Strange Adventures #9 (DC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $5,975.00
Sold: Aug 4, 2007
Strange Adventures #9 Values
Publisher: DC, 1951
About Strange Adventures #9
Origin and first appearance of Captain Comet. Carmine Infantino cover. Story art by Infantino, Gil Kane, Alex Toth, and Murphy Anderson.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Captain Comet [Adam Blake]
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Frank Giacoia ?
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Possible Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Carmine Infantino.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Captain Comet [Adam Blake] (introduction, origin); John Blake; Martha Blake; Betty; Professor Emery Zackro
Synopsis: Prof. Zackro recommends to young Adam Blake that he use his mutant abilities to help mankind as Captain Comet.
Pages: 10.000
Script: John Broome [as Edgar Ray Merritt] (signed)
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Bernard Sachs
Letters: Pat Gordon ?
Notes: Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
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