Tales to Astonish #50 (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $2,390.00
Sold: Feb 24, 2012
Tales to Astonish #50 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1963
About Tales to Astonish #50
Origin and first appearance of the Human Top (David Cannon, who later becomes Whirlwind). Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky cover. Kirby, Steve Ditko, Larry Lieber, and George Roussos art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via GCD Errors list, January 2009. Original indexer had credited George Roussos.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Henry Pym follows the crime spree of the Human Top in the newspapers but the Wasp convinces Henry to go after him as Giant-Man. The Top evades Giant-Man, and he must train to out-maneuver him.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Ditko; Don Heck (alterations; see notes)
Letters: Sam Rosen [as S. Rosen]
Notes: Continues in next issue. Per Nick Caputo, Don Heck provided alterations on the Wasp's face in many panels. Bob Bailey originally credited Don Heck or Sol Brodsky with uncredited inking on the entire story.
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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 36 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 341 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 366 |
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