Showcase #12 Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958) CGC NM 9.4 White pages....
Auction amount: $4,481.25
Sold: May 22, 2009
Showcase #12 Values
Publisher: DC, 1958
About Showcase #12
Fourth appearance of the Challengers of the Unknown. Jack Kirby and Marie Severin cover. Kirby and George Klein art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (blacks)
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories.
Reprints: Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #77 (December 1970-January 1971)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Amos Hunter; VILLAINS: Brommer; Gortz; Karnak; Kraken
Synopsis: Karnak and his men land on an island while trying to escape from the Challengers. There they find Amos Hunter and 5 mysterious vials. The first vial makes two members of the gang into giants.
Pages: 6.000
Script: Dave Wood
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Leonard Starr ?
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #77 (December 1970-January 1971)
Notes: Lettering credit from Rodrigo Baeza via the GCD-chat mailing list, March 2007. Previous indexer's identification of the inker as George Klein is disputed by Nick Caputo and Tony Rose.
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 |
0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
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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 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
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