Tales of Suspense #14 (Marvel, 1961) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages....
Auction amount: $1,620.00
Sold: Sep 11, 2022
Tales of Suspense #14 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1961
About Tales of Suspense #14
First appearance of Colossus. Jack Kirby monster cover. Kirby and Steve Ditko art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Colossus [later "It, the Living Colossus"]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Dick Ayers
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B this cover is reprinted on page 9 panel 3 of the story in Astonishing Tales #24.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Colossus [later "It, the Living Colossus"] (introduction, origin); Ivan Petrovski; Boris Petrovski
Synopsis: A Russian dissident is forced by his loyal brother to build a giant statue glorifying the USSR. An alien crash lands and fuses with the statue for protection, animating it and defeating the whole military. The alien’s companions retrieve it and the sculptor claims that the statue was a judgement against dictatorship, frightening the regime.
Pages: 6.000
Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inks: Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 (June 1972)
Notes: Possible Lee plot;Lieber script per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index credits Stan Lee solo. Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 6).
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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
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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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
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