Phantom Lady #17 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Fox Features Syndicate, 1948) CGC NM+ 9.6 Pink pages....
Auction amount: $456,000
Sold: Jun 19, 2021
Phantom Lady #17 Values
Publisher: Fox, 1948
About Phantom Lady #17
Classic bondage cover and art by Matt Baker. Used in Seduction of the Innocent. Currently tied for #73 on Overstreet's list of Top 100 Golden Age Comics.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Matt Baker
Inks: Matt Baker
Notes: This cover was reprinted in a very special limited edition large booklet prepared for the London Super Comic Convention for 2013 by PS Artbooks, along with many covers and full comic stories and short comic featurettes from the 1940's and early 1950's.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Betty (death); Mints (villain)
Synopsis: When Sandra discovers that a protection racket is bullying a friend of hers, and eventually kills her because she won't pay, the Phantom Lady decides to take them head-on.
Pages: 10.000
Script: Ruth Roche ? [as Gregory Page] (byline)
Pencils: Matt Baker
Inks: Matt Baker
Notes: Inks credit confirmed by Roy Thomas.
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 |
3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
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