GREEN LANTERN #55

Cover shows moderate wear consistent with a mid-grade Silver Age book: rounded corner tips (especially top left near logo), light surface soiling and mild color fading along the top edge, and faint spine stress lines visible along the left edge though no major color breaks are apparent. There is a small crease near the lower right corner and slight edge wear along the right border. The book is in a protective sleeve which limits close inspection of surface gloss; interior pages and back cover were not assessed.

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.