Green Lantern #23 (DC, 1963) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $4,808.40
Sold: Sep 15, 2024
Green Lantern #23 Values
Publisher: DC, 1963
About Green Lantern #23
Origin and first appearance of Tattooed Man. Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Tattooed Man
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Lee Kerr; Tattooed Man [Abel Tarrant] (first appearance; villain; origin); Baron Cranfield
Synopsis: A new villain uses tattoos that materialize in giant size to commit his crimes.
Pages: 12.330
Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Story in two parts of 7.67 pages and 4.67 pages. Tattooed Man modeled after actor John Wayne, per Bob Bailey. Bob Rozakis credited Joe Giella (and not Frank Giacoia) with this story’s inks in Green Lantern #100 (January 1978). Giacoia and Giella were both credited with inks in Green Lantern Annual #1 (1998). The Giacoia and Giella credits were repeated in Showcase Presents Green Lantern vol. 2 (2007).
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
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