Auctions: comic books in 'Green Lantern', graded by CBCS

Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 2 CBCS 1.8

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover detached.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts!, script by John Broome pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Green Lantern learns of the anti-matter universe of Qward. He travels there to rescue the few lawful citizens and brings them to Earth and closes the portal between dimensions. Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town!, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Tom Kalmakus' father and Jimmy Dawes had stumbled on a gold mine and split the map for keeping while Dawes raised money to work it, but Tom's father died and Dawes lost his map while gambling. Duke Danfield won the map half and steals Tom's half to find the gold, but Green Lantern defeats his gang and Tom discovers Hal's secret identity as Green Lantern; Introduction of Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 84 CBCS 5.5 Witnessed Sig O'Neil

Paper: Off white to white

Witnessed Sig: Denny O'Neil on 04/29/2017.

Label #18-089E087-039

Final 15-cent cover price. Cover art by Neal Adams. Peril in Plastic, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Bernie Wrightson; While Carol Ferris is in Piper's Dell, the sea wall protecting the town begins to give way, so Hal responds as Green Lantern; After saving the town, GL is given a tour of the plastic factory; Weakened by gas emitted by the plastic pins produced there, he is unable to fight back, so he sends his ring to Green Arrow; When he revives, he finds that his old enemy Black Hand uses the pins to keep the community under his control; He sends GL and Carol out into the streets to face the wrath of the townspeople, but Green Arrow arrives in time with GL's ring, and GL traps Black Hand in his own plastic. This issue features the memorable "Ka-loooota" sequence (a reference to artist Michael Kaluta). Cover price $0.15.

Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 86 CBCS 8.0

Paper: White

Label #24-0053657-006

Giant-size issue. Cover by Neal Adams. Green Arrow co-stars in this famous anti-drug issue. They Say It'll Kill Me... But They Won't Say When!, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano; Having discovered that Roy is a junkie, Green Arrow sets out to bring the drug traffickers down; Green Lantern returns to Oliver's building and finds Roy curled up in the basement; He takes Roy to Dinah's to straighten out and heads out to find Green Arrow, who has been knocked out by the drug dealers and tossed into the harbor to drown; GA escapes just as GL arrives to take out the goons who threw him into the water; Together the two trace the drugs to pharmaceutical magnate Salomon Hooper and put him out of business; But Roy explains that drugs are not the root problem, just a symptom of it. Anti-drug message from John V. Lindsay, mayor of New York City (1966-1973), thanking DC Comics for publishing the Green Lantern story in this and the previous issue. Reprint story: The Icicle Goes South! (from All-American Comics 92, December 1947), script by Robert Kanigher, art by Alex Toth; Green Lantern must stop the Icicle, who is helping a dictator to take over the South American country of Perumbia. 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Green Lantern (1990 3rd Series DC) 48D CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #18-34784A8-051

Direct Edition. Emerald Twilight: Part 1 of 3. "The Past!" Story by Ron Marz. Art by Bill Willingham, Robert Campanella, and Romeo Tanghal. It's the beginning of the end for Hal Jordan. In this seminal chapter in the life of Green Lantern, Hal returns to ground zero and attempts to use his Power Ring to resurrect the devastated Coast City. But what happens if he doesn't have enough power? Don't miss the most unexpected turn in the life of Hal Jordan as DC counts down to a very special 50th issue. NOTE: 1st appearance of Kyle Rayner. Cover price $1.50.