Strange Adventures #180 (DC, 1965) CBCS NM 9.4 White pages....
Auction amount: $2,390.00
Sold: Aug 28, 2016
Strange Adventures #180 Values
Publisher: DC, 1965
About Strange Adventures #180
Origin and first appearance of Animal Man. Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson cover, with Infantino and George Roussos story art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Buddy Baker
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Anderson inks per Nick Caputo; we previously credited Carmine Infantino.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Buddy Baker (origin); Ellen (Buddy's financee); Roger (Buddy's friend); alien creature (villain)
Synopsis: An alien space ship temporarily gives Buddy Baker animal powers, which he uses to round up escaped circus animals and fight an alien creature with the same powers.
Pages: 15.330
Script: Dave Wood
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: George Roussos
Letters: Stan Starkman
Reprints: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #412 (November 1971)
Notes: Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Story is told in two chapters of 8.67 and 6.67 pages. Story was not originally intended as a continuing feature: Animal Man is not named, does not appear in costume, and his powers are gone at the end of the story.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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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 |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 44 | 34 | 50 | 48 | 37 | 34 | 42 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 437 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 38 | 53 | 49 | 39 | 35 | 43 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 457 |
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