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Green Lantern 16 |
| Item: |
Green Lantern 16 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0206096018
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Owner Comments
Got the CGC 9.8 book - and the original art cover :-)
This 2013 Doug Mahnke Green Lantern cover art features Green Lantern Simon Baz surrounded by the forces of the Third Army. Created by writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke, Baz is the latest in a roster of Earth's Green Lanterns that has included Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, and Kyle Rayner over the years. This is a highly detailed image of the hero by his co-creator dating from very early in the character's career. This cover art has an image area of approximately 10" x 15".
Fun thing, I bought this cover to illustrate the emotion courage - and I later found out that that's exactly the meaning of Baz' forearm tattoo! - It simply reads “courage” in Arabic. So Mahnke really nailed that one :-)
More info about Baz: "Simon Baz was a Lebanese-American child living in Dearborn, Michigan during the events of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Growing up, Simon and his sister Sira were both persecuted due to their ethnicity. As a young adult, Simon got involved in street racing, and eventually car theft; the former put his brother-in-law in a coma in the hospital. Simon is fired from his job and, in a moment of desperation, he steals a car. While trying to evade the police in the stolen vehicle, Simon finds out that there is a bomb in it. Simon drives the van into the abandoned car factory he was laid off from, knowing that no one would be hurt in the explosion. The resulting explosion is seen as an act of terrorism by the authorities, and Simon is brought in for questioning. As Simon is being interrogated, Hal Jordan and Sinestro's fused and malfunctioning Green Lantern Power Ring finds Simon, and selects him as the new wielder, flying him away from captivity. With their suspect gone, the federal agents interrogating Simon contact Amanda Waller about the situation, a transmission Cyborg of the Justice League picks up. Cyborg relays the transmission to Batman and asks if anyone has spoken to Hal Jordan since he quit the League. Meanwhile, Simon lays on the ground, knocked out, while elsewhere, the Third Army begins to spread..."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baz
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