GREEN LANTERN #200

Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant orange/green color with sharp corners and no visible creasing or spine stress lines in this photo. Minor handling wear is possible along the top edge but not clearly discernible through the protective sleeve. The book is bagged, which obscures fine surface detail and the bottom cover-price/barcode area; interior pages and back cover were not assessed.

Green Lantern #200, published by DC Comics in May 1986, closes out the numbering of the second Green Lantern volume with an oversized anniversary issue. The book emphasizes the Green Lantern Corps and Hal Jordan's legacy as a keeper of the light, arriving late in the Copper Age as DC was building toward the character's eventual retooling in the years that followed. It is not associated with any first appearance, death, or debut of lasting significance, and its status rests on being a milestone issue number rather than a landmark story beat.

Market data reflects a book with limited liquidity at the high end and negligible demand at the low end. Raw copies in low and mid grades trade for pocket change, consistent with a well-distributed 1980s DC title with no speculative draw. Census figures show a modest population in high grades, and the handful of recorded 9.6 and 9.8 sales suggest a market driven almost entirely by condition census chasers rather than broad collector demand, with pricing that jumps sharply between 9.6 and 9.8 due to scarcity of top submissions rather than any surge in buyer interest.

This is a book for completists building a full run of the Hal Jordan Green Lantern series or the Corps mythology, rather than a speculative or key-driven purchase. Raw copies remain widely available and inexpensive across low to mid grades, while the CGC 9.8 tier carries a real premium purely due to census scarcity. Long-term appreciation will likely track the broader Green Lantern Corps collector base rather than any independent demand driver.