Nova #12 - 35 Cent Price Variant (Marvel, 1977) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. 35 cent price variant. Spider-Man appe...
Auction amount: $143.75
Sold: Aug 17, 2003
Nova #12 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1977
About Nova #12
Spider-Man and Photon appearances. Story continued in Amazing Spider-Man #171. John Buscema cover. Sal Buscema art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Nova [Richard Rider]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ralph Rider
Pencils: John Buscema; John Romita (alterations)
Inks: Frank Giacoia; John Romita (alterations)
Letters: John Costanza
Notes: Giacoia inks and Romita corrections provided by Nick Caputo (2006). The cover to this issue is featured in How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Nova [also appears as Richard Rider]; Photon (introduction); Spider-Man [also appears as Peter Parker]; Ralph Rider (death); Harry Daze; Jason Dean; Michael Lincoln; Franklin Risk; Charles Rider; Captain James Steele; Manners (butler)
Synopsis: Rich's uncle Ralph is murdered by Photon because of a secret chemical formula he was working on that several men were trying to acquire. Nova and Spider-Man team up to figure out the true identity of Photon.
Pages: 17.000
Script: Marv Wolfman
Pencils: Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Frank Giacoia (finished art)
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Letters: Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Joe Rosen
Notes: Story continues in Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #171 (August 1977).
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 |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 30 | 62 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
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 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 32 | 65 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
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