COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Green Lantern 47 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Pacific Coast
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Certification #:
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0089658006
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
When we left our hero is Issue #46, he was, well, dead. But fear not friends, Green Lantern lives again in Issue #47.
As Katma Tui mourns over the body of Green Lantern, his body is suddenly transported to the year 5700 AD by Chairman Dasor. Finding Green Lantern near death, they use their devices to revive him and restore him to life. With his Pol Manning memories restored, Dasor tells Hal about the Red Virus, a virus that makes people resemble devils and become evil that has been infecting the Solarites.
Battling those infected, they channel their powers into one of their members turning him into Super-Viro, a giant humanoid that uses 100% of its brain. "Pol" manages to defeat Super-Viro, but becomes infected with the Red Virus himself. Trying to fight off its effects, "Manning" uses his Power Ring to expell the virus from his body and make it visible to the naked eye, curing himself. Doing so to the others, "Pol" uses his power ring to destroy the virus and save the Solarites.
Reviving right at the moment he left, Hal shocks Katma with his sudden revival. Realizing that Pieface is still in danger and at the mercy of Dr. Polaris, he rushes back to Earth. There he gets into another battle with Dr. Polaris, but is captured in by Polaris and is stuck on a giant magnet. Breaking free of the device, Hal manages to defeat Dr. Polaris in hand to hand combat. Restoring Pieface afterwards, he explains to Pieface that Dr. Polarus' devices had effected the Guardian's devices into thinking he was dead when there was a faint glimmer of life still left in him. OK, maybe it sounds a little hokey, but we all knew GL wasn’t really dead
This is the single highest graded issue and the Pacific Coast pedigree. We acquired the book from the November 2011 auction on CL of what was at that time the #1 Green Lantern registry set.
12/2019: I do not know what happened with this book, but it is not only no longer the single highest grade issue, but there are 6 9.6s and a single 9.8 in the census. Oh well, at least it is still the Pacific Coast copy. Notably, as of May 2020, this is our last book that is not a highest graded example.
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