Green Lantern #55 (DC, 1967) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $360.00
Sold: Aug 26, 2018
Green Lantern #55 Values
Publisher: DC, 1967
About Green Lantern #55
First appearance of Charley Vicker. Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson cover. Kane art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Roger Vicker [as Green Lantern]; actors [as Green Lantern Corps]; actor [as a Guardian of the Universe]
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern Corps [Tomar-Re; Katma Tui; Chaselon; Zborra; Stel (cameo); Abin Sur (flashback); many others unnamed]; Guardians of the Universe; Al Magone; Gmane; Ashez; Furine; Gagaran; Tenavor; Charley Vicker; Roger Vicker (death)
Synopsis: The murder of a television actor playing Green Lantern connects to an intergalactic plot against the GL Corps masterminded by Earth criminal Al Magone, once captured by Abin Sur and imprisoned on a remote planet by the Guardians. Several Green Lanterns are killed and the rest fight for their lives against other villains freed by Magone. Charley Vicker is deputized as a Green Lantern by Hal Jordan.
Pages: 22.000
Script: John Broome (credited)
Pencils: Gil Kane (credited)
Inks: Gil Kane (credited)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story across 23 pages, but pages 15 and 23 are half-pages. Story continues in the following issue. Mentions deceased Green Lanterns Davos of Pharma and Chogar of Tyraea among at least 13 Green Lanterns who died at the beginning of this story. Al Magone is drawn as a caricature of actor Edward G. Robinson.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
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