COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Daredevil 4 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Pacific Coast
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Certification #:
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0083144006
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Owner:
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Professor Pecora
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Daredevil #4 features the origin and 1st appearance of the Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave)!
Overstreet 2023 NM- 9.2 value = $1,350.
Pacific Coast Pedigree!
According to the CGC Census Report as of Tuesday, August 22, 2023, out of a total of 1,744 Universal copies graded, only 32 copies were graded in 9.4 with only 16 copies graded higher: 12 in 9.6 and 4 in 9.8!
With these statistics in mind, this represents an impressive rarity factor of ONLY 1.83% of the total population!
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After battling Electro and the Owl in the previous two issues, writer Stan Lee and artist Joe Orlando created another powerful supervillain for Daredevil to face—the enigmatic Purple Man!
Born in Rijeka, Croatia, Zebediah Killgrave began his civilian career as a physician, but later decided to become an international spy. During one of his classified missions, he was ordered to infiltrate a chemical refinery and was accidentally doused with a chemical that turned his hair and skin purple! After being captured and interrogated, providing a weak alibi, Killgrave was released.
As time went on, he experienced several other dangerous encounters, but amid these critical situations, he discovered the nerve gas that originally altered his skin color enabled him to command the wills of other people!
With his new superhuman powers unveiled, he called himself the Purple Man and embarked on a criminal career in which he first battled none other than The Man Without Fear! However, due to the Purple Man’s powers having to rely on full sensory manipulation, and because Daredevil is blind and therefore uses less neurological processing than others, Daredevil was able to resist his mind altering influence in order to defeat him!
As a result, Killgrave was imprisoned in a special cell designed to dampen his powers, but eventually escaped and moved to San Francisco. Over the course of two years building a small criminal enterprise in The Golden City, Daredevil and the Black Widow dismantled his operations after they relocated there!
Furthermore, actor David Tennant played Killgrave in the Marvel Jessica Jones Streaming Series (2015-2019). Unfortunately, he portrayed an alternate version of the character named Kevin Thompson and was not featured with his classic purple hair and skin, as he is represented in the comics.
Moreover, published in October of 1964, Daredevil #4 features Daredevil’s “5th” overall appearance in the history of comics! The classic Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta cover is superb! It is reminiscent of the cover of Amazing Fantasy #15, where we see Spider-Man swinging through the heart of Manhattan rescuing a civilian!
In closing, I purchased this NEAR PERFECTLY WRAPPED & CENTERED Pacific Coast Pedigree copy from Pedigree Comics’ Grand Auction in March of 2022! I was very blessed to end up with the winning bid and I’m looking forward to watching it appreciate each year!
Happy Collecting & Enjoy the Hunt!
-Professor Pecora
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