showcase22gr1959 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hepcat could possibly have the best copy out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I've also suspected for some years that Showcase 24 is even more difficult to find in high grade than either Showcase 22 or Showcase 23. It wasn't as commonly hoarded as 22 with Green Lantern's first appearance or 23 with the atomic bomb cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase22gr1959 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 (edited) Basing by the CGC census numbers on Showcase 24, it is uncommon in 8.0. Though it's scarce in 8.5+ and your copy fits that . If your copy is graded a 9.0+, it is rare and one of a kind . If you check the census for SC22, 7.0 is where it becomes scarce and 7.5+ is where I would categorize as upper high grade. On the other hand, SC23 is super rare in 8.5+. The SC23 in 9.4 is definitely an anomaly. Edited January 20, 2011 by showcase22gr1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 (edited) I just wish I had copies of all of them with sufficient eye appeal to fit into the rest of my collection regardless of the "technical grade", whether that be 8.5, 9.4 or somewhere in between. It may be just an impossible dream though. And it's not as if I passed up on pristine copies thirty years ago. I never did see any of these Showcases in that type of condition at shows or anywhere. I should have collected enough pop bottles and hunted these Showcases down on the newstand in 1959 and then covered them in Saran wrap and put them up in the rafters of the basement where it was cooler but safe from storm sewer backups and such. As if.... Edited January 20, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddieMercede Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I've also suspected for some years that Showcase 24 is even more difficult to find in high grade than either Showcase 22 or Showcase 23. It wasn't as commonly hoarded as 22 with Green Lantern's first appearance or 23 with the atomic bomb cover. I think I have to disagree, I think 24 is the easiest of the 3 to find in nicer condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I've also suspected for some years that Showcase 24 is even more difficult to find in high grade than either Showcase 22 or Showcase 23. It wasn't as commonly hoarded as 22 with Green Lantern's first appearance or 23 with the atomic bomb cover. I think I have to disagree, I think 24 is the easiest of the 3 to find in nicer condition. +1 . The census bears this out. Looking at copies in 8.0 or above... Issue 22 has 10 copies, Issue 23 has 4 copies, and Issue 24 has 16 copies. Not dramatic, not plentiful but still more than 22 and 23 combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) Here are scans of a couple more of the Green Lantern books from my collection: Edited February 4, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase22gr1959 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) Here are scans of a couple more of the Green Lantern books from my collection: Nice and those GL's are sharp. Edited February 4, 2011 by showcase22gr1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL1 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I like the GL#9 great Sinestro cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john72tex Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 This thread needs a Here's my latest Comiclink win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpinkpanther67 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 This thread needs a Here's my latest Comiclink win. Nice, John! How close are you to completing the entire run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john72tex Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I'm about 60% or so on 1-89, but I've kinda slowed down a little bit lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 This thread needs a Here's my latest Comiclink win. Wow, a 9.6! Good one! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Here are scans of a couple more of the Green Lantern books from my collection: The #11 was the first Green Lantern I ever read as a kid and it left a profound mark on my impressionable young mind. It more so than any other single comic left within me the seed of what would turn out to be a lifelong interest in comics. Edited March 4, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase22gr1959 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Great stuff guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john72tex Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Has anybody read the reprints in either the Archives, Showcase, or GL Chronicles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I have the first five Green Lantern Archive books and have read through most of the stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I just bought the new Omnibus Vol 1 but haven't gone thru it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase22gr1959 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I just bought the new Omnibus Vol 1 but haven't gone thru it yet Same here...I got the hard cover. Don't have to many raw GL's...so the earlier reprints would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Omnibus? What's the point? Do the reprints in Omnibus include all the shorts, ads and letter pages or just the stories as in the Archives? Is the paper every bit as right as is that of the Archives? Edited March 5, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
