GREEN LANTERN #47

Pre-1977 single edition, so no direct/newsstand distinction applies. Visible defects include a noticeable vertical crease running through the center of the cover near Green Lantern's torso, moderate soiling and yellowing especially along the left edge and spine area, some minor edge wear at the corners, and light surface scuffing. Spine appears to have some stress but no major splits visible; the book is protected in a plastic sleeve which limits full inspection. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

Green Lantern #47 arrived in September 1966 during the celebrated John Broome/Gil Kane run that defined the Hal Jordan era at DC. Kane's dynamic figure work and Broome's space-opera plotting were central to the title's identity throughout the mid-1960s, and this issue is a representative example of that creative partnership rather than a landmark first appearance or origin story. It sits comfortably within the broader Silver Age science-fiction superhero wave that Green Lantern helped anchor alongside contemporaries like The Flash.

The certified population data shows a typical mid-tier Silver Age distribution: well over a hundred copies graded, a thick cluster in the 7.5–9.4 range, and a sharp fall-off in supply above 9.6. Pricing is flat and modest through the low-to-mid grades, where wear-related condition issues rather than scarcity govern value, then accelerates sharply at the top of the census, where only a handful of copies exist above 9.4 and just two have reached 9.8. That single 9.8 sale at a five-figure-adjacent price illustrates how thin high-grade Silver Age supply can produce outsized premiums even for non-key issues.

Demand for this issue comes primarily from Green Lantern and Gil Kane completists building toward a full run of the Hal Jordan Silver Age series, rather than from speculative key-issue buyers. Lower and mid-grade raw copies trade as inexpensive run-fillers with little volatility, while top-census CGC 9.8 copies are effectively a separate market driven by registry competition and extreme scarcity. Collectors should expect the bulk of transactions to occur in the sub-$100 range, with outsized results reserved for the rare top-graded slab.