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COMICS: First Appearance Of THOR Sells For A Record Price At Auction |
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Saturday, 04 February 2012 03:58 |
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A CGC 9.4 grade copy of Journey Into Mystery #83 has raised $222,200 at auction by Pedigree Comics earlier this week. Thor was introduced in 1962 in a story entitled "The Stone Men From Saturn", and was created by Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Stan Lee, and Larry Lieber. The book was eventually retitled THOR in 1966.
You might want to check your attics as two other CGC 9.4 copies are known to be in circulation as is a CGC 9.6 issue. Last October saw a CGC 9.2 copy sell for $100,000. Doug Schmell of Pedigree Comics had this to say about the sale: "The book is characterised by unbelievable colour strike, perfect centring, tight staples, razor sharp corners and phenomenal white pages. It is easily the second nicest existing copy and it comes from the best known run of Journey Into Mystery." Read more: |
