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DC · Green Lantern Corps · #1 · Postmodern Age · ID-2453066
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Green Lantern (1st Series) #1 — Hal Jordan Takes Flight
Following his debut in Showcase #22, John Broome and Gil Kane launched Hal Jordan into his own title, expanding the mythology of Oa and the Guardians of the Universe.
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Following his debut in Showcase #22, John Broome and Gil Kane launched Hal Jordan into his own title, expanding the mythology of Oa and the Guardians of the Universe.
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $75.00 |
| 9.8 | $58.03 |
| 9.6 | $22.52 |
| 9.2 | $17.73 |
| 8.0 | $12.44 |
| 6.0 | $7.60 |
| 4.0 | $1.99 |
| 3.0 | $2.00 |
| 2.0 | $2.00 |
| Raw | $2.96 |
Single-source econometric valuation across 1 verified monthly observation epochs (0Y runway)
Hedonic age factor + census scarcity weighting.
80% Interval: Unmeasured (Insufficient Volatility Sample)
Wholesale realization (45% haircut · ILLIQUID_SPECIALTY)
Relative-value gravitational equilibrium anchored to the foundational genesis instruments of sequential art.
| Grade | Dealer Buy (Bid) | Retail Sell (Ask) | Spread | Underwriting House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $1.70 | $8.39 | 79.7% | Khamsin Custodial |
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Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
Home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League.
Deconstructionist storytelling. Trade-first publishing. Creator prestige over character IP.
Value driven by creator reputation and adaptation potential rather than print scarcity.
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A year has passed since the massed ranks of the Green Lantern Corps defeated the Spider Guild. From the Guardians' citadel on the newly fortified planet Oa, Green Lantern Guy Gardner is assigned — against his will — to a feudal world of shadows and sudden death. And across the galaxy, new Lanterns discover what it truly means to wear the Corps insignia, as their courage and comradeship is tested to the limit.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Green Lantern Corps #1.
CGC, CBCS, PSA Universal certified high-grade specimens (9.8 / 9.6 / 9.4). The gold standard for institutional alternative investment.
Official witnessed creator-signed slabs (Yellow label). Valued based on creator historical stature and inscription provenance.
Certified specimens from landmark historical collections (Edgar Church / Mile High, White Mountain, Kansas City, Pacific Coast).
Original newsstand barcode distribution copies. Extremely scarce in high grade due to newsstand rack wear and unsold return pulping.
Regional price test market copies (Canadian 75¢/95¢ variants, Marvel 30¢/35¢ test variants). Highly coveted micro-population rarities.
Exclusively allocated copies requiring retailer orders of 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, or 1:500 standard copies. Immediate manufactured scarcity.
Unslabbed collector copies inspected under standard Overstreet physical guidelines. The primary pool for grading arbitrage.
Alternative artistic interpretations, virgin covers, metal foil, and convention exclusives with dedicated collector followings.
Standard specialty comic shop printings sold through non-returnable distribution. The baseline circulation foundation.
Green label copies with significant manufacturing flaws, unwitnessed signatures, or missing coupons that do not affect the main story.
Purple label copies with professional or amateur color touch, tear seals, piece fill, or spine rebuilds.
Blue/Grey label copies treated exclusively with archival preservation techniques (leaf-casting, rice paper tear reinforcement, solvent wash).
Official second, third, or later printings released to satisfy secondary market sellouts. Distinct cover art and trade dress.
International editions licensed by La Prensa (Mexico), Editora Abril (Brazil), Panini (Europe), or Titan (UK).
Certified printing oddities (missing foil, inverted interior, double covers, foil color error). Unique curiosity pieces.
Advance promotional black-and-white booklets, ashcans created to secure trademark rights, and preview giveaways.
Each cover variant, retailer incentive, and subsequent printing represents an independent atomic tradeable instrument with unique supply elasticity, barcode registration, and secondary market demand.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2453066. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
During a crisis of confidence, Soranik abandons her partner, Myrrt.
At the Guardians Prison, Sinestro tells stories to the imprisoned Sector 3600, in hopes of waking it up and freeing him.
An outcast of society is offered a chance to join the Green Lantern Corps, but rejects the offer... and the Guardians.
An ancient and respected Green Lantern fights the one foe he cannot defeat: old age.
Abin Sur seeks a crippled ship that has crashed on Ysmault, a lifeless planet in a forbidden territory by the Guardians. There Abin finds The Empire of Tears-- hellish demons that taunt him, including Qull of the Five Inversions. Qull freely answers three questions for Abin about the crippled ship, Abin's future and the Guardians' greatest catastrophe. And in doing so destroys Abin Sur years in the future.
Guy Gardner "rejoins" the other Green Lanterns on Earth.
With the Rocket Red Brigade, this and the next two stories take place in Russia.
John Stewart has to kill Kirrt before he gives the Keepers the vibrational matrix signature that will allow them to breach Oa's orbital forcefield.
Kilowog fights Guy Gardner to force him out of Russia, but when he discovers the Russians intend to kill John and Katma, Kilowog turns and fights the Rocket Reds instead. Meanwhile, the other Green Lanterns stop launched missles from reaching the US.
Guy Gardner gets all the Green Lanterns drunk and as a result Kari Limbo discovers Guy no longer loves her. Hal Jordan and Arisia get romantic. John Stewart proposes to Katma Tui. And all the Green Lanterns fight nightmares from the drunken Salakk. Hal Jordan kicks Guy Gardner off the team who then leaves to join the newly-reformed Justice League.
On Super Bowl Sunday, John Stewart and Katma Tui get married in Detroit. After the couple leave on their honeymoon, the team splits up to take care of personal issues. Star Sapphire and Hector Hammond attempt to kill Hal Jordan by draining all his ring's power in order to expose him to the vacuum of outer space.
Doctor Ub'x's newly-sentient B'rk's fight the Green Lanterns and earn the use of one planet from the Solarites. Salakk stays in the future with Iona and Ch'p goes back to H'lven as both are written out of the plot.
Katma Tui is sent by the Guardians to recruit a new member to the Corps-- one who is sightless and has no concept of light or color.
The final moments in a Green Lantern's life.
A Green Lantern --thought to be the one true Green Lantern god by his people-- is called by other Green Lanterns to save his planet. That's when the people find out the truth about their so-called God.
A very pregnant Green Lantern becomes fatally injured when she stops a band of Coltan Raiders. The ring aids with the birth and seeks out her replacement-- a raider who has lost in her love during the Green Lantern's intervention.
A drifter finds a dead Green Lantern and steals his ring. Using the ring to make his life better only makes it worse. Angered by his situation, he tosses the ring back at the lifeless Lantern.
A Green Lantern searches for his replacement on an odd world.
Recorded price evidence by source and grade tier. Ungraded / RAW pricing represents loose physical copies; certified grading authorities record authenticated slabbed grades only. Unpriced grades remain unpriced.
| Authority Source / Metric | RAWUNGRADED | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.8ANCHOR | 10.0 |
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Panel Profits(Exchange FMV) | $2.96 | — | $2.00 | $1.99 | — | $7.60 | — | $12.44 | — | $17.73 | $22.52 | $58.03 | $75.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | — | — | — | — | — | $1.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $3.29 | — | — | — | — | $8.39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 sold | — |
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