Strange Tales #117 Pacific Coast pedigree (Marvel, 1964) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $3,107.00
Sold: Jul 28, 2012
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Publisher: Marvel, 1964
About Strange Tales #117
Fantastic Four, Eel, and Baron Mordo appearances. Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and George Roussos cover. Ditko and Dick Ayers art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]
Pencils: Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko (Eel figure)
Inks: Sol Brodsky; Steve Ditko (Eel Figure)
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Sam Rosen
Notes: Ditko credits supplied by Nick Caputo and Mark Elstob.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)
Synopsis: Having served his time, The Eel is released from jail, but Johnny's suspicious because he left prison wearing his Eel costume. Taking a security guard job at an aquarium, The Eel begins pulling crimes, but eventually, Johnny tracks him down and defeats him again.
Pages: 14.000
Script: Stan Lee (co-plot, script); Dick Ayers (co-plot, un-credited)
Pencils: Dick Ayers
Inks: Dick Ayers
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: Second appearance of The Eel; previous appearance in issue #112 (September 1963); Eel has a 2-panel cameo in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (1965), then returns in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966). Story not reprinted in Marvel Tales run.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 27 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 297 |
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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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 305 |
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