The Emerald Eye of Ekron

Few artifacts in the DC cosmos carry quite the mystique of The Emerald Eye of Ekron — a Bronze Age curiosity that first surfaced in The Comics Journal #67 in 1981, courtesy of Michael Catron, before finding its place in the broader DC universe. Over a span stretching nearly three decades, this enigmatic object has turned up in some distinguished company, sharing pages with the likes of Green Lantern, The Flash, The Emerald Empress, and even Bruce Wayne. Its appearances across The Brave and the Bold and Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe speak to a presence that, however rare in the catalog, clearly warranted documentation among DC's most essential lore — and at least one of those nine appearances carries genuine key-issue weight for collectors keeping score.