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    All Star Comics #7   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Oct.-Nov. 1941 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 9.0 (VF/NM) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0045778003 
		   Page Condition: Off-White to White 
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Batman, Superman, Flash cameo; Last Hourman; Doiby Dickles app.  
 
Overstreet 2007 VF/NM 9.0 value = $3,726; NM- 9.2 value = $5,300. 
 
Comparable sales: Just a
tad below the highest graded copy at CGC 9.2, which last sold for
$4,255 three years ago! Another CGC 9.0 copy sold two
years ago for $3,254. In the Mastro Auction of August 16, 2006,
a CGC 9.0 copy received a high bid of nearly $3,200 but failed to meet
an unknown reserve. 
  
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    All-Flash #1   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Summer 1941 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 8.0 (VF) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0041328015 
		   Page Condition: Off-White 
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Origin retold; ranked 55th out of 100 Top Golden Age Age book by the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. 
 
A copy with lower quality Cream to Off-White pages was sold by Heritage Auctions on August, 9, 2006, for $9,337.50, and then on May 4, 2007, for $8,962.50. Another copy just sold on February 26, 2009, also with Cream to Off-White pages but also with some dried glue on the cover, for $8,365.00. To some collectors, the PQ means everything. Up to you! 
 
THIS COPY IS PRICED AT BELOW GUIDE! 
 
Overstreet 2008 VF 8.0 value $10,628; VF/NM 9.0 value = $18,314
  
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    Batman #2   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Summer 1940 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 9.2 (NM-) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0123274001 
		   Page Condition: Off-White to White 
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    If you're looking for an issue of Batman that displays both a cover and
interior art from Mr. Kane, your search is restricted to issues #1
through #5. Between the covers
of this issue you will find the second appearances of the Joker and Catwoman. 
 
Ranked 58th out of 100 Top Golden Age Age book by Overstreet. If you
want to own the highest certified copy, then look no further!!!! It
just does not get better than this beautiful copy! 
 
Overstreet 2005 NM- value = $21,000.
  
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    Batman #4   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Winter 1940 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 3.0 (GD/VG) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0004235010 
		   Page Condition: Off-White to White 
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      $965      
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    3rd app The Joker, 1st mention of Gotham City in a Batman comic; Gerber
5; CGC notes cover almost detached (otherwise book is probably at least
7.0) 
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    Batman #5   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Spring 1941 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 9.0 (VF/NM) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0123275003 
		   Page Condition: Off-White to White 
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      $7,800      
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    Just four copies have achieved a higher grade than this 65 year book!  
 
Overstreet 2006 VF/NM 9.0 value = $5,840; NM- 9.2 value = $8,200.
  
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    Batman #6   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Aug.-Sept. 1941 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 9.2 (NM-) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0123274002 
		   Page Condition: White 
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      $8,700      
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    Two copies of this beautiful book exist in a higher grade, but no doubt
that won't stop someone from desiring this copy for their collection!
 
 
Overstreet 2006 NM- 9.2 value = $7,000. 
 
RECENT RELATED SALES: CGC 9.6 Allentown copy sold for $27,600.00 in May 2005.
  
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    Comic Cavalcade #1   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Winter 1942 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 8.5 (VF+) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0041328019 
		   Page Condition: Off-White to White 
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      $10,000      
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    Not only does this book features many of the classic GA superheros. The
Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Wildcat, The Black Pirate by
Moldoff, but it is the highest graded copy in existence! It is also
just shy of being within the Top 100 Golden Age books according to the
Overstreet Price Guide. 
 
Overstreet 2005 VF 8.0 value = $6,545; VF/NM 9.0 value = $10,523.
  
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    Detective Comics #225   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Nov. 1955 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 7.5 (VF-) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0080526004 
		   Page Condition: Cream to Off-White 
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      $3,300      
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1st app. Martian Manhunter. Viewed by many as a candidate for the
commencement of the Silver Age, which finally culminated with Showcase
#4 several months later. This is a very difficult book to find,
particularly in higher grade.  
 
Overstreet 2006 FN 6.0 value = $1,095; VF 8.0 value = $3,340.
  
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    Detective Comics #45   | 
     
  
    Issue Date: Nov. 1940 
			  Publisher: D.C. Comics 
			  			  Era/Age: Golden/Atom 
			    
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    Grade: 7.0 (FN/VF) 
	       Grade Service: CGC    ID#0004214005 
		   Page Condition: Cream to Off-White 
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CGC notes "Manufactured with extra set of staples." First Joker story in Detective Comics. 
 Overstreet 2008 FN 6.0 value = 1,128; VF 8.0 value = $2,444.
  A 7.0 copy sold on ComicLink in 2008 for $2,200.00. 
 
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