X-Men #78 (Marvel, 1972) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $836.50
Sold: Feb 24, 2012
X-Men #78 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1972
About X-Men #78
Reprints X-Men #30, featuring Cyclops, Angel, the Beast, Iceman, and Marvel Girl. George Tuska cover.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: X-Men [Iceman; Angel; Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Beast]; Merlin
Pencils: Jim Starlin (layout) ?; George Tuska
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Letters: John Costanza
Notes: Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo and Jim Starlin. Steve Whitaker previously credited Mike Esposito. Erroneously credited to Joe Sinnott in his record books. Jim Starlin believes he may have provided the cover layout for George Tuska. Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).
STORY DETAILS
Characters: X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Warlock
Pages: 20.000
Script: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Jack Sparling
Inks: John Tartaglione
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: Orignal title: "The Warlock Wakes". Title was changed so as not to be confused with the new hero Warlock, who had recently recieved his own title.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 39 | 32 | 28 | 44 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 328 |
|
Qualified |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 39 | 33 | 28 | 46 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 338 |
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