TALES OF SUSPENSE #39 Fair Good 1.5 CBG Iron Man 1st Appearance Marvel Comics
  $   3,055

 


$   3055 Sold For
Aug 24, 2019 End Date
Aug 17, 2019 Start Date
$   1900 Start price
23 Number Of Bids
USA Country Of Seller
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Description

Characters:IronMan [Tony Stark] (introduction, origin); Wong-Chu (villain,introduction); Professor Yinsen (introduction, death)

Synopsis:Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander.

This is an original March 1963 comic that heralded the new Marvel Age! The front and back covers are loose but complete and still have gloss,with the pages only a little yellow, and all pages are complete and held together by the staples. There is no tape or other imperfections other than what you see in the pictures. This grade of book has been consistently selling for well over $2,500.00!

This comic is in very Good condition, 1.5 by the Comic Buyer's Guides standards:

https://comicspriceguide.com/comic-book-grading

From the CBG website:

“FAIR GRADES

FAIR/GOOD: 1.5
FAIR: 1.0

This book has seen much better days and tends to be heavily worn and tattered.

  • A copy of a comic in this grade has all pages and most of the covers.

  • A book in this condition is worn, ragged and unattractive.

  • Heavy creases and folds are prevalent

  • paper quality can be very low

  • The spine and/or cover may be completely split.

  • Staples may be missing.

  • Corners are rounded.

  • Coupons cut from cover and or inside pages. Panels can be clipped out.

  • Parts of the front cover may be missing.

  • Soiling,staining, tears, markings or chunks missing will interfere with reading.

  • Brittleness maybe a factor.

  • Moderate to extensive amounts of tape is acceptable on the comic in this grade.”

Don't miss this golden opportunity to own a genuine piece of pop-culture comic history! I will combine any other purchases, with actual cost of USPS Priority Flat rate and Insured to sale price, so be sure to check out my other auctions!


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