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Detective Comics #22 (DC, 1938) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Moderate to Extensive (B-4) Off-white pages. The second superhero cover in the history of comics, tied with Action Comics #7. This is just the seventh copy of the first cover appearance of the Crimson Avenger that we have ever offered, and it's the highest restored grade that we have ever seen. Jim Chambers cover and art. CGC notes, "Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added, tear seals, cover cleaned, interior lightened, reinforced." Overstreet 2015 GD 2.0 value = $1,020; VG 4.0 value = $2,040; FN 6.0 value = $3,060; VF 8.0 value = $5,610.

CGC Grader Notes:
Color touch (Average quality or materials up to 4"" x 4"") B-4
Cover cleaning (Average quality) B-1
Full Left Whole Book Lite Rippling/Warping
Interior lightening (Average quality) B-1
Left Bottom Back Cover Lite Crease
Left Bottom Front Cover Crease
Piece fill cover (Archival material, average quality up to 1"" x 1"") B-3
Piece fill interior (Archival material, average quality up to 1"" x 1"") B-3
Reinforcement to cover (Archival material, average quality) B-1
Reinforcement to interior (Archival material, average quality) Centerfold B-1
Reinforcement to interior (Archival material, average quality) Page(s) ALL WRAPS B-1
Right Bottom Front Cover Multiple Crease
Spine Stress Lines
Tear seals to interior (Archival material, average quality) B-1

View the certification for CGC Certification ID 1292689002, including grader's notes if available and a link to the latest full census report for the issue.*

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Auction Dates
May, 2016
13th-14th Friday-Saturday
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Sold on May 14, 2016 for: $1,314.50
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