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ow pages; "Best of Luck, Gil Kane" written on Page 1 in pen.
Gil Kane cvr/art; origin & 1st app of Silver age Green Lantern (Hal Jordan); 1st mention of Green Lantern Corp; 1st app/death of Abin Sur
After the runaway success of the revamped Flash in Showcase #4, DC editors scrambled through the archives looking for Golden Age heroes to rework and repackage for the Atomic Era. Unsurprisingly, the next big hit of the DC Silver Age was a refurbished Green Lantern, who was upgraded to a devil-may-care hero with a science-fiction themed secret identity and origin tale perfectly suited to the Sputnik-era. Crack DC draftsman Gil Kane turned in an extraordinary and timeless costume, and indefatigable scribe John Broome worked with DC editor Julius Schwartz to concoct a mystical, yet futuristic, and surprisingly moving debut. If the Flash was the hint of a Silver Age of heroes, this book affirmed its existence and assured everything that followed. Its importance to comic history cannot be understated.

This 6.5 copy of Showcase #22 is in admirable condition, the colors are sharp, deep greens and bright yellows jump off the muted background design, and the book also contains a hidden treasure, an unverified dedication from Gil Kane on the first interior page. Owning a mid-grade copy of a Silver Age classic, featuring the origin story of one of DC's most successful and beloved characters is a rock-solid investment. With a Green Lantern cinematic reboot imminent, snapping up a copy of this comic before it goes up in price again is a smart move.

Overstreet Guide 2022 FN+ (6.5) value = $9,400.