The Shadow #4 (DC, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $77.68
Sold: May 27, 2007
The Shadow #4 Values
Publisher: DC, 1974
About The Shadow #4
Mike Kaluta cover. Kaluta and Bernie Wrightson art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]
Pencils: Mike Kaluta [as MW Kaluta] (signed)
Inks: Mike Kaluta [as MW Kaluta] (signed)
Colors: Jack Adler
Notes: Color credits provided and confirmed by Anthony Tollin (DC Comics proofreader 1974-76/assistant production manager/color coordinator 1976-81) and Carl Gafford (DC Comics proofreader 1973-74/assistant production manager 1974-76).
STORY DETAILS
Characters: The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Shrevvy; Clancy; Burbank; Margo Lane; Harry Vincent; Ambrose "Devil" Devlin (villain); Homer Bliss (villain); Natchez Nate Johnson
Pages: 20.000
Script: Denny O'Neil; Len Wein
Pencils: Mike Kaluta
Inks: Mike Kaluta; Steve Hickman (pp. 1-4, 19); Bernie Wrightson (pp. 1-15); Howard Chaykin (pp. 8-10)
Letters: Ben Oda
Notes: Chapter 1 (10 pages), Chapter 2: "Grave Secret!" (10 pages). In Back Issue magazine #10, Mike Kaluta says about the inking in this issue, "On the splash page to issue #4, there is a truck barreling across the page. The license plates on the front bumper of the truck have got each artist's name and little page numbers to tell what pages they worked on." Color credits provided and confirmed by Anthony Tollin (DC Comics proofreader 1974-76/assistant production manager/color coordinator 1976-81) and Carl Gafford (DC Comics proofreader 1973-74/assistant production manager 1974-76).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Restored |
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 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
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