Kane, Gil - GREEN LANTERN - VERY 1ST APPEARANCE OF GUY GARDNER #59 Interior Page
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Gil Kane pencils/Sid Greene inks; page 7; 1968; image size 10" x 15"
Guy Gardner's 1st in-story appearance!
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Gil Kane pencils/Sid Greene inks; page 7; 1968; image size 10" x 15"
Guy Gardner's 1st in-story appearance!
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Gil Kane pencils/Sid Greene inks; page 7; 1968; image size 10" x 15"
Guy Gardner's 1st in-story appearance!What if Hal Jordan was not selected by Abin Sur to become the Green Lantern? That's the question posited in this issue, which reveals the second choice to take up the mantle of protector of the Earth, a seemingly nondescript school teacher named Guy Gardner. Guy would of course go on to become one of Earth's several Green Lantern's and have a long memorable stint as a member of the Justice League. This page represents the very first time Guy appears in story, he appears on the issue's cover and splash page, but this is the page showing him, and Hal, receiving the ring from Abin Sur and pledging to uphold the honor of the Green Lantern Corps. Masterfully drawn by Kane, who was THE Green Lantern artist of the Silver Age. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.
Artist Information
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.
Gil Kane pencils/Sid Greene inks; page 7; 1968; image size 10" x 15"
Guy Gardner's 1st in-story appearance!What if Hal Jordan was not selected by Abin Sur to become the Green Lantern? That's the question posited in this issue, which reveals the second choice to take up the mantle of protector of the Earth, a seemingly nondescript school teacher named Guy Gardner. Guy would of course go on to become one of Earth's several Green Lantern's and have a long memorable stint as a member of the Justice League. This page represents the very first time Guy appears in story, he appears on the issue's cover and splash page, but this is the page showing him, and Hal, receiving the ring from Abin Sur and pledging to uphold the honor of the Green Lantern Corps. Masterfully drawn by Kane, who was THE Green Lantern artist of the Silver Age. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.
Artist Information
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.