Journey Into Mystery #98 (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $5,078.75
Sold: Jul 28, 2012
Journey into Mystery #98 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1963
About Journey into Mystery #98
Featuring Thor. Origin and first appearance of the Human Cobra. Jack Kirby cover and art. Don Heck and Larry Lieber art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Jane Foster
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Doctor Bruce Andrews; Odin; Professor Shecktor (introduction, death)
Synopsis: While visiting India, Don Blake finds that one of his old teachers has been murdered by a villain who gained the power of a snake. Thor fights the Cobra in New York and defeats him, after Jane Foster sees her new boss's cowardice and goes back to Doctor Blake.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: Don Heck
Inks: Don Heck
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #12 (January 1968)
Notes: Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 50 | 37 | 48 | 46 | 52 | 42 | 30 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 535 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
|
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 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 35 | 36 | 52 | 42 | 53 | 47 | 53 | 43 | 34 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 563 |
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