GREEN LANTERN #71

Cover shows moderate wear consistent with a mid-grade Silver Age book: light corner rounding at top corners, some minor surface wear and gloss loss on the black background, and a couple of faint spine ticks visible along the left edge. No major creases, tears, or color breaks are apparent, and the cover colors remain vibrant with no noticeable fading. The book is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment of edge and spine detail; interior pages and back cover were not visible for evaluation.

Green Lantern #71 arrived in September 1969, part of the long Silver Age run that established Hal Jordan as one of DC's flagship cosmic heroes. The issue falls just before the celebrated social-relevance era that began with issue #76, when Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams reshaped the title; #71 instead reflects the more traditional space-opera and villain-of-the-month formula that defined the book through the late 1960s, with Gil Kane's dynamic figure work continuing to anchor the visual identity of the series. Green Arrow appeared as a regular back-up feature in these issues, giving the book some crossover interest for Emerald Archer completists, though neither character undergoes any defining first appearance or origin moment here.

Market data shows a typical Silver Age back-issue curve: certified copies trade modestly through the mid grades, with values climbing only gradually until the top of the census, where a scarcity premium takes hold. Sales activity is concentrated in the 9.0-9.6 range, and no 9.8 has yet been certified, which is common for a lower-profile issue in a well-collected but not top-tier run. Demand is driven primarily by Green Lantern series collectors working through the Hal Jordan Silver Age run rather than by speculative or crossover interest.

This issue suits collectors assembling a complete run of Green Lantern volume 2 or Gil Kane's DC output, and it functions as an affordable, attainable book across most grades. Raw copies in low and mid condition see steady but unspectacular demand as reading or run-filling copies, while high-grade certified examples appeal to registry-focused buyers chasing census position rather than any landmark content, since no 9.8 currently exists to anchor top-end pricing.