Thrilling Comics #1 (Better Publications, 1940) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Only three months after Best Comics #1...
Auction amount: $3,335.00
Sold: Feb 8, 2004
Thrilling Comics #1 (1) Values
Publisher: Pines, 1940
About Thrilling Comics #1 (1)
Origin and first appearance of Dr. Strange. Skull cover. Alexander Kostuk cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Alexander Kostuk
Inks: Alexander Kostuk
Notes: Alter Ego #111 (July 2012) features three different preliminary covers to this issue by Alexander Kostuk on Page 40.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; (introduction, origin, becomes Doc Strange by issue #10); Virginia Thompson (introduction); Prof. Thompson (introduction); The Faceless Phantom [Commissioner Baxter] (villain, introduction); Togo (villain, introduction, death)
Pages: 37.000
Script: Richard Hughes [as Dick Hughes] (credited)
Pencils: Alexander Kostuk [as Alexander Koster] (signed)
Inks: Alexander Kostuk [as Alexander Koster] (signed)
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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
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Qualified |
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 |
|
Signature Series |
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 |
|
CGCxJSA |
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 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
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