Justice League of America #1 (DC, 1960) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $348,000
Sold: Apr 7, 2024
Justice League of America #1 Values
Publisher: DC, 1960
About Justice League of America #1
Origin and first appearance of Despero. Murphy Anderson cover. Mike Sekowsky art. Features Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, and the Martian Manhunter. Currently #20 on Overstreet's list of Top 50 Silver Age Comics.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Despero; Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]
Pencils: Murphy Anderson
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Colors: Jack Adler ?
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Justice League of America [Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Snapper Carr]; Despero (villain, introduction); Sardanna; Jasonar
Synopsis: The Flash must beat Despero in a strange chess-like game to save the other members of the Justice League and the people of Despero's home dimension, Kalanor.
Pages: 25.670
Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Bernard Sachs
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #58 (November-December 1967)
Notes: Story in five chapters of 8 pages, 5 pages, 5 pages, 5 pages, and 2.67 pages.
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 |
56 | 64 | 80 | 91 | 104 | 138 | 157 | 127 | 169 | 119 | 114 | 85 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 43 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1554 |
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Qualified |
2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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Restored |
5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 |
| Total | 63 | 68 | 92 | 104 | 130 | 162 | 181 | 157 | 204 | 143 | 137 | 103 | 76 | 75 | 62 | 52 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1865 |
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