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Silver Age Green Lantern Comic Book Price Guide

Silver Age Green Lantern comic book price guide

After Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern (click for our article on values), made his last appearance in 1951, there was not a single appearance of the Emerald Gladiator in any comic books for eight years.

The Golden Age had ended, and superhero comics had gone the way of hoop skirts and high-button shoes, pushed aside by Westerns.

When Green Lantern would finally reappear in 1959, he came bearing a different costume, different powers, a different origin story, and a different secret identity, in Showcase Comics (click for full article).

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While Green Lantern's popularity may never match Spider-Man's, and while Showcase #22 may never be worth as much as Amazing Fantasy #15, it's a good idea to dig out your old Silver Age GL comics, and get a fix on what they're worth.

Showcase #22: First Appearance of Silver Age Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Showcase #22
First appearance of the Silver Age Green Lantern

Record Sale: $105,000
Minimum Value: $400

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Showcase #23
Second appearance of Hal Jordan

Record Sale: $13,200
Minimum Value: $40

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Showcase #24
Third appearance

Record Sale: $16,800
Minimum Value: $30

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Brave and the Bold #28: Green Lantern Joins The Justice League of America

Brave and the Bold #28

Record Sale: $120,000
Minimum Value: $600

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Just as they had rebooted GL and Flash, DC Comics decided in March of 1960 to reboot their original super team, the Justice Society of America, as the Justice League of America. (Click to read full article.)

Just as the JSA had been the first super team comic of the Golden Age, the JLA was the first of the Silver Age. (Marvel would mimic this with The Fantastic Four comic soon after.)

The comic they launched in was Brave and the Bold #28.

Green Lantern was included in the lineup of the JLA, along with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, and J'onn J'onnz, the Martian Manhunter.

Along for the ride was Snapper Carr, JLA mascot, in the role that Johnny Thunder had played in the JSA comics.

Green Lantern (1960 Series) #1:
First Issue of the Silver Age Green Lantern Comic

Green Lantern Comic #1
First issue of Green Lantern Comics Silver Age series

Record Sale: $56,330
Minimum Value: $130

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Green Lantern v2 #1 sees GL encounter the Guardians of the Universe (click for Wikipedia article) for the first time, although they erase his memory of their encounter, deciding that Hal Jordan is not yet ready to learn of their existence.

Green Lantern Comic #2

Record Sale: $6,180

Minimum Value: $30

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Green Lantern Comic #3

Record Sale: $4,100
Minimum Value: $30

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Green Lantern Comic #4

Record Sale: $3,360
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern #5

Record Sale: $1,100
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern #6

Record Sale: $7,600
Minimum Value: $30

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Green Lantern Comic #7: First Appearance of Sinestro

Green Lantern #7
First appearance of Sinestro

Record Sale: $27,170
Minimum Value: $40

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Green Lantern v2 #7 is notable for two reasons: it contains the first appearance of Sinestro, the yellow-power-ring wielding nemesis who would plague GL for years to come.

It was also the first time that Hal Jordan was allowed to remember an encounter with the Guardians.

Green Lantern Comic #8

Record Sale: $2,630
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern #9

Record Sale: $5,080
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern #10

Record Sale: $2,150
Minimum Value: $60

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Green Lantern Comic #11

Record Sale: $5,040
Minimum Value: $30

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Green Lantern Comic #12

Record Sale: $2,330

Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #13

Record Sale: $2,250

Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #14

Record Sale: $3,320
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #15

Record Sale: $17,310
Minimum Value: $30

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Green Lantern Comic #16: First Star Sapphire

Green Lantern Comic #16

First Star Sapphire

Record Sale: $8,000
Minimum Value: $50

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Green Lantern Comic #17

Record Sale: $3,380
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #18

Record Sale: $3,750
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #19

Record Sale: $2,800
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #20

Record Sale: $6,200
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #21

Record Sale: $2,990
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #22

Record Sale: $2,870
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #23

Record Sale: $1,300
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #24

Record Sale: $2,500
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #25

Record Sale: $1,200
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #26

Record Sale: $1,940
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #27

Record Sale: $1,630
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #28

Record Sale: $840
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #29

Record Sale: $1,230
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #30

Record Sale: $3,110
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #31

Record Sale: $1,550
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #32

Record Sale: $1,800
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #33

Record Sale: $1,800
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #34

Record Sale: $1,020
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #35

Record Sale: $1,350
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #36

Record Sale: $1,040
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #37

Record Sale: $1,090
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #38

Record Sale: $2,390
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #39

Record Sale: $2,300
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #40: Golden Age Meets Silver Age

Green Lantern #40
Hal Jordan meets Alan Scott

Record Sale: $5,200
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #41

Record Sale: $2,000
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #42

Record Sale: $2,010
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #43

Record Sale: $2,990
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #44

Record Sale: $600
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #45

Record Sale: $680
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #46

Record Sale: $1,020
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #47

Record Sale: $1,380
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #48

Record Sale: $600
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #49

Record Sale: $730
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #50

Record Sale: $500
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #51

Record Sale: $1,500
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #52

Record Sale: $2,050
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #53

Record Sale: $500
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #54

Record Sale: $1,600
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #55

Record Sale: $1,200
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #56

Record Sale: $810
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #57

Record Sale: $950
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #58

Record Sale: $680
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #59
First appearance of Guy Gardener

