Special War Series #4 (Charlton, 1965) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $576.00
Sold: May 2, 2022
Special War Series #4 Values
Publisher: Charlton, 1965
About Special War Series #4
Origin and first appearance of Judomaster, who is featured in the Peacemaker TV series. Last issue of the title. Frank McLaughlin story, cover, and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Frank McLaughlin
Inks: Frank McLaughlin
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Judomaster [Rip Jagger] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: A young soldier fights Japanese army soldiers on a remote Pacific island. When under fire, he is rescued by mysterious warriors who train him to become a masked hero.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Joe Gill (credited); Frank McLaughlin (actual)
Pencils: Frank McLaughlin
Inks: Frank McLaughlin
Notes: Continued in Judomaster (Charlton, 1966 series) #89. Writing credit given to Joe Gill in the comic book. Frank McLaughlin states he wrote all the Judomaster stories. McLaughlin is quoted as saying, "As far as writing and drawing Judomaster...Joe Gill’s name appearing as writer, (on Judomaster), was to satisfy John Santangelo’s arrangement with Joe. I wrote all of those, myself." (retrieved 1 August 2016 from http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=228955).
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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
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