Leonard's Lantern
Green Lantern 16
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Green Lantern 16 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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White Mountain
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Certification #:
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1218474007
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #16 features the origin and 1st appearance of the Silver Age Star Sapphire. Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan's boss and girlfriend, is transformed into the powerful Star Sapphire when she encounters the immortal Zamarons! They want to make Carol their queen—but first, she must defeat Green Lantern.
Our issue is highest graded, but it now shares that honor with four other copies. It also comes from the prestigious White Mountain Collection and boasts white pages. This collection came to prominence in the early '90s when a large portion of them sold through the first Sotheby's comic book auctions in 1991 and 1992, although the original owner had been selling books from it as early as 1984. Known for their whiteness and freshness, the collection covered much of the '50s and '60s, particularly horror and science fiction, and contained full runs of early Silver Age titles. It was one of the first major pedigrees to represent the Silver Age, laying the foundation for other prominent Silver Age pedigrees such as Pacific Coast, Curator, Western Penn, Northford and Mohawk Valley. Copies from the '50s contain a date stamp on the first page, while later issues exhibit a small two-digit year penned on the front cover. In this case, the digit “62” appears beneath the issue number on the front cover.
We acquired the book in the 9/10/2013 CL auction.*
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