Born in 1913, John Broome started out his writing career selling science fiction stories to the pulp magazines of the 1930s. His agent for those stories was Julius Schwartz, who in 1945 would join DC Comics' staff as an editor and, over the next forty years, be responsible for some of the most innovative comics of his time. Broome's first comic book sale was to Fawcett Comics for the South Seas adventure strip, Lance O'Casey. More work for Fawcett followed, including on Captain Marvel, before World War II interrupted his writing career. When he was released from the service, he looked up his old friend Julius Schwartz at DC and, for more than twenty years, made his creative home there, writing countless scripts for numerous features, including the Golden Age Green Lantern, Justice Society of America, Captain Comet, the Silver Age revival of Green Lantern, the Atomic Knights, Star Hawkins, Rex the Wonder Dog, Detective Chimp, and a variety of science fiction tales. Broome retired from comic boos in the 1970s and settled in Japan where he taught English. John Broome died in Thailand in March 1999.

One of DC's greatest superheroes, Green Lantern, stars in this new trade paperback collection.

These are the tales that introduced test pilot Hal Jordan, chronicling his origin story and establishing his role as one of the intergalactic peacekeeping force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Also included are the stories that introduced fellow Green Lanterns Tomar Re and Abin Sur, along with the corps' overseers, the Guardians of the Universe, plus Green Lantern's arch-foe, Sinestro.

Collects SHOWCASE #22-24 and GREEN LANTERN #1-9.