X-Men #18 Pacific Coast pedigree (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $5,975.00
Sold: Jul 28, 2012
X-Men #18 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1966
About X-Men #18
Magneto and the Stranger appearances. Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover. Ayers and Werner Roth art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman; Magneto
Pencils: Werner Roth; Jack Kirby ? (alterations)
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Sam Rosen
Notes: Disputed penciler credit--Jack Kirby (layouts) Werner Roth (pencils) per Rich Donnelly, Steve Whitaker, and Bob Ford. Bob Ford asserts that someone other than Jack Kirby or Dick Ayers modified Magneto's face. Nick Caputo believes that the Magneto figure was pencilled by Kirby and the rest of the cover by Roth (GCD Error List 29 March 2007). Sol Brodsky inking credit added per Nick Caputo, Jan 1, 2011. Nick adds that according to Mark Evanier kirby rarely, if ever, provided cover layouts for other artists. Credits from print indexes vary. The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987) attributed pencils to Roth, inks to Ayers. The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994) attributed layouts to Kirby, pencils to Roth, inks to Ayers. Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009) attributed pencils to Kirby. Sources for letters credit are The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe.
Reprints: Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #14 (January 1981)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; GUESTS: Mr. Worthington; Mrs. Worthington; VILLAINS: Magneto; Toad; CAMEO: Stranger
Synopsis: With the rest of the X-Men captured in a locked gondola beneath an ascending balloon, it is up to an injured Iceman to battle Magneto on his own. Once the X-Men escape Magneto's trap, Professor X calls the Stranger who arrives on Earth to collect his former captive.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin]
Inks: Dick Ayers
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #70 (June 1971)
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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 49 | 66 | 76 | 64 | 86 | 87 | 104 | 101 | 88 | 65 | 43 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 984 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 42 | 55 | 77 | 84 | 72 | 96 | 96 | 111 | 109 | 97 | 71 | 44 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1092 |
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