Contents

“Where There is a Will…!” (broken into four chapters with their own titles)

• written by Elliot S. Maggin
• pencils by Steve Ditko (pages 5-12), Jim Mooney (pages 19 and 22-27; bottom half of 34), Curt Swan (pages 13, 17-18, 20, and 38; top half of 28-29; bottom half of 33 and 37), Jim Aparo (pages 14-16, 21, and 31; top half of 30 and 32; bottom half of 36), Carmine Infantino (page 35; bottom half of 28-30 and 32; the top half of 33-34 and 36-37), and Gil Kane (pages 1-4)
• inks by Art Thibert (pages 5-12), Ian Akin and Brian Garvey (pages 19 and 22-27; bottom half of 34), Ty Templeton (pages 13, 17-18, 20, and 38; top half of 28-29; bottom half of 33 and 37), John Nyberg (pages 14-16, 21, and 31; top half of 30 and 32; bottom half of page 36), Kevin Nowlan (page 35; bottom half of pages 28-30 and 32; top half of 33-34 and 36-37), and Gil Kane (4 pages 1-4)
• in flashback, a dying Abin Sur’s ring summons Superman before finding Hal Jordan (the experience is wiped from Superman’s mind)
• Green Lantern Hal Jordan is shot on a military compound and left for dead, whereupon his ring seeks out a successor
• Hal’s ring seeks out Nightwing, Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Deadman, Clark Kent, and others, who are brought to Hal Jordan’s body
• Abin Sur’s spirit, Clark Kent, and Deadman convince Hal not to give up, and Hal’s spirit rejoins his body, coming alive again
• the successors are returned, but each finds themselves with a small amount of Green Lantern energy, which solves the problems they were facing at the moment of their summoning

Additional Images

In the opening flashback, a dying Abin Sur’s ring summons Clark Kent, whom Abin Sur rejects because he’s not a local species. From Action Comics Weekly #642 (14 Mar 1989).

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