Captain America Comics #78 (Timely, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages....
Auction amount: $9,000.00
Sold: Sep 13, 2020
Captain America #78 Values
Publisher: Timely, 1954
About Captain America #78
Human Torch and Toro backup story. Electro appearance. Last issue of the Golden Age series. John Romita Sr. cover and art. Dick Ayers art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: John Romita (signed)
Inks: John Romita (signed)
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: typeset
Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky; Electro [Ivan Kronov] (introduction)
Synopsis: Soviet scientists create Electro, a man who can discharge electricity through his body as long as he receives a recharge through a dynamo once every twenty-four hours. He tires himself out battling Cap and Bucky and when he edges closer towards a dynamo for a recharge, Cap realizes what he's up to and short-circuits him.
Pages: 6.000
Script: Don Rico
Pencils: John Romita (signed)
Inks: John Romita (signed)
Notes: Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
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