The Silver Surfer #5 (Marvel, 1969) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $11,400.00
Sold: Jun 19, 2022
The Silver Surfer #5 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1969
About The Silver Surfer #5
The Silver Surfer battles the Stranger. Appearances include the Thing, Mr. Fantastic, and the Human Torch. Backup feature is a version of the story from Tales to Astonish #26, rewritten to feature the Watcher. John Buscema cover and art. Sal Buscema and Howard Purcell art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Stranger
Pencils: John Romita
Inks: John Romita
Colors: Marie Severin ?
Letters: typeset
Notes: Romita credit per Nick Caputo, August 2012. Previous indexer listed John Buscema as possible penciller. A rejected cover drawn by Buscema exists.
Reprints: Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1979 series) #5 (April 1980)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Al Harper (death); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Stranger (villain); Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]] (flashback); X-Men [Beast [Henry McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]] (flashback); Shalla Bal (vision)
Synopsis: Surfer's attempts to break free of Galactus' barrier summon the Stranger who plants a bomb on earth designed to kill all life.
Pages: 39.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: John Buscema
Inks: Sal Buscema
Letters: Sam Rosen
Reprints: Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1979 series) #5 (April 1980)
Notes: In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer. An editorial note refers to events that occurred in Hulk #89 and #90; however, the events took place in Tales to Astonish #89 and #90.
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 |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 30 | 44 | 41 | 52 | 70 | 95 | 103 | 113 | 133 | 122 | 120 | 113 | 70 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1195 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 45 | 43 | 54 | 74 | 99 | 110 | 116 | 141 | 124 | 122 | 117 | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1240 |
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