20th Century Gulliver
Tales to Astonish 47
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Tales to Astonish 47
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Western Penn
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Certification #:
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0764950004
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #47 features the first appearance of Trago. Our book is another gem from the Western Penn Collection. Surfacing in the '90s, much of this collection's history is shrouded in mystery. We know that both a father and his son accumulated the collection from the '60s to '80s, and there was allegedly a cache of Golden Age comics as well that may have been sold earlier (to date only a handful of Tarzans prior to 1961 have been CGC graded). Stuart Friedlander brought the collection to market, and several Silver Age publishers were represented, although Marvel was the predominant company. Known for very high grades and exceptional page quality starting in 1961, the Western Penn copies have been well documented, but do not exhibit any identifying marks.
When we bought this Western Penn pedigree 9.8 it was the single highest graded issue, but as of 1/2020 it is one of two 9.8s. We acquired the book in the November 2013 Pedigree Comics auction.
2021 Update: The census of some high grade comics seems to be expanding much faster than the US census, as there are now three 9.8s in the census.
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