Journey Into Mystery #114 (Marvel, 1965) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $20,400.00
Sold: Jan 15, 2023
Journey into Mystery #114 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1965
About Journey into Mystery #114
Featuring Thor. Origin and first appearance of the Absorbing Man (Carl "Crusher" Creel). Jack Kirby and Chic Stone cover and art. Vince Colletta art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Thor; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Chic Stone
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Thor; Balder; Harris Hobbs (introduction); Jane Foster; Don Blake; Loki (villain); Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel] (villain; introduction; origin)
Synopsis: Loki uses his magic to turn Crusher Creel into the Absorbing Man. A patient of Blake's, reporter Harris Hobbs, alerts him the the existense of the Absorbing Man. Blake breaks a dinner date with Jane in order to investigate as Thor. Thor and Creel meet and fight. Hobbs witnesses the battle and is injured. Thor tends to Hobbs before resuming his battle. Balder then interrupts the fight by transporting Thor to Asgard. It seems that Loki has abducted Jane and brought her to the Golden Realm. Thor and Balder ride off to save her. Back on Earth, Creel believes he has defeated the Thunder God.
Pages: 16.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Chic Stone
Letters: Sam Rosen
Reprints: Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (January 1971)
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 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 97 | 106 | 106 | 111 | 70 | 72 | 60 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1060 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Signature Series |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
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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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 81 | 103 | 109 | 112 | 116 | 76 | 77 | 63 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1127 |
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