Four Color -- Series 1 #nn (#1) Dick Tracy Double Cover (Dell, 1939) CGC FN+ 6.5 Light tan to off-white pages. This historic...
Auction amount: $2,070.00
Sold: Mar 6, 2003
Four Color #1 Values
Publisher: Dell,
About Four Color #1
First issue of the second Four Color series. Reprints Harold Gray's newspaper strips from 1936-38.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Little Joe; Utah; Ze General
Notes: Original cover by unknown artist. Ze General appears on the cover but does not appear in any of the stories reprinted in the comic itself.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak; Don Jose (villain)
Synopsis: Don Jose builds a hacienda on a mesa and tries to use his band of bandits to force Little Joe and his family off their ranch.
Pages: 6.000
Script: Harold Gray
Pencils: Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Inks: Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Notes: Story is highly edited. Many missing strips were likely left out because of excessive violence. Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white. Each Sunday strip is rearranged to fit on the comic page, but no panels are dropped.
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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
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Qualified |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
CGCxJSA |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
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