Strange Tales #80 (Atlas, 1961) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $4,800.00
Sold: Nov 24, 2019
Strange Tales #80 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1961
About Strange Tales #80
Gargantus appearance, the first of two. Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Gargantus (sea monster)
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Ditko
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: New logo this issue, likely redesigned by Artie Simek. Information per Nick Caputo, Jan 2012.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Dan; Billy; Gargantus (sea monster, introduction)
Synopsis: A deep sea explorer encounters a giant reptile that follows him back to the surface. The creature explores the surface, causing panic until it faints due to its inability to breathe air and is dumped back into the sea.
Pages: 7.000
Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Ditko
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 (May 1972)
Notes: Narrated in the first person. Gargantus next appears in issue #85 (June 1961). Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6, last page not numbered).
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
|
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 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
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