COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Tales to Astonish 27
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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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Certification #:
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0202467001
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #27 marks the first appearance of Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, the future Ant-Man. It is not, however, an Ant-Man issue, as Hank acts strictly as a scientist in a standalone sci-fi story titled "The Man in the Ant Hill". In this issue, he tests a shrinking serum on himself and gets trapped in an anthill, but does not use a suit or an alter-ego
It is a very tough book to find in high grade with only two 9.4s with Universal labels topping the census. Our copy has been graded 9.4 and looks great, but CGC found that it was the subject of a Slight Professional restoration. It is easily the best restored copy in the census.
2024 Update: Unlike many titles, the census in this title has changed very little since we started collecting these books. There is now a second restored 9.4, which may have been graded some time ago, but there are still just two blue label 9.4s and just three books graded better than a 9.0. The last 9.4 on the market sold for $200,000 in 2013. The sole 9.2 did appear on the market in 2019 and sold for $175,000, which would seem to indicate that one of the 9.4s would now likely be a $400k book, although the last 9.0 sold in 2022 for $66,000. That 2022 sale may sound a little inconsistent with a rising market, except for the fact that while just three books grade above 9.0, there are nine 9.0s in the census. Regardless, this issue is undoubtedly the rarest Marvel key in high grade.
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