USA Comics #1 Billy Wright pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

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USA Comics #1 Billy Wright pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. It's the highest-graded copy of one of Overstreet's top 100 comic books! While we've offered copies close to this grade before, they've all had some sort of cover marking, and we love the fact that this copy has none.
The book has the first appearance of the Whizzer, and while the other characters debuting here aren't memorable, the creators certainly are: Simon and Kirby drew the cover as well as one interior page, and Basil Wolverton drew the Rockman story. By the way: according to the late Joe Simon, Timely publisher Martin Goodman had some misgivings about the title of this series, fearing objection on the part of the government. His lawyer convinced him that Timely would be in the clear if they took out the periods in U.S.A. Thus, this is the only cover on which the periods appear, with stars used thereafter. Overstreet 2011 NM- 9.2 value = $20,000. CGC census 2/12: 1 in 9.2, none higher.

View the certification for CGC Certification ID 0916171001, including grader's notes if available and a link to the latest full census report for the issue.*

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