Comic Title: Green Lantern #70
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1969
On Sale Date: May 27, 1969 Newsstand Date May 27, 1969
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #378, Page 31

Newsstand Date May 27, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #73

Copyright Date May 27, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of February, May, August, and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Earth"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Vince Colletta

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Green Lantern Vol. 4 TPB (2009)
Green Lantern:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in Justice League of America #72; next appearance in Justice League of America #73)

Supporting Character(s)

• Guardians of the Universe (last appearance in Green Lantern #68; next appearance in Green Lantern #72)

Villain(s)

• Piper, Crusty, and Johno (a gang of crooks; no further appearances)
• A gravity-eater (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Hilar (a life-sized toy; no further appearances)
• The toymakers of planet Ghyra (no further appearances)
• Jerry Daye and Bill Knight (comedians; no further appearances)
• Mr. Garson (a department store manager; no further appearances)
• Passengers on a super-train (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Green Lantern handles a task assigned to him by the Guardians to destroy a gravity-eater which is threatening a nearby inhabited solar system. As he returns to Earth, a runaway from the planet Ghyra sees him and follows him back to Earth. The runaway is a lifelike toy named Hilar who was defective and discarded.

Hilar arrives on Earth and seeks out help to repair his defective construction. Although he intends to make people laugh, instead he frightens them. His faulty programming also causes him to disobey laws and commands. When authorities and eventually Green Lantern try to stop him a strange radiation he gives off causes his pursuers to be repelled violently.

Crooks see Hilar on television and decide to use him to their advantage. They pretend to laugh when Hilar is around which makes the living toy happy. They then rob a train. Green Lantern recovers from his earlier encounter with Hilar and stops the crooks. Eventually he is able to use his power ring to overcome the radiation Hilar gives off. He then returns the toy to Ghyra where Hilar is repaired and can lead a life fulfilling his true purpose of creating laughter.