Secret Origins 1986 #18 Direct ed. - reader copy - $2.00
Jack Ryder is captured by a mob boss, drugged, shot and left for dead. He is brought back to life by Professor Yatz but the process has created the Creeper.
A piece of the Star-Heart travels to ancient Earth where it is shaped into a lantern that eventually falls into the hands of Alan Scott, who becomes the first Green Lantern.
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- Before and After Science - This origin, although based on the original Showcase tale, stresses that the Creeper is not quite sane.
- The Tale of the Green Lantern - This is based on the stories in the early All-American Comics, but does include the continuity of the Guardians, and their creation of the Starheart as shown in Green Lantern circa #115.
- - Includes letters from Anthony R. Cardno, Susanna Doyle, Charles D. Brown, Ken Ruby III and George A. Williams.
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