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Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
1. Black Lightning 1 (4/77, DC Comics) Origin & 1st appearance of Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce). 1st app. of Peter Gambi & Tobias	Universal	1,495	8.71			101	245	267	187	175	140	130	79	57	35	34	21	8	7	5	2	1						1
2. Black Lightning 1 (4/77, DC Comics)	Signature	103	8.26			2	9	13	12	12	14	8	13	6	4	6		3	1
3. Black Lightning 1 (4/77, DC Comics)	Restored	8	8.44				1	1		1	2	1	1	1
4. Black Lightning 1 (4/77, DC Comics)	Qualified	2	8.85						1		1
5. Black Lightning 2 (5/77, DC Comics) Merlyn appearance. Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Frank Springer art Rich Buckler & Fr	Universal	89	9.17			14	30	17	7	7	5	3	1	1	3						1
6. Black Lightning 2 (5/77, DC Comics)	Signature	4	8.65				1			1		2
7. Black Lightning 3 (7/77, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	67	9.26			18	19	11	7	3	3	2		1	2			1
8. Black Lightning 3 (7/77, DC Comics)	Signature	2	6.50											1		1
9. Black Lightning 4 (9/77, DC Comics) Superman & Jimmy Olsen appearance. Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	38	9.34			9	11	4	7	2	3	1	1
10. Black Lightning 4 (9/77, DC Comics)	Signature	4	8.00				1	1				1						1
11. Black Lightning 5 (11/77, DC Comics) Superman & Jimmy Olsen appearance. Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	30	9.11			4	8	7	2	2	4	2						1
12. Black Lightning 5 (11/77, DC Comics)	Signature	2	8.05				1								1
13. Black Lightning 6 (1/78, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	21	9.18			7	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	1
14. Black Lightning 7 (3/78, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	26	9.50			7	8	6	3	1	1
15. Black Lightning 7 (3/78, DC Comics)	Signature	2	8.00							1				1
16. Black Lightning 7 U.K. Price Variant (3/78, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	1	7.50										1
17. Black Lightning 8 (4/78, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	34	9.24			10	9	5	2	3	3			1				1
18. Black Lightning 9 (5/78, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler & Vince Colletta cover	Universal	25	9.29			4	7	6	2	2	2	2
19. Black Lightning 9 (5/78, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.40					1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
20. Black Lightning 10 (7-8/78, DC Comics) Trickster appearance. Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler &	Universal	27	9.49		1	10	7	4	2	2				1
21. Black Lightning 10 (7-8/78, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.40					1
22. Black Lightning 10 U.K. Price Variant (7-8/78, DC Comics) Trickster appearance. Tony Isabella story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckler &	Universal	1	8.50								1
23. Black Lightning 11 (9-10/78, DC Comics) The Ray begins. Last issue. Denny O'Neil story Trevor Von Eeden & Vince Colletta art Rich Buckl	Universal	22	9.41			7	8	3	2				2
24. Black Lightning 11 (9-10/78, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.00							1
25. Black Lightning Preview nn (1994, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell & Ron McCain art Eddy Newell cover	Universal	3	9.67			1	2
26. Black Lightning 1 (2/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell & Ron McCain art Eddy Newell cover	Universal	33	9.45			16	8	3	2	2		1					1
27. Black Lightning 1 (2/95, DC Comics)	Signature	9	8.90			1	1	3			2	1	1
28. Black Lightning 1 (2/95, DC Comics)	Qualified	1	9.60				1
29. Black Lightning 2 (3/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell & Ron McCain art Eddy Newell cover	Universal	17	9.46			5	4	4	2	1	1
30. Black Lightning 2 (3/95, DC Comics)	Signature	2	8.55				1						1
31. Black Lightning 3 (4/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell cover & art	Universal	3	9.53			1	1		1
32. Black Lightning 4 (5/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell cover & art	Universal	2	9.60			1		1
33. Black Lightning 5 (6/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell cover & art	Universal	2	9.50			1			1
34. Black Lightning 6 (7/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell cover & art	Universal	2	9.20					1		1
35. Black Lightning 7 (8/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell, Chris Batista & Sergio Cariello art, Eddy Newell cover	Universal	1	9.60				1
36. Black Lightning 7 (8/95, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.60				1
37. Black Lightning 8 (9/95, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Eddy Newell, Octavio Cariello & David Zimmerman art, Eddy Newell cover	Universal	1	9.40					1
38. Black Lightning 8 (9/95, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.60				1
39. Black Lightning: Year One 1 (3/09, DC Comics) Jen Van Meter story Cully Hamner cover & art	Universal	3	9.23				2				1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
40. Black Lightning: Year One 1 (3/09, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.20						1
41. Black Lightning: Year One 2 (3/09, DC Comics) Jen Van Meter story Cully Hamner cover & art	Universal	2	9.80			2
42. Black Lightning: Year One Trade Paperback nn (12/17, DC Comics)	Signature	10	9.68			7	2			1
43. Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 1 (1/18, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Clayton Henry cover & art	Universal	2	9.70			1	1
44. Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 1 (1/18, DC Comics)	Signature	8	9.68			5	1	2
45. Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 1 Variant Cover (1/18, DC Comics) Tony Isabella story Clayton Henry art Ken Lashley cover	Universal	3	9.67			2		1
46. Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 1 Variant Cover (1/18, DC Comics)	Signature	8	9.73			5	3
47. Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 3 (3/18, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.80			1
48. Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 6 (6/18, DC Comics)	Signature	1	9.80			1
49. Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey Special 1 (7/18, DC Comics) Bryan Hill story Denys Cowan cover & art	Universal	5	9.72			3	2
50. Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey Special 1 (7/18, DC Comics)	Signature	3	9.73			2	1
51. Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey Special 1 Variant Cover (7/18, DC Comics) Bryan Hill story Denys Cowan art ChrisCross cover	Universal	5	9.68			3	1	1
52. Black Lightning 1 (1/25, DC Comics) Brandon Thomas story Fico Ossio cover & art	Universal	1	9.80			1
53. Black Lightning 1 Greene Variant Cover (1/25, DC Comics) Brandon Thomas story Fico Ossio art Sanford Greene cover	Universal	2	9.80			2
54. Black Lightning 1 Nneka Variant Cover (1/25, DC Comics) Brandon Thomas story Fico Ossio art Juliet Nneka cover	Universal	2	9.80			2
55. Black Lightning 4 Benjamin Variant Cover (4/25, DC Comics) "Black History Month" variant cover. Brandon Thomas story Fico Ossio art Ryan Benjamin cover	Universal	1	9.80			1

Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	0.5
32 BOOKS	Universal	1,966	8.85	1 0.05%	233 11.9%	376 31.0%	346 48.6%	229 60%	203 71%	165 79%	142 86%	85 91%	62 94%	40 96%	34 97%	22 99%	11 99%	7 99%	5 100%	3 100%	1 100%	1 100%
20 BOOKS	Signature	165	8.58	0 0.00%	24 14.5%	23 28.5%	21 41.2%	13 49.1%	16 59%	16 68%	12 76%	15 85%	8 90%	5 93%	7 97%	0 97%	4 99%	1 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%
1 BOOK	Restored	8	8.44	0 0.00%	0 0.0%	1 12.5%	1 25.0%	0 25.0%	1 37.5%	2 63%	1 75%	1 88%	1 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%
2 BOOKS	Qualified	3	9.10	0 0.00%	0 0.0%	1 33.3%	0 33.3%	1 67%	0 67%	1 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%

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