The High Voltage Grail Sale - Spidey Slabs round 4, #62 down (9.0 or better)

[october]

I'll take the Fury 1 per PM!

[Dick Pontoon]

 

[comicartfan]

 

Speaking of guys with one eye...

 

Strange Tales #167 CGC 9.0 off-white pages (old label)

 

one sale at $68 this year on GPA, but that seems like a low outlier. Consistent sales at $100 or better from 2005 to 2011.

 

Asking Price: $95

 

I'll take it...

[HighVoltage]

 

Speaking of guys with one eye...

 

Strange Tales #167 CGC 9.0 off-white pages (old label)

 

one sale at $68 this year on GPA, but that seems like a low outlier. Consistent sales at $100 or better from 2005 to 2011.

 

Asking Price: $95

 

I'll take it...

 

Thank you!!!

[HighVoltage]

 

 

I love it - one of my old board 'icons' of the Hulk getting electrocuted!

[HighVoltage]

Apologies for the lateness & lack of Adams. Sometimes life just gets in the way!

 

A couple tonight...

 

First:

 

 

House of Mystery #180 (CGC 8.5) cream to off-white pages

(slight glare near creature's left hand & piano from my scanner)

 

Biggest defect is an impact ding on the top spine corner that put some NCB stress in that top corner (front & back). There are a couple of color flecks missing & maybe two 1/8" hairline stress lines. I thought this book got destroyed by CGC - but as all coaches say: "It is what it is."

 

Asking $65 (Not a ton of GPA data on this book. There is a $60 sale this year in 9.2, but that seems a low outlier, as the previous 5 years it has been a steady $100 book)

[HighVoltage]

 

House of Mystery #181 (CGC 9.0) off-white pages

 

Looks like maybe a possible stain or foxing on the back cover, top edge, right along the spine (3/4" long x 1/8" wide).

Two 1/32" abrasions/impressions on the top edge of the cover (possibly from bindery straps/strings).

That's it on the covers - must have an interior defect. Corners are great, spine is fantastic - looks like an all-day 9.4

 

Asking $75 SOLD!

 

(Last GPA noted 9.0 sale from 2007. There is a 9.2 this year at $71 & the Savannah 9.4 at $143 this year)

[HighVoltage]

 

Witching Hour #13 F+

 

• Front cover - noticeable 1-1/2" non color-breaking diagonal bend from about 1" up the spine to bottom cover edge

• About six additional NCB spine ticks

• Corners slightly soft/abraided

• Back cover, another diagonal bend/crease about 5" long. Very light, but starts about the middle of the book & runs down to the bottom edge.

• Three small 1/16" to 1/8" tears on open edge, back cover, middle of book

 

Presents nicely, but technical grade hurts.

 

Asking $18

[HighVoltage]

 

Witching Hour #14 NM-

 

• Very light, barely breaks color, 3/16" diagonal crease, lower right, front cover corner

• Approximately 5 or 6 spine ticks, each about 1/16" in length that barely break black cover

• Top & bottom spine corners slightly abraided

• Beautiful color & gloss

• Back cover clean & white

 

Very, very nice copy that wouldn't hit a 9.6, but no way is a 9.0

 

Asking: $115 (full guide)

[HighVoltage]

 

World's Finest #208 (VF/NM)

 

• Excellent color & gloss

• Approx 6 or 7 spine ticks (1/8" or 1/16")

• Hint of a bend mark, top right edge, in the '4' on '48 Pages'

• Three small (1/16" or so) marks on bottom edge of back cover that look like production marks. One is a tear, one is a chip, and two are tiny bends.

• Scan of back cover, top left edge looks like a bend, but is just cover overhang shadowing

 

Asking: $20 SOLD!

[HighVoltage]

 

DC Special #11 (NM-/NM) SOLD VIA PM!

 

• Light diagonal corner crease, front right cover 3/16" long. Barely breaks color.

• There is a printer's crease in the yellow flashlight glow area

• Beautiful spine. Excellent color strike & gloss

• Spine corners slightly abraided

• Tiny color fleck/abrasion (1/32") open edge of spine, front cover right next to large Gargoyle's wing.

• Back cover appears flawless

 

Asking: $85

[HighVoltage]

 

Batman 255 (VF/NM) Don Rosa copy

 

The two main defects are as follows:

 

• Back cover, URC, there is a non color-breaking diagonal bend, approximately 3/4" in length. It begins at the top edge & moves toward the spine.

 

• Bottom spine corner has a 1/16" tall x 1/8" wide chip out of the cover, right on the spine edge.

 

• White pages. Excellent color strike & gloss.

