Tales of Suspense #15 (Marvel, 1961) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $4,560.00
Sold: Nov 24, 2019
Tales of Suspense #15 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1961
About Tales of Suspense #15
First appearances of Goom and Moomboo. Jack Kirby monster cover. Steve Ditko art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Goom
Pencils: Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inks: Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Goom (introduction, origin); Mark Langley (introduction); Helen Langley (introduction)
Synopsis: After attracting the hostile attention of Goom of Planet X, a scientist realizes that any civilization possessing such advanced technology must be benevolent and that his radar transmissions must have been intercepted by a criminal. He rebroadcasts to Planet X, and the Earth officials plan to execute him as a traitor summoning a full invasion fleet from Planet X, when the representatives from Planet X arrive and stop the execution and take Goom into their custody and leave the planet.
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: Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974)
Notes: Goom's next published appearance is in Incredible Hulk Annual #6, November 1976; while his next chronological appearance is in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005); he also appeared in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series). The speech of the scientist hero at the end is similar to many others in Marvel books at this time, including Reed Richards' speech in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #24 (March 1964). Story is pages 3-7, 10 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 6).
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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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 | 2 |
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Restored |
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 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
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