7. All American Comics #16 ($492,000)
This time is DC’s turn to show their marvelous comics. After the first edition’s success, the series when on to debut The Atom, Red Tornado, Doctor Mid-Nite and Sargon the Sorcerer, the comics that later became mainstays of the DC comics line.
This edition debuts the mighty Green Lantern. We all know who this green guy is, isn’t that right?
The story of railroad engineer Alan Scott who stumbles upon a magical lantern which speaks to him and offers him unimaginable powers. The story of the railroad engineer who gets chosen by a lantern to fulfill a prophecy.
With the help of a ring, Scott can do unimaginable things and this is where he begins a lifelong career as a superhero defender of justice, the greatest Green Lantern.