 

• 1974 Neal Adams at the very pinnacle of his artistic powers!

 

Asking: $100

[HighVoltage]

The following will be released into the wild this evening:

 

Batman 227 (CGC 9.0)

Batman 230 (CGC 9.0)

Batman 236 (CGC 9.2)

Batman 242 (raw NM-/NM)

Batman 243 (CGC 9.0)

Batman 245 (CGC 9.0)

 

Detective 405 (CGC 9.0)

Detective 411 (raw F+/VF-)

Detective 425 (CGC 9.2)

Detective 476 (CGC 9.4)

 

Avengers 93 (CGC 9.0)

Avengers 95 (CGC 9.2)

Avengers 96 (CGC 9.6)

[HighVoltage]

 

Unexpected #121 (NM-)

 

• Pages appear off-white to white

• One spine tick, approx 1/8” long. Appox 3 other spine ticks that barely break black (1/16”)

• Spine corners show very light abrasions/color flecks

• Lower-right corner, front cover has very light diagonal crease 1/16”

• Back cover, bottom edge - one light non color-breaking bend, approx 1-3/4” from spine

• Back cover, next to “© Aurora” appears to be a 3/8” NCB bend - but very, very light

• Deep color strike & excellent gloss. Staples snug & perfectly set into centerfold

• Purchased from Richard @ Bedrock many years ago

 

Asking Price: $55

Tough book - One 9.6, one 9.4, one 9.0 and one 8.5 on the census

[HighVoltage]

 

Avengers #93 (9.0) white pages

 

• Approx 4 NCB spine ticks, front cover

• One 1/16” x 1/16” abrasion, back cover, right along spine edge, about 2-1/4” up from bottom corner

• One 3/16” tear, back cover, right on spine, approx 2-1/4” from top corner

• Bought this from Ron Pussell about 20 years ago

• Superior centering, both horizontally & vertically on a book that usually has problems with either or both

• Excellent color & gloss

 

I thought this one had a great chance at a 9.2.

 

An admittedly biased & high Asking Price: $250

[HighVoltage]

 

Avengers #95 (9.2) white pages

 

• Three very small (1/16” or 1/32”) spine ticks that barely break color

• Lower-right corner, front cover, has a 1/8” diagonal crease in blue picture-frame border

• Excellent color strike & beautiful, snow-white back cover

 

Asking Price: $115

[HighVoltage]

 

Avengers #96 (9.6) white pages

 

• Top & bottom spine corners - just the smallest amount of wear

• One 3/16” long x 1/16” wide, barely noticeable, crescent bump/bend on right open edge of front cover

 

Asking Price: $215

[HighVoltage]

 

Detective #476 (9.4) off-white pages

 

• Old, old red label

• Top label sticker has nearly peeled away

• One barely perceptable, non color-breaking spine impression in middle of spine - 1/!6” or less

• A hint of a 1/4” crescent bend in white area, toward top edge of back cover. Barely noticeable.

• Must have an interior defect - this looks like a 9.8 modern from the outside.

• There is a 3/16” crack at the bottom, middle-left of the case

 

Asking Price: $110

[HighVoltage]

 

Detective #425 (9.2) off-white to white pages

 

• Spine is beautiful.

• Lower-left corner has very light abraison/color flek

• Front cover, just below 20-cent price has a crescent bend, approx 1” long x 1/4” wide at the deepest. The is hard to see unless you tilt the book back & forth under light.

• 1/6” slight corner bend, back cover, lower-left corner

• The bends could both press out

 

Asking Price: $80 SOLD!

[HighVoltage]

 

Detective 411 (F+/VF- range)

 

• Pages look cream to off-white

• Small, light impact bend about 1/2” from bottom of spine, front cover...

... leads to 3 hairline creases. one is 7/16” long, one is 5/16” long, one is 1/2” long. These are right near the bottom left corner.

• Tiny, light impact ding/bend on bottom edge of cover, NCB

• Hairline scratch in black area, next to assassin’s right elbow

• Hint of a diagonal crease/bend, top cover edge, near issue number... then nothing, then barely picks up again in ‘Batgirl’ and assassin’s blade

• Back cover, open edge: worst defect. Bug chew, approx 2” long x 1/16” wide. Goes in 5 pages in the back.

• Another hint of a diagonal crease/bend on back cover - goes through red-headed girl, from open edge to bottom, approx 4” long.

• Very light fingerprint can be seen on back cover, near large yo-yo, in the gloss, if book is angled back & forth in the light

• Approx. 2 NCB spine ticks along back cover

 

Asking Price: $80