COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Daredevil 172 Signature
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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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1000644005
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Owner:
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RMI High Tech
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
A 9.8 WP SS Copy. A Direct Edition Issue.
Signed by Klaus Janson. Nice blue cover!
Currently worth 246 CGC points, the highest points for this issue.
CENSUS: 98 in 9.8, 107 in 9.6 out of 410 graded comics.
32 SS copies with 12 in 9.8, the highest grade as of September 2024.
prior notes...
CENSUS: 92 in 9.8, 97 in 9.6 out of 373 graded copies.
22 SS copies, 9 in 9.8, this is one of them, the highest grade as of April 2023.
Key Comments. Bullseye & Kingpin appearance.
Art Comments. Frank Miller story, Frank Miller & Klaus Janson cover & art.
Published in July 1981.
CENSUS: as of June 2016.
68 copies in 9.8. A few more copies only than last year.
54 more copies in 9.6 out of 212 graded copies.
2 SS copies. 1 graded at 9.8, mine, signed by Klaus Janson.
Another nice cover, with a big blue Kingpin. Not rare in 9.8, but not easy to get either.
There were separate Direct Issues and Newstand variants for issue number 172 and this pattern follows through the entire Daredevil Miller era run. I have been told the numbers of direct edition vs. newstand versions ranged proportionally 60-40 to 70-30 for each type, depending on the issue.
The newstand variants are much rarer in high grade, as they lived their life on a heavily fondled newstand, not in a direct edition mailer. This ratio also varies, with approximately one out of five (some issues one out of 20!) issues being graded 9.8 as the rarer Newstand Variant. I have not seen ANY Newstand Variants in 9.8, but a few must be out there.
Newstand variants have the price in a square box next to the issue number at the top of the letter box, the direct editions have the price and issue number in a diamond shape within the letter box.
A 50 cent issue. Probably some UK variants too.
VALUE:
Expect to now pay $125-150 for a basic 9.8WP Copy, easily more if excellent structure and more again if signed. And add a big premium for the “Newstand variant”.
This is another nice comic to look at as an investment or for a SS attempt.
I have seen no sketches on any SS copy.
CREATOR DETAILS:
Cover Artists, Frank Miller and Klaus Janson with George Roussos and Danny Crespi too.
Writer, Frank Miller.
Penciler, Frank Miller.
Inker, Klaus Janson.
Colorist, Glynis Wein.
Letterer, Joe Rosen.
Editor, Denny O’Neil.
ISSUE TITLE "Gangwar"
STORY LINE:
Well Daredevil isn't dead, but Kingpin thinks his wife Vanessa is dead, and its Daredevils fault. Kingpin hires Bullseye to kill Daredevil, but he fails. A bunch of fights and fighters, Daredevil survives and Kingpin survives all to start anew.
NOTES and TRIVIA:
I like this cover and watch for extra ordinarily well structured covers, and I bid on most 9.8WP copies hoping to snag another for a good price.
Published every 1 month now.
First published in July 1981.
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