Lightning Comics V3#1 Mile High pedigree (Ace, 1942) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages....
Auction amount: $3,346.00
Sold: Aug 9, 2014
Lightning Comics #1 Values
Publisher: Ace Magazines, 1942
About Lightning Comics #1
The final issue of the title, and the first appearances of Lightning Girl and the Sword. The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates this issue a "7" ("scarce") in its Scarcity Index.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Notes: The cover depicts a team-up of Lash Lightning and the Sword not found inside the issue. (Note corrected by Daddy-O via the GCD Error Tracker.)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; Lightning Girl [Isobel Blake] (introduction, origin); Col. John Blake (introduction, Lightning Girl's uncle); Capt. Adam Blake (introduction, Lightning Girl's father, death); Admiral Wahl (Dutch Harbor Commander); Admiral Collier; the Teacher (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Lightning and Lightning Girl must face and defeat the Teacher, who seeks to: 1) kill Lightning; 2) destroy the American Fleet; 3) destroy the American Army at Dutch Harbor; and 4) placing the blame for all of this traitorous activity on Captain John Blake and his daughter, Isobel.
Pages: 13.000
Pencils: Harry Sahle ?
Inks: Harry Sahle ?
Notes: Next appears in Four Favorites #6.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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