Menace #3 Northford Pedigree (Atlas, 1953) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $2,100.00
Sold: Nov 4, 2021
Menace #3 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1953
About Menace #3
Contains an early "Men in Black" story (the phrase was coined in 1947). Bill Everett cover and art. Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, and John Romita Sr. art. Stan Lee story.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Bill Everett
Inks: Bill Everett
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Jim Horton; Marion Horton; Gonzales; Luigi; Reilly; Hooded Bigots [Rocky; Pete]
Synopsis: After losing his job, Jim Horton organizes a gang that wears black hoods to beat and rob anyone he considers "foreign," but his bigotry leads to his death.
Pages: 7.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: John Romita (signed)
Inks: John Romita (signed)
Reprints: Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974)
Notes: Narrated in the second person. The writer and artist of this story about anti-immigrant prejudice were the children of Jewish and Italian immigrants, respectively. This story is retold in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #71 (October 1959) as "I Am the Man Without a Face!" drawn by Joe Sinnott, and in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962) as "The Hidden Face" drawn by Steve Ditko.
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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 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
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Qualified |
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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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
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