GREEN LANTERN CORPS #216

The cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp, well-defined corners and no visible creases or spine stress lines. A slight bit of surface sheen/glare from the protective sleeve is present but no chips, tears, or color breaking are visible along the edges. The book is currently housed in a plastic bag, which limits close inspection of edge wear; interior pages and back cover were not assessed.

Green Lantern Corps #216 arrived in September 1987 as part of the title's final stretch before cancellation with issue #224, a period when writer Steve Englehart and artist Joe Staton were steering the ensemble book through a run of cosmic, Corps-focused storylines featuring Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kilowog, and the broader alien membership of the Green Lantern Corps. The issue is a mid-run chapter rather than a landmark: it introduces no new characters of lasting significance, marks no death or origin, and carries no cover image cited by price guides as a classic. It is representative Copper Age superhero team storytelling, valuable primarily to readers assembling a complete run of the title rather than to key-issue collectors.

The market profile reflects that status. Certified population is modest at 21 total graded copies, with only a handful of sales recorded at any grade, and the overwhelming majority of interest clusters at the top of the census rather than across a broad grade spread. This pattern is typical of a title with limited ongoing collector demand: buyers who want a copy generally want it in top condition to complete a Corps or Guy Gardner display run, while raw mid- and low-grade copies see negligible turnover and correspondingly negligible pricing pressure. There is no discernible speculative narrative driving the book, no upcoming media tie-in, and no first-appearance premium to anchor demand beyond the small population of Green Lantern Corps completists.

Collecting activity for this issue is narrow and grade-driven rather than character-driven. Raw copies in low or mid grade will move occasionally in bulk lots or dollar bins with little individual attention, while a certified 9.8 draws interest almost exclusively from Green Lantern Corps run collectors and CGC registry participants chasing a clean top-of-census example. Expect the book to remain a stable, low-volume filler title: inexpensive in any raw grade, and commanding a real but modest premium only in pristine certified form.