Showcase #40 The Metal Men - Pacific Coast pedigree (DC, 1962) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. This isn't just the hig...
Auction amount: $2,760.00
Sold: Oct 15, 2005
Showcase #40 Values
Publisher: DC, 1962
About Showcase #40
Fourth appearance of the Metal Men. Ross Andru and Mike Esposito cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Dr. Will Magnus; Iron; Mercury; Platinum [Tina]; Tin; Gold; Lead
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Dr. Will Magnus; Platinum [Tina]; Gold; Mercury; Lead; Iron; Tin; Chemo; Col. Henry Caspar
Synopsis: The Metal Men battle Chemo after he turns Doc Magnus into a radioactive giant.
Pages: 24.000
Script: Robert Kanigher
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito
Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #34 (March 1983)
Notes: Story in three parts with same overall title: unnumbered part one (7.67 pages), Part Two (7.67 pages), Part Three (8.67 pages); continued in Metal Men #1; Doc Magnus is repeatedly referred to as Doc Evans.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 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 | 1 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
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