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Captain America Comics Annual 128 Page Classic

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Silver Surfer

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Have an investment opportunity I want to take of advantage of so I'm putting this book on the market. Asking $4,300 and will consider time payments but the first to post :takeit: trumps all other inquiries.

 

Missing its back cover, last page and one interior page. Ultra rare issue and jjust a damn cool cover.

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These were made in Canada or somethin right? Very hard to find

 

I believe, the Capt Amer b/w "annual" was copyright in Canada but the Marvel Mystery annual copyright USA but distributed mostly in Canada because we are special! :whee:

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These were made in Canada or somethin right? Very hard to find

 

I believe, the Capt Amer b/w "annual" was copyright in Canada but the Marvel Mystery annual copyright USA but distributed mostly in Canada because we are special! :whee:

 

That's correct and yes these are extremely hard to come by. Some guess that maybe 10-15 copies exist but I can only ever recall seeing maybe 4-5 different copies in the last 6 years. Think a FN copy recenty sold at Heritage for $20,000 but that is probably the nicest copy that exists.

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These were made in Canada or somethin right? Very hard to find

 

I believe, the Capt Amer b/w "annual" was copyright in Canada but the Marvel Mystery annual copyright USA but distributed mostly in Canada because we are special! :whee:

 

That's correct and yes these are extremely hard to come by. Some guess that maybe 10-15 copies exist but I can only ever recall seeing maybe 4-5 different copies in the last 6 years. Think a FN copy recenty sold at Heritage for $20,000 but that is probably the nicest copy that exists.

 

That is rare my friend.

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From Heritage's write up on this book (not the one for sale here) in May of this year:

 

Captain America Comics 132-Page Issue (Timely, 1942) Condition: FN-. This is the first complete copy we've ever seen of this rarity, and the demand for this item is such that we have auctioned incomplete copies for as much as $5,400! Overstreet ranks this among the top 50 Golden Age books and calls it "very rare. "

 

This is a square bound issue that says "128 pages" on the cover, though Overstreet, counting the covers as pages, dubs it a 132-page issue. Reportedly released only in Canada, it sports the cover image from Captain America Comics #22, a blank inside cover, and the contents (in black and white) of Marvel Mystery Comics #33 (featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, the Vision, and the Angel) and Captain America Comics #18. The book bears the copyright "Universal Crime Stories Inc." and the spine shows the title, the price, and the logo "HP."

 

Overstreet doesn't even list a value for grades above VF, and we haven't seen evidence that a true high-grade copy exists. Even among all of the Timely highlights elsewhere in this catalog, this is a standout book that cannot be overlooked.

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These were made in Canada or somethin right? Very hard to find

 

I believe, the Capt Amer b/w "annual" was copyright in Canada but the Marvel Mystery annual copyright USA but distributed mostly in Canada because we are special! :whee:

 

As in Special Olympics?

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