Strange Tales #77 (Atlas, 1960) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $10,200.00
Sold: Jun 19, 2022
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Publisher: Marvel, 1960
About Strange Tales #77
Cover by Jack Kirby. Story art by Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Taboo
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Dick Ayers (signed)
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: cover taken from interior splash, with alterations.
Reprints: Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Dan; Susan; Taboo
Synopsis: After his apparent destruction, Taboo reconstitutes himself and runs amok. He is eventually stopped by the arrival of others from his world, who reveal that he is not an advance scout for invasion, but merely a deranged criminal.
Pages: 7.000
Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inks: Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970)
Notes: Taboo last appeared in issue #75 (June 1960). A replica of Taboo appears in Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #5 (October 1976), but the real Taboo does not appear again until Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
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