Should I CGC these coverless GA comics? 0

[Jarodm5]

Hi. I recently purchased some coverless/damaged war-time golden age comics, most notably a Superman 13 and USA Comics 14. I have attached pictures. My question is this...should I get them slabbed by CGC or not? My goal is to sell both of them, but I don't have a lot of experience with golden age coverless stuff. Do people prefer to use these as reader/restoration copies or would they prefer them to be slabbed and not be damaged further?

The Captain America is in pretty bad shape, with the first and last page unattached and damaged. Slabbing would keep it from being damaged more, I would think. The Supes 13 is missing at least the first page.

Also got a coverless Smash Comics 45, but figured it wasn't high-value enough to make a difference one way or the other.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[KCOComics]

Yes, you could slab them, but I wouldn't. 

People looking to buy them will likely be interested in marrying them with covers or taking out the centerfolds to marry with other books. 

There is thread here dedicated to marrying comics.

[Bat-Hound]

Nope!

[Point Five]

Not remotely worth the expense of slabbing. Throw 'em up on ebay in individual auctions and let 'er rip.

 

[FlyingDonut]

I sell a lot of coverless Golden Age on eBay. You will do very well with the Timely books, but all of those will sell for much more than you think.

[Jarodm5]

Thanks for the speedy replies! Sounds like I should keep them as-is, so that I will do!

[catman76]

No. They are comics. Read them

[Sauce Dog]

If a GA book was complete and in decent condition then I would slab keys in this coverless state, otherwise 99% of the people interested in these items will be wanting them to harvest parts from in order to complete other copies. Not worth the cost of slabbing.

[Rip]

I wouldn't on these. You will likely get more interest loose.

[shadroch]

Slice them up and sell the individual panels. Give the poor masses a chance to own a piece of comic history.

[BB-Gun]

Does it have the Whizzer story?  I keep mine in a bag with a copy of the cover.

Edited December 23, 2021 by BB-Gun

[Jarodm5]

On 12/23/2021 at 3:53 PM, BB-Gun said:

Does it have the Whizzer story?  I keep mine in a bag with a copy of the cover.

It does indeed have this Whizzer story.