Spyman #2 Pacific Coast pedigree (Harvey, 1966) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages . Cool comics featuring very early Jim...
Auction amount: $235.75
Sold: Feb 8, 2004
Spyman #2 Values
Publisher: Harvey, 1966
About Spyman #2
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COVER DETAILS
Inks: Joe Simon; Jim Steranko (see notes)
Letters: Joe Rosen
Notes: Schematic of Spyman's hand drawn by Steranko, per an interview in Comics Interview.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Cyclops (villain; intro; death?)
Pages: 17.000
Script: Ed Herron; Jim Steranko ?
Pencils: Dick Ayers
Inks: Dick Ayers ?
Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Notes: In an interview in Fantastic Fanzine # 11, 1970, Steranko stated: "I had worked for Joe Simon years ago. I created a half-a-dozen characters for Joe Simon on order. He bought three of them; three original characters. I wrote the stories, never drew them...". Ed Herron is credited as writer by Martin O'Hearn, who suspects Steranko's scripts may have been altered or unused: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2016/03/spyman.html Previous indexer credited Otto Binder as writer. Jetter letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Gaspar Saladino. Story in 3 parts: The Hand is Quicker Than the Monster! (5 pages), The Psycho Known as Cyclops! (5 pages), One Shall Win- One Shall Die! (7 pages).
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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
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