Strange Tales #88 White Mountain Pedigree (Marvel, 1961) CGC NM 9.4 White pages....
Auction amount: $2,880.00
Sold: Jul 4, 2022
Strange Tales #88 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1961
About Strange Tales #88
Zzutak appearance. Jack Kirby cover and art, inked by Steve Ditko. Don Heck art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Zzutak
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Ditko
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Frank Johnson (introduction); Yucoya-Tzin (introduction, not named); Zzutak (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: An American comic book artist is forced by an Aztec priest to make a monster with magic paints. The artist creates another monster to fight the first, causing the temple to collapse on both monsters, giving the priest amnesia and ending the threat.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Ditko
Letters: Artie Simek; Ray Holloway ?
Reprints: Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971)
Notes: Narrated in the first person. Frank Johnson, Yucoya-Tzin and all next appear in Fantastic Four Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #7 (September 1994). This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Zzutak" (7 pp). Story is pages 3-7, 10-14, 16-18 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 13). Steve Ditko writer credit removed based on information from the Atlas/Timely list.
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
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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 |
|
Signature Series |
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 |
|
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 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
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