Superman #80 (DC, 1953) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $1,080.00
Sold: May 12, 2022
Superman #80 Values
Publisher: DC, 1953
About Superman #80
First appearance of Halk Kar. Al Plastino cover. Plastino and Wayne Boring art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superman; Halk Kar
Pencils: Al Plastino
Inks: Al Plastino
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman (origin retold); Halk Kar (intro); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Wrecker Ross (intro, villain); Lois Lane
Synopsis: When Halk Kar crashes on Earth, the note he carries in Jor-El's handwriting makes Superman suspect that Halk Kar is his older brother. But when Halk Kar joins Superman in his pursuit of "Wrecker" Ross, Halk Kar receives an electric shock and remembers that he is actually a space traveller from Thoron who met Jor-El on Krypton just before it exploded.
Pages: 10.000
Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Al Plastino
Inks: Al Plastino
Reprints: Superman (DC, 1939 series) #222 (December 1969)
Notes: Many elements from this story re-used in "Superboy's Big Brother" in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #89, making Halk Kar retroactively "Earth-2's Mon-El."
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 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
|
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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
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