Comic Title: DC Special #17
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Summer 1975
On Sale Date: May 15, 1975 Newsstand Date May 15, 1975
Source: Comic Reader, #118

Copyright Date May 15, 1975
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1975

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 64
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "World Within the Power Ring"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Green Lantern #26 (1964)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #26; next appearance in Justice League of America #25)

Supporting Character(s)

• Abin Sur (in flashback; last appearance in Green Lantern #55; next appearance in Green Lantern #16)
• Tom Kalmaku (last appearance in Green Lantern #25; next appearance in Green Lantern #27)
• Terga Kalmaku (last appearance in Green Lantern #24; next appearance in Green Lantern #28)

Villain(s)

• Myrwhydden (next appearance in Green Lantern #41)

Synopsis:
While returning from a Justice League meeting, Hal is attacked by an Abin Sur imposter. After he defeats the magical created being, he asks the power ring about the incident.

The power ring explains that the being was created by Myrwhydden, a sinister sorcerer from within the ring itself. Many years ago, Abin Sur had battled Myrwhydden and imprisoned him inside his ring and removed the wizards powers. Slowly after Abin Sur died, Myrwhydden’s magic began returning although he was unaware of Sur’s death.

Green Lantern shrinks himself down and confronts Myrwhydden inside his ring. However since he could not wear his ring, GL is apparently powerless. He does however exhibit magic abilities now that he is inside the ring. He battles Myrwhydden evenly until Myrwhydden casts a spell which removes magic from the land. Now neither GL nor Myrwhydden himself can use magic. Lantern is stuck in a bad position but Lantern uses the power of the ring to stop his foe. GL had only pretended to use magic, his real power came from the ring, which he can control even when not wearing it. He uses the power ring to remove Myrwhydden speech. Since all the spells must be spoken, Myrwhydden’s cannot perform his magic when it returns.