Dec 10, 2019 - Sale 2526

Sale 2526 - Lot 238

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
TIMOTHY TRUMAN.
"Turmoil out of Tunisia!" Cover illustration for the story of the same name, published in Green Lantern Annual, Volume 3, Issue #9, (New York: DC Comics, September 2000). Pen, ink, and marker over graphite with correction fluid on paper. 400x266 mm; 15 3/4x10 1/2 inches, on 16 3/4x11 3/4-inch sheet. Signed "Timothy Truman" and dated [20]00 in left center image. Notes for printer in artist's hand in margins, along with registration marks and DC Comics logo at upper left. Framed. Accompanied by a copy of the comic book.

Additional Details

as part of the "planet dc" series, each dc comics annual from the year 2000 introduces a new international superhero.This issue introduces the character of Sala, a Tunisian archaeologist who is discovered to be a descendant of Ishtar, the ancient Mesopotamian goddess closely associated with love and war. While excavating a site in the Syrian desert, Sala uncovers a gateway to the Babylonian underworld and is transformed into a new Ishtar. Together, with the Green Lantern, Sala battles evils in both the ancient and modern world.