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Suspense Comics #1 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree (Continental Magazines, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. T...
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Suspense Comics #1 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree (Continental Magazines, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. This first issue, a Gerber "8," had eluded us until now, and when we first spotted this book in the Crippen collection we were confident it would prove to be the highest-graded copy, which indeed it is. The bondage/torture cover has much in common with the famous cover of issue #3, you could almost call it a prototype for the later cover! The cover art for this first issue is by Charles Quinlan of Catman fame; there are seven pages of interior art by the masterful L. B. Cole. This series has been called "a ground-breaking early horror and mystery comic," and while the identity of first horror comic book is a matter of some debate, Suspense Comics deserves to be included in the discussion. The issue has the first appearance of a Spirit-like character known as the Grey Mask. Overstreet 2006 VF/NM 9.0 value = $4,116; NM- 9.2 value = $5,800. CGC census 6/06: 1 in 9.0, none higher. From the Crippen Collection.CGC Grader Notes:
Left Bottom Back Cover Small Stain
Right Center Whole Book Tanning Through Book
Spine Stress Lines
Whole Book Foxing
Whole Book Lite Wear All Edges
View the certification for CGC Certification ID 0745070006, including grader's notes if available and a link to the latest full census report for the issue.*
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2006 August Signature Comic Auction #821 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2006
10th-11th
Thursday-Friday
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