Marvel Mystery Comics #55 Double Cover (Timely, 1944) CGC Qualified NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $6,000.00
Sold: Mar 24, 2019
Marvel Mystery Comics #55 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1944
About Marvel Mystery Comics #55
Alex Schomburg Human Torch and Toro Japanese war / Rising Sun / bondage / hanging cover. Jim Mooney art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Inks: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Human Torch; Toro; The Day (Villain; Intro); The Hours (Villain; Intro)
Synopsis: The Day, a Nazi villain, has set his sights on bombing 24 of New York's biggest buildings by using his 24 henchmen named after hours of the day. Midnight fails when Torch defuses his bomb because he has deduced the Day's identity since each of the targeted buildings have clocks and only a man who repaired them would have access to them. After Torch and Toro track the evil doers to their lair, they apprehend them and turn them over to the authorities.
Pages: 12.000
Pencils: Jimmy Thompson ?
Notes: Possible Thompson pencils and unknown inks per Nick Caputo. previous indexer credited Mike Sekowsky on pencils and Al Avison on inks.
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 |
|
Universal |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
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 |
|
Restored |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
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