Captain America Comics #40 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $43,200.00
Sold: Nov 21, 2021
Captain America Comics #40 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1944
About Captain America Comics #40
World War II / Rising Sun cover and art by Syd Shores. Includes a Human Torch backup story. Vince Alascia art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Syd Shores [as Shores] (signed)
Inks: Syd Shores [as Shores] (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: The Jester [Johnnie Pinkham] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: When Steve and Bucky visit the House of Pranks they are met by a jester whom the guests think is a man named Bryce but is really Johnnie Pinkham. Johnny overpowered Bryce a week ago and locked him up in a room in the subbasement. Johnnie wants revenge for a childhood hazing stunt when several of the guests locked him in a graveyard overnight. He manages to kill two of them before Cap and Bucky stop him. When Johnnie attempts to escape, he plunges to his death in an elevator shaft where the elevator automatically returns to the bottom floor.
Pages: 12.000
Pencils: Syd Shores (signed)
Inks: Vince Alascia (signed)
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 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 |
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Universal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
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