GREEN LANTERN #55

Cover shows moderate wear consistent with a Silver Age book: visible corner softening at top left and bottom corners, a vertical crease/bend near the left edge, and light surface scuffing across the orange background. There's a small spot of foxing/discoloration near the left edge and slight fraying along the spine, though no major color break is evident. Book is in a protective sleeve which limits full assessment of edges; back cover and interior pages were not visible for grading.

Green Lantern #55, cover-dated September 1967, arrived during the title's Gardner Fox-scripted, Gil Kane-illustrated stretch that preceded the landmark socially conscious Green Lantern/Green Arrow issues that would begin a decade run later at #76. Kane's clean, dynamic linework defined Hal Jordan's visual identity throughout the 1960s, and this issue is a representative example of the era's cosmic superhero storytelling, with Sid Greene's inks lending the pages their characteristic polish. The issue does not carry a first appearance, origin, or death of lasting significance, placing it squarely within the run's supporting-cast material rather than its historical high points.

Market data across the CGC population of 126 certified Universal copies shows a typical Silver Age demand curve: raw and low-grade copies trade for modest sums, while the market steps up meaningfully once a copy clears the 9.0 threshold, and again sharply between 9.4 and 9.6. With only six copies certified at 9.8 and no completed sale on record at that grade, top-end value is thin and driven by scarcity rather than depth of demand. The book's appeal rests mainly with Green Lantern completists and Gil Kane collectors rather than casual key-issue buyers.

Expect this title to move steadily but unspectacularly across grades: low- and mid-grade raw copies are inexpensive entry points for readers building a run, while high-grade certified copies command outsized premiums relative to the modest mid-grade values, reflecting genuine scarcity rather than broad speculative interest. It is best positioned in dealer inventory as a solid run-filler for Silver Age Green Lantern sets rather than a marquee lot.