Record Sale: $10,200
Minimum Value: $30

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Green Lantern Comic #60

Record Sale: $640
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #61

Record Sale: $660
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #62

Record Sale: $750
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #63

Record Sale: $1,060
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #64

Record Sale: $590
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #65

Record Sale: $840
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #66

Record Sale: $780
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #67

Record Sale: $540
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #68

Record Sale: $1,350
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #69

Record Sale: $500
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #70

Record Sale: $500
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #71

Record Sale: $1,500
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #72

Record Sale: $460
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #73

Record Sale: $280
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #74

Record Sale: $420
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #75

Record Sale: $1,020
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern/Green Arrow #76: Two Heroes Team Up

Green Lantern #76
Neal Adams reboot; Green Lantern and Green Arrow team begins

Record Sale: $31,810
Minimum Value: $75

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Green Lantern Comic #77

Record Sale: $900
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #78

Record Sale: $1,300
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #79

Record Sale: $2,630
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern #80

Record Sale: $1,110
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #81

Record Sale: $530
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern #82

Record Sale: $970
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #83

Record Sale: $910
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #84

Record Sale: $1,550
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #85
Classic drug story

Record Sale: $2,160
Minimum Value: $30

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Green Lantern Comic #86
Classic drug story

Record Sale: $930
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #87
First John Stewart

Record Sale: $6,500
Minimum Value: $50

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Green Lantern #88

Record Sale: $910
Minimum Value: $20

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Green Lantern Comic #89

Record Sale: $600
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #90

Record Sale: $440
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #91

Record Sale: $160
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #92

Record Sale: $170
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #93

Record Sale: $230
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #94

Record Sale: $140
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #95

Record Sale: $340
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #96

Record Sale: $110
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #97

Record Sale: $160
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #98

Record Sale: $80
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #100

Record Sale: $190
Minimum Value: $10

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Green Lantern Comic #99

Record Sale: $240
Minimum Value: $10

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History of the Silver Age Green Lantern Comic Series

DC Comics had decided that the era of Westerns was finally over. Batman and Superman had made it through the '50s intact, and after the very successful reboot of the Flash (replacing Jay Garrick with a newcomer named Barry Allen) in 1956, the powers that be decided to give GL the same treatment. 

In October of 1959, the new Green Lantern made his debut in Showcase #22, the same comic in which the new Flash had made his first appearance.

Test pilot Hal Jordan had been installed as GL, and for all intents and purposes, it was as if railroad engineer Alan Scott had never existed.

While DC would later connect the Golden Age and Silver Age via the Earth Two/Earth One schema (and subsequently destroy that arrangement in 1986's Crisis on Infinite Earths mini-series), in 1959 only one thing really mattered: Green Lantern was back!

The first issue featured an origin story that had test pilot Hal Jordan summoned to the side of a dying alien, Abin Sur, a member of the intergalactic Green Lantern Corps.

Hal finds out about the Corps., the ring's powers and its weaknesses (it had to be recharged regularly and was powerless against anything colored yellow), and agrees to become the official Green Lantern for the sector of the galaxy that includes earth. 

In two stories written by DC mainstay John Broome and penciled by then-relative-newcomer Gil Kane, Green Lantern showed that he had what it took for the Silver Age.

Gil Kane designed GL's new costume, a marvel of space-age design. His dynamic pencil work would be associated with the Emerald Gladiator for many years, and is considered by many to be the definitive GL artist.

Neal Adams Reboot of the Green Lantern comic series

In Green Lantern v2 #76, Green Lantern has a new partner: Green Arrow, who helps open Hal Jordan's eyes up to injustice here on earth, and places him in conflict for the first time with the Guardians. 

This issue begins a new phase for GL, with stories that were more concerned with gritty urban drama and injustice than with cosmic grandeur and saving other planets.

Eventually this trend would result in a storyline involving Green Arrow's young sidekick, Speedy (a member of the Teen Titans by this point) battling a heroin addiction. 

With script by Denny O'Neil and art by the inimitable Neal Adams, this begins a long run of very desirable GL/GA comics, all of which are valuable to collectors.

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	DC Comics Characters in Green Lantern Comic Find out which other DC characters meet the Green Lantern, and what those important comic book issues are worth today. Read more		Showcase Comics Price Guide Learn the value of all the Showcase issues, from #1 (more of a Golden Age story about a firefighter!) to the all-important Showcase #22. Get yours valued if you want to sell or insure them. Read more
	Golden Age Green Lantern Comic Book Values Find out what the comics featuring Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern, are worth to collectors, and get yours appraised for free. Read more		Brave and the Bold and JLA Comic Book Values Find out what the issues featuring the Justice League of America, from Brave and the Bold #28 onwards, are worth to collectors today. Read more

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