Panic #4 Gaines File pedigree 10/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Hot babes Melvina and Irvina on the cover of this ...
Auction amount: $1,495.00
Sold: Oct 12, 2002
Panic #4 Values
Publisher: EC, 1954
About Panic #4
Basil Wolverton cover. "Smitty" parody by Bill Elder. "Hondo" (John Wayne movie) parody by Wally Wood. Also art by Joe Orlando and Jack Davis.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Melvina; Irvina
Pencils: Basil Wolverton (signed)
Inks: Basil Wolverton (signed)
Colors: Marie Severin
Letters: typeset
Notes: Parody of the "Which Twin Has the Toni?" home-permanent commercials.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Smiddy; Melvin Bully; Smiddy's mother; Smiddy's father; Hoiby; Winnie Winkie; Smilin' Jack (a smilin' airplane pilot, cameo); Real George; "Old" Punchdrunk; Little Mousse
Synopsis: Smiddy and his boss try to land "Old Punchdrunk" the fighting fish.
Pages: 7.000
Script: Al Feldstein
Pencils: Bill Elder (signed)
Inks: Bill Elder (signed)
Letters: Jim Wroten
Notes: Parody of comic strip "Smitty".
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 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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Restored |
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 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
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