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Rip Hunter Time Master 1 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 1 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0027647001
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Owner Comments
Rip has his own series and it all starts out with a great story by Jack Miller and a great cover by R. Andru and M. Esposite. That there dino. just pops off the cover with the great coloring used on the cover. You will be seeing a lot of scans of the inside of the Time Sphere as I like seeing how it changes from issue to issue. I hate to say it but this is my third CGC slab of this issue. I started with a low grade and kept trying to up grade. It ends with this one as it's very well centered with eye popping color and any more up-grades would cost more than I can afford. This was picked off from eBay in 2001 for way to much money.
Issue Details
Issue #1
Published March-April 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff (Associates: Murray Boltinoff and George Kashdan)
Notes On Sale Date - January 19th 1961
Cover Details
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
9 page Rip Hunter story "The Thousand-Year-Old Curse"
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Part 1
1 page public service announcement "Don't Sell Nature Short!"
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp
8 page Rip Hunter story "The Secret of the Volcano Creature"
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Part 2
8 page Rip Hunter story "The Wizard of the 10th Century"
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Part 3
(Updated Dec. 2019)
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 2 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 2 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0058402014
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Owner Comments
This is the first cover that really lets us get a good look at the Time Sphere. It was shown on the cover of #1 but it was in the background and really tiny. The Rip Hunter series was filled with little one page fact and tid-bit pages. The series was educational in it's use of real people in its fictional stories. There are 41 graded copies of this issue with 10 in 8.0 and less if you go up or down from there. Very happy with my 8.5.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 3 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 3 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0037515037
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Owner Comments
This cover does it all for me. This series was full of monsters and to me this is the best of the bunch. That quadopus (it only has 4 legs) is so well drawn it almost seems like it could be a real animal. Think about all the time it took to draw all those lines, not just on the quadopus, but the stone wall behind it. It’s nice to see Corky get a cover as the main character. This was purchased on eBay from Heroes and Dragons in 2002. Man, does time fly. Seems like it was only 10 years ago. The sales slip says this book was valued at $105 per Overstreet in VF. Almost want to sell it to see what it would bring seeing I paid a bit under $150 for it. When I received it there was a price sticker from Heroes and Dragons listing it at $240.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 4 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 4 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0160329003
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Owner Comments
This issue has a cover by Nick Cardy and again a nice view of the inside of the Time Sphere. Ah, is that a picture of the Ewok village in Star Wars?
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 5 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 5 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1011479005
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Owner Comments
Cover by Nick Cardy as is all the art in this issue. Nice little panel showing the Time Sphere at take-off. Never really liked this cover but I couldn't tell you why.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 6 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 6 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
2114867008
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Owner Comments
Another Nick Cardy cover with the inside art by Alex Toth.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 7 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 7 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1011559011
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Owner Comments
Great cover by the great Alex Toth. I think this little story kind of hits home, I'm a former auto worker, and shows how the world has changed from 1962. I'm guessing 80% of the parts come from other lands and in the future they all will.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 9 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 9 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0058402015
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Owner Comments
I love the color on this issue. The orange background with the blue monster make a nice contrast and them the red logo really sets the whole cover off. Nice Bill Ely art work inside. Plenty of panels of the Time Sphere in this issue. This is the 3rd one of these I've owned. I would buy one and then have to upgrade when a nicer one came along.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 10 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 10 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0103344001
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Owner Comments
Bonnies all in white on this cover, I do miss those red sweaters. I wonder how many kids would order what's on the back cover to play with in todays world.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 12 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 12 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0072864019
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Owner Comments
Nice cover on this issue and try and guess who's in the Sun Gods outfit. The real story in this issue is what the writers give as to how and what Stonehenge was formed. You have to read the panel below to find out.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 13 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 13 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0628111002
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Owner Comments
This is an issue that is hard to find in high grade due to the black cover. I was very pleased to come up with this copy and its 9.0 grade.
Many panels of the Time Sphere along with a lot of figures from the history book.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 14 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 14 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0004230014
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Owner Comments
Wow, I have an issue without a date stamp on the front cover. Don't get me wrong. I don't mind date stamps as I think they add a little history on how thing were done back then. (As a side bar, I wonder what the most recent date stamp is on a CGC graded comic.) This is the fourth issue of this copy I've owned and the first without a date stamp. The other three all had date stamps right over Bonnies head. Great splash page,
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 15 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 15 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0606560008
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Owner Comments
This isn't my pick as best cover but close to it. I think someone could make a cool collection of all the comics where humans are in a cage on display.
Before I got out of collecting Batman comics I had a great issue where The Bat and Robin where in the same situation.
This is one action-packed issue with almost every panel showing some form of hecktic action scene.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 16 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 16 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0606560009
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Owner Comments
Great cover by Bill Ely. This is the first issue were the gang gets to use their new outfits. They look kind of Christmasy and I don't like the shoes at all.
When I got my reading copy of this of issue I was really looking forward to seeing Bonnie in her new costume but they never really show a full body shot of her.
I'd have to read all my issues again to make sure but I think this is the first kiss between the two lovers.
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| Slot: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 17 |
| Item: |
Rip Hunter Time Master 17 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0004230019
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Owner Comments
This is a really neat cover. The colors used make everything pop right off the page. Talk about the boy in the bubble, here we have one. The back cover has one of those Aurora monster ads. I've considered makeing a collection of all the different Aurora ads used on the backs of comics. I'd have CGC put the ad in the front of the slab, it would make a cool display at a comic con.
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