Description: * KEY COMIC* SHOWCASE # 55 1st SILVER AGE Appearance of SOLOMON GRUNDY (DC 1965) Dr. Fate & Hourman - 1st SILVER AGE Appearance of GOLDEN AGE GREEN LANTERN Cover is detached at bottom staple. Cover by Murphy Anderson. 1st solo Golden Age Green Lantern in Silver Age (pre-dates Green Lantern 40), Doctor Fate, and Hourman star in "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; When Solomon Grundy last fought Green Lantern Alan Scott, Green Lantern encased Solomon Grundy in an emerald sphere prison floating above Earth; Years later, the sphere has now crash landed back on Earth, and Solomon Grundy has emerged to get his revenge on Green Lantern; Solomon Grundy instinctually heads back to his home of Slaughter Swamp, which at this point is bordering the Tyler Chemical Company plant; At the Tower of Fate, Kent Nelson is warned that there is trouble by his crystal ball; Seeing the source of the trouble to be Slaughter Swamp, Nelson becomes Dr. Fate; Hourman comes across Solomon Grundy in Slaughter Swamp; Hourman pops his Miraclo pill, then attacks Solomon Grundy. One-page text feature tells the origins of Dr. Fate and Hourman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12. I am not a professional grader, so I do not make judgements on condition. I take a lot of photos, and am open to any and all questions regarding the item(s) for sale. Please, look at all photos, read the description, and feel free to ask me any questions you may have for the product details. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING!!! Bagged and boarded. In a cardboard comic mailer. Thank you so much for looking! Check out the other items I have for sale, and follow me, as I try to post new items frequently.
Price: 400 USD
Location: DeKalb, Illinois
End Time: 2024-12-08T16:40:29.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Artist/Writer: Gardner Fox, Murphy Anderson
Character: Solomon Grundy, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, Hourman
Tradition: US Comics
Series Title: Showcase
Universe: DC Universe
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Year: 1965
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 55
Era: Silver Age (1956-69)
Style: Color
Features: First Character Appearance, Key Issue
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States