Set Description:
Green Lantern one of my first superheroes I truly enjoyed playing when I was a kid – having powers that are limited by your will power and imagination…awesome for a kid with a crazy imagination. I first started collecting Green Lantern during the re-boot and return of Hal Jordan in the 90s. I enjoyed the series but tried collecting the Silver Age series which I easily found issues #100 and up, finding the older stuff was a lot harder. These days my collection is growing thanks to conventions and most importantly online sites.
Unlike my other sets this one will be a challenge but looking forward to it, isnt that the reason why we are collectors...the hunt / challenge and most importantly the satisfaction of a complete collection.
Collection from 1960 to 1988.
After World War II, when sales of superhero comic books generally declined, DC ceased publishing new adventures of Alan Scott as the Green Lantern. In 1959, at the beginning of the Silver Age of Comic Books, DC editor Julius Schwartz assigned writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane to revive the Green Lantern character, this time as test pilot Hal Jordan who became a founding member of the Justice League of America.
In 1970, writer Denny O'Neil and artist Neal Adams teamed Green Lantern with archer Green Arrow in groundbreaking, socially conscious, and award-winning stories that pitted the sensibilities of the law-and-order-oriented Green Lantern with the populist Green Arrow. Several cosmically-themed series followed, as did occasional different individuals in the role of Earth's Green Lantern.
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Showcase 23 |
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Showcase 23 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0017187021
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Owner Comments
2nd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. Summons from Space!; Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures. The Invisible Destroyer!; When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind. Scripts by John Broome.
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Showcase 24 |
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Showcase 24 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1296334001
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Owner Comments
3rd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. The Secret of the Black Museum!; When a group of spies steal secret plans for a new space plane from Hal Jordan, Green Lantern goes into action to recover them. The Creature That Couldn't Die!; A blob is turned into a giant monster when exposed to cosmic rays; It is up to Green Lantern to stop the destruction. Scripts by John Broome.
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Green Lantern 17 |
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Green Lantern 17 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1347010001
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. The Spy-Eye That Doomed Green Lantern!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Ivar and his ring of spies attempt to steal either the plane or the plans for a new plane and stumble upon Hal's secret identity; But Hal fools them into seeing him and Green Lantern together and captures them.
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Green Lantern 19 |
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Green Lantern 19 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
4195827001
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Defeat of Green Lantern, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; The country of Granaco requests Green Lantern's assistance in preventing Sonar's invasion. Trail of the Horse & Buggy Bandits, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Green Lantern stops some criminals who use a horse and buggy to commit their crimes
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Green Lantern 21 |
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Green Lantern 21 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0907339003
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Man Who Mastered Magnetism, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; The origin of Dr. Polaris. Hal Jordan Betrays Green Lantern, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson; After helping to catch some art thieves, Carl Ferris begins to suspect Hal Jordan is really Green Lantern.
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Green Lantern 25 |
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Green Lantern 25 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1291999003
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. War of the Weapons Wizards!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Green Lantern versus Sonar and Hector Hammond. It's Hard To Believe fact page, script by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolosi.
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Green Lantern 28 |
| Item: |
Green Lantern 28 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2087165011
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Shark Goes On The Prowl Again!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; The Shark kidnaps Hal's three friends. The House That Fought Green Lantern, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella.
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Green Lantern 30 |
| Item: |
Green Lantern 30 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
4108424005
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Tunnel Through Time!, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; A race of alien pterodactyls tries to take over the Earth. Once A Green Lantern -- Always A Green Lantern!, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; Hal Jordan is sent on a mission to convince Katma Tui to remain a Green Lantern, though she has announced her resignation upon the end of her probation period; Hal convinces her using a ruse to show her that her loyalty to the Corps in stronger than her love of Imi Kann.
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Green Lantern 35 |
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Green Lantern 35 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2113174012
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Owner Comments
First appearance of the Aerialist. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. Prisoner of the Golden Mask, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; he Aerialist uses a magnetic yellow mask to take control of Green Lantern. The Eagle Crusader of Earth, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; The radiation from a thinking machine causes Green Lantern to switch minds with an eagle.
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Green Lantern 37 |
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Green Lantern 37 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0163938018
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. Happy Hobby Time public service announcement by Superboy. The Spies Who "Owned" Green Lantern!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; Carol Ferris' new secretary is a spy, and she hypnotizes Hal Jordan and uses him to steal secrets. The Plot To Conquer the Universe!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; Hal Jordan flies to OA, to have the Guardians remove the hypnotic implants he received from Betty Sloane; On the way, he ends up battling a new villain... Evil Star!
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Green Lantern 38 |
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Green Lantern 38 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0988310022
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. Menace of the Atomic Changeling!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; Hal Jordan is contacted by Green Lantern Tomar-Re to assist in capturing an atomic energy being who steals bodies and animates objects, and does capture the being by trapping it between object changes. Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!" public service announcement, art by Bob Oksner. The Elixer of Invulnerability!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; While on vacation, Hal Jordan stumbles across and defeats Keith Kenyon, who has amassed sunken gold and created weapons and an invulnerability elixir from it.
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Green Lantern 41 |
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Green Lantern 41 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1347010002
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Owner Comments
Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Double Life of Star Sapphire, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; The Queen of the Zamarons impersonates Carol Ferris so she can trick Green Lantern into marrying her. Challenge of the Coin Creatures, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; Myrwhydden uses an ordinary criminal to capture Green Lantern.
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Green Lantern 48 |
| Item: |
Green Lantern 48 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1036023002
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Owner Comments
Cover art by Gil Kane. Goldface's Grudge Fight Against Green Lantern, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; Goldface, making his debut, turns Green Lantern into solid gold.
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Green Lantern 50 |
| Item: |
Green Lantern 50 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0045352007
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Owner Comments
Cover art by Gil Kane. The Quest of the Wicked Queen of Hearts, script by John Broome, art by Gil Kane. Thraxton the Powerful Vs Green Lantern The Powerless, script by Gardner Fox, art by Gil Kane; Green Lantern is afraid to use his ring on Thraxton the Powerful.
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Green Lantern 51 |
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Green Lantern 51 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1215342010
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Owner Comments
Cover by Gil Kane. Green Lantern's Evil Alter Ego!, script by John Broome, art by Gil Kane; Pol Manning, the alter ego for Green Lantern invented by the people of 5700 AD, somehow comes to life and only Green Lantern can stop him.
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