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Green Lantern (vol. 2) #1 (July-Aug. 1960):
“Menace of the Giant Puppet!”
by John Broome, Gil Kane, Joe Giella

Green Lantern (vol. 2) #1

Title: “Menace of the Giant Puppet!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July-Aug. 1960

Publisher: DC
Written by: John Broome
Art by: Gil Kane, Joe Giella


7 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Green Lantern Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) hero
CBR Scale: U Jewish Catholic / Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps; Super Friends...  DC 2,529
Star Sapphire Carol Ferris supporting character villain
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
Extreme Justice (administrator); Secret Society of Super Villains...  DC 214
Puppeteer Puppeteer (Jordan Weir) villain scientist
CBR Scale: S manifestly non-religious
H.I.V.E. DC 6
Biffy
(6-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[small-time crook; Puppeteer made him try to rob bank] DC 1
Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra
(voice only)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Catholic
[actor; singer] DC Marvel 393
Harry Houdini Harry Houdini
(mentioned)
real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[son of a rabbi; active debunker of seances, spiritualists] Vitaphone Corporation Warner Brothers 48
Carl Ferris Carl Ferris
(mentioned)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
[father of Green Lantern's girlfriend Carol Ferris] DC 21