Comic Title: Green Lantern #38
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1965
On Sale Date: May 27, 1965 Copyright Date May 27, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

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

Title: "The Elixir of Invulnerability"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Green Lantern Archives Vol. 5 HC (2005)
Showcase Presents Green Lantern Vol. 2 TPB (2007)
Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2012)
Green Lantern:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2018)
Green Lantern:The Silver Age Vol. 4 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #38; next appearance in Justice League of America #37)

Supporting Character(s)

• Carol Ferris (last appearance in Green Lantern #37; next appearance in Green Lantern #39)

Villain(s)

• Goldface (as Keith Kenyon; next appearance in Green Lantern #48)
• Kenyon's henchmen (no further appearances)

Comments:
Goldface appears in this story as Keith Kenyon. He does not assume the name Goldface until his next appearance in Green Lantern #48.

Synopsis:
While scuba diving on vacation in Hawaii, Hal Jordan finds a sunken ship full of gold. He examines the gold, then is attacked by several other divers. During the fight, the attackers use a dark chemical to incapacitate Hal. Though he absorbs the chemical with his power ring, Hal still loses the fight.

Hal is brought to the hospital where he finds that he has become allergic to his power ring. Once he removes the chemical from the ring, he returns to normal. He is then released from the hospital and begins tracking down the gold.

Hal traces the gold back to Keith Kenyon, a man who has discovered a strange property of gold that has been submerged in sea water for at least a century. Using the gold, Kenyon has created an elixir which grants him invulnerability. He is forced to test the formula when Green Lantern raids his island hide-out.

Green Lantern's ring is powerless against Kenyon, after he has consumed the elixir. Hal speculates that the formula was created with gold which is yellow. To fight Kenyon, Hal creates aqua regia, an acid that dissolves gold. When used on Kenyon, the chemical removes his invulnerability. Hal then defeats Kenyon, destroying the remaining elixir in the process.