GREEN LANTERN (1960-86) #16
CGC NM+: 9.6
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: white pgs; tied for highest! QES Certified - Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + deep color strike (green & light blue) + flawless interior (white)
Gil Kane cvr/art; origin & 1st app. of SA Star Sapphire; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
Don/Maggie Thompson Collection
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Gil Kane cvr/art; origin & 1st app. of SA Star Sapphire; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
Don/Maggie Thompson Collection
Highest Graded
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white pgs; tied for highest! QES Certified - Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + deep color strike (green & light blue) + flawless interior (white)
Gil Kane cvr/art; origin & 1st app. of SA Star Sapphire; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
Don/Maggie Thompson Collection
Highest GradedStar Sapphire is a character with roots in the Golden Age of comics, first appearing in All-Flash Comics #32, the villainess arrives from the 7th Dimension and attempts to eradicate human life by destroying all the plants on Earth. Reborn in the Silver Age as Carol Ferris, the love interest of Hal Jordan, Sapphire makes her return in Green Lantern #16 as a vessel for the Zamarons, a race of female aliens who are hellbent on proving the inferiority of the male gender. In this issue Star Sapphire takes on the Emerald Knight twice, beating him easily in round one and losing in round two, after which she is stripped of her powers and returned to normal with no memory of her recent transformation, but the character would continue to return and challenge the Lantern over the years in various host bodies and identities. The cult fandom for Star Sapphire continues into the modern era, and this first SA appearance is considered one of the most important issues in the character's arc, as well as a beloved early 60's GL adventure.
One of five highest-graded copies on the census, this sparkling, immaculate copy hails from the Don/Maggie Thompson collection. The pinkish hues in Star Sapphire's uniform pop off the cover as the orange energy field surrounding Jordan is as bright and sunny as it was nearly sixty years ago. Razor sharp corners and tight binding help earn this treasure its well-deserved NM+ status.
Overstreet Guide 2018 NM- (9.2) value = $925.
Artists Information
Joe Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Giella's career began in the 40's at Hillman and later working with C.C. Beck on Captain Marvel stories at Fawcett. He would also assist on Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and other stories at Timely. It was the Silver Age where he would come to his most prominence, working at DC on many of their biggest titles, including Batman, Green Lantern and Strange Adventures, working often with artist Carmine Infantino.
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.
Gil Kane cvr/art; origin & 1st app. of SA Star Sapphire; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
Don/Maggie Thompson Collection
Highest GradedStar Sapphire is a character with roots in the Golden Age of comics, first appearing in All-Flash Comics #32, the villainess arrives from the 7th Dimension and attempts to eradicate human life by destroying all the plants on Earth. Reborn in the Silver Age as Carol Ferris, the love interest of Hal Jordan, Sapphire makes her return in Green Lantern #16 as a vessel for the Zamarons, a race of female aliens who are hellbent on proving the inferiority of the male gender. In this issue Star Sapphire takes on the Emerald Knight twice, beating him easily in round one and losing in round two, after which she is stripped of her powers and returned to normal with no memory of her recent transformation, but the character would continue to return and challenge the Lantern over the years in various host bodies and identities. The cult fandom for Star Sapphire continues into the modern era, and this first SA appearance is considered one of the most important issues in the character's arc, as well as a beloved early 60's GL adventure.
One of five highest-graded copies on the census, this sparkling, immaculate copy hails from the Don/Maggie Thompson collection. The pinkish hues in Star Sapphire's uniform pop off the cover as the orange energy field surrounding Jordan is as bright and sunny as it was nearly sixty years ago. Razor sharp corners and tight binding help earn this treasure its well-deserved NM+ status.
Overstreet Guide 2018 NM- (9.2) value = $925.
Artists Information
Joe Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Giella's career began in the 40's at Hillman and later working with C.C. Beck on Captain Marvel stories at Fawcett. He would also assist on Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and other stories at Timely. It was the Silver Age where he would come to his most prominence, working at DC on many of their biggest titles, including Batman, Green Lantern and Strange Adventures, working often with artist Carmine Infantino.
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.