In a previous post I commented on a recent pick-up and my appreciation for Silver Age DC Grey/Wash tone covers and I just got another of my favorites today.
This Green Lantern#8 (1961) It’s also the first 5700 A.D. cover/story! Nowhere near the highest graded but a solid mid-grade with white pages that has a sweet Gil Kane Cover. You can’t even front on an alien/monster with a six-shooter in his holster who also has eye beams!
What is that, a back-supporter? I don’t know, but clearly we can just describe it as 100% awesome.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Zach H. // Aug 1, 2008 at 4:54 pm
100 % awesome indeed. That six-gun monster should get his own ongoing series.
2 jaytomio // Aug 1, 2008 at 5:01 pm
With all the Silver Age digging DC has done, it wouldn’t shock me if Morrison gave him a Final Crisis Cameo.
3 First Dick Pulp // Sep 25, 2008 at 2:38 am
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