Ultimate Peter Parker: The working man's CGC set
Ultimate Spider-Man 1
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Ultimate Spider-Man 1 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0702838003
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Owner:
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Ultimate Spider Man Fan Boy
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
In the year 2000 Marvel comics group made history with the revamping of the timeless classic hero Spider-man. With marvel narrowly escaping bankruptcy in the late 90's Marvel needed to find a way to reclaim the comic throne. And they did just that with the debut of the most popular titles in decades, Ultimate Spider-man! Between Joe Quesada, Mark Bagley, Art Thibert, and super scribe Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel comics has single handedly "risen from the grave" and revitalized an industry that was inches away from oblivion. The Ultimate Spider-man series rivals sales even generated back in the 60's with it's Amazing Spider-man counter-part. Since it's debut USM constantly ranked in Diamond Distributions top best selling comic titles list month after month for over six years. Also marking a first Brian Michael Bendis & Mark Bagely set the benchmark for the most issues by a single creative team at Marvel, previously held by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. And it is that success and dedication by Marvel Comics that makes trying to own a CGC Ultimate Spider-man collection, a basic no-brainer! Ultimate Spider-man has all the elements that make up a great comic book. Hence, the reason for grading and collecting this title! On a final note, trying to find this particular issue in NM/M (9.8) grade is proving to be a real challenge. The key reason is the "card-stock" used for the covers of the first 31 issues of the USM series. Card-stock is a stiffer, slighty thicker card-board material than your standard paper comic cover. Overall the material is pretty sturdy, but in the case of these USM #1 direct editions finding copies with "sharp" corners is proving to be very difficult. I see many copies of USM #1 Direct editions with chipping or flaking at the corners of these books. I find this to be evident especially at the corners adjacent to the spines of the books, which makes finding a NM/M book ungraded a real treasure hunt. If anyone receives a Mint or Gem Mint grade (9.9 or 10) of this issue it will truly be a great find.
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