As is my habit, I was recently revisiting an old Overstreet annual and noted the estimates they gave back then for both total copies in existence as well as those in near mint or mint. The annual in question, the 21st edition, also had this very compelling list of key books up to 1943 and rated them from none to six stars for the most important books. While that list would make great fodder for another topic, it’s the estimates I thought might prove interesting to compare to todays CGC census numbers and see how close they came.
If somebody would care to contrast these examples to the census data, I’d be appreciative:
Action 1 - 100 total copies, 4 in Nm/mint
All-American 16 - 50 total, 3 in Nm/m
All-Star 3 - 150 total with 6 nm/m
All-Star 8 - 150 total with 6 nm/m
Adventure 40 - 70 total and 3 nm/m
Amazing Fantasy 15 - 1400 total with 45 mint
Batman 1 - 300 total with 16 nm/m
Captain America 1 - 180 total with 8 nm/m
Detective 27 - 100 total with 3 nm/m
Famous Funnies 1 - 30 total with 2 nm/m
Fantastic Four 1 - 1400 total with 65 nm/m
Green Lantern 1 - 200 total with 8 nm/m
Human Torch 2(1) - 190 total with 10 nm/m
Marvel Comics 1 - 100 total with 5 nm/m
More Fun 52 - 70 total with 3 nm/m
Pep 22 - 150 total with 7 nm/m
Superboy 1 - 275 total with 15 nm/m
Superman 1 - 190 total with 3 nm/m
Tales of Suspense 39 - 2100 total with 55 nm/m
Walt Disney Comics and Stories 1 - 245 total with 12 nm/m
Whiz 1 - 135 total with 4 nm/m
X-Men 1 - 1900 total with 60 nm/m