Leonard's Lantern
Green Lantern 4
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Green Lantern 4 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Circle 8
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Certification #:
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0963107003
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Green Lantern battles the Qwardians in Issue #4, including a missile they send to lure him into battle. Our copy emanates from the Circle 8 Collection. In 1992 this massive collection of 100,000 comics was discovered in a barn in Tuscon, Arizona by Greg Buls and Howard Harris. It was assembled through a used bookstore between 1955 and 1972 who discounted unsold comic books by writing a grease pencil "8" inside a circle, indicating a discount of 2 cents off the original 10 cent cover price. This practice continued as cover prices increased to 12 cents (with a grease pencil "10" written as the discount), 15 cents, and 20 cents, with an estimated 50% of the collection exhibiting the written discount. Of note, many of the highest graded horror and science fiction Atlas comics from the '50s hail from this pedigree.
Our book is one of five 9.4s with none higher. I bought this book at NYC’s ComicCon in 2012. I more recently had a 9.6 CBCS, but when CGC refused to transition it I sold it in the CBCS case. I have had very little luck getting CBCS books to transition to CGC in the same grade and have pretty much stopped buying them.
2022 Update: There are now 5 9.4s topping the census, still no 9.6s.
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