COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Conan the Barbarian 15 Universal
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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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1129553009
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Owner:
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Rune
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This book is a great copy of the key issue Conan the Barbarian #15 with perfect cover orientation, which is extremely rare. Currently I have photos of 13 out of the 14 current Conan the Barbarian #15 9.8 books, and only 5 books had pure white pages. Of these 5 books none had perfect centering, although the Suscha News book 1027531005 and Carlo's 0046230004 did come close, and this current book (1129553009) was the only one to show perfect cover orientation. So although there is one book I have never seen, chances are that currently (July 2017) there are no Conan the Barbarian #15 CGC 9.8 books with 1) pure white pages, 2) perfect cover centering and 3) perfect cover orientation.
This book is considered a key issue being the second comic book to contain a story of Elric of Melniboné:
"Elric of Melniboné[1] is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock, and the antihero of a series of sword and sorcery stories centering in an alternate Earth. The proper name and title of the character is Elric VIII, 428th Emperor of Melniboné. Later novels by Moorcock mark Elric as a facet of the Eternal Champion [...] Elric first appeared in comics in 1972, in Conan the Barbarian issues 14–15, an adventure in two parts entitled "A Sword Called Stormbringer!" and “The Green Empress of Melniboné”. The comic was written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith, based on a story plotted by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn".
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_(comics)
Currently (July 2017) there are 14 CGC 9.8 books of Conan the Barbarian #15. I know of these 13 books:
1013922017, WP, Rocky Mountain pedigree
1027531004, WP, Suscha News pedigree
1027531005, WP, Suscha News pedigree
0046230004, WP
1129553009, WP
0066293041, OW-W
0069493016, OW-W
0159837010, OW-W
0960816005, OW-W
1171309016, OW-W
1198101018, OW-W
0165589013, O-W
0165589014, O-W
(WP = White Pages, OW-W = Off-White to White Pages and O-W = Off-White Pages.)
Only 5 books (38%) of these 13 books had pure WP. I have photos/scans of all 13 books, and although 0046230004 may be considered the best looking book, not one has near-perfect cover centering and orientation. The best I have ever seen is 1011146008 WP Signature Series (signed by Roy Thomas), but it is a 9.6 book. You can see the 13 9.8 books here:
http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/runesr2/library/Issue15
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