World's Finest Comics #198 (DC, 1970) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $8,100.00
Sold: Mar 7, 2022
World's Finest Comics #198 Values
Publisher: DC, 1970
About World's Finest Comics #198
Third Superman vs. Flash race. Johnny Quick backup story. Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson cover.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pencils previously credited to Carmine Infantino. First issue with the guest character's logo/name on the cover. (Info from Fred Snyder.)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Guardians of the Universe; the Anachronids; Jimmy Olsen; Maximus Flavius; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; General Zod; Professor Vakox; Kru-El]
Synopsis: The Guardians of the Universe summon Superman to stage a race with The Flash to offset the damage life-forms called Anachronids, who travel faster than the speed of light, have caused to the flow of time. When the duo encounter a group of Anachronids, they are thrown into another plane of existence, but they return through a donut-shaped star, and resume their race.
Pages: 22.000
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Joe Giella
Letters: Ben Oda; John Costanza
Notes: Story continues in #199. Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Oda lettering on pages 1-11; Costanza lettering pages 12-22.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 30 | 38 | 26 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 44 | 50 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 441 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 30 | 38 | 28 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 45 | 50 | 36 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 458 |
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