Tales of Suspense #52 (Marvel, 1964) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $28,800.00
Sold: Apr 2, 2023
Tales of Suspense #52 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1964
About Tales of Suspense #52
First appearance of the Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff). Iron Man vs. the Crimson Dynamo. Contains a Watcher backup feature. Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman cover. Larry Lieber story and art. Don Heck art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crimson Dynamo [Boris Turgenev]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Paul Reinman
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited George Roussos. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crimson Dynamo [Boris Turgenev] (introduction); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (introduction); Dr. Anton Vanko; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
Synopsis: The Black Widow and Boris are sent to America to kill Anton Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo, for defecting to America. They are also tasked with killing both Iron Man and Tony Stark.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Stan Lee (plot); Don Rico [as N. Korok] (script)
Pencils: Don Heck
Inks: Don Heck
Letters: Sam Rosen
Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #12 (December 1967)
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 |
54 | 20 | 18 | 42 | 68 | 103 | 141 | 174 | 217 | 183 | 199 | 160 | 163 | 162 | 140 | 107 | 87 | 53 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2158 |
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Qualified |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
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Signature Series |
3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
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Restored |
3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Total | 61 | 24 | 21 | 48 | 74 | 109 | 150 | 195 | 246 | 200 | 227 | 180 | 181 | 186 | 157 | 116 | 94 | 58 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2403 |
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