings to New York to free his friend. The duplicates then fade out, and the heroes converge on Morrow's hide-out. In the ensuing scuffle, Morrow appears to fall to his death, but Flash speculates that Morrow may have survived.
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