Slot: |
80 Page Giant 1 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 1 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
3936470002
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Owner Comments
As could be expected, 80-page Giant #1 features DC stalwart, Superman. Our 9.8 emanates from the Pacific Coast Collection, which is considered to be the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface. The Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
Our 9.8 is the single highest graded copy ever certified by CGC. It is also the first of four straight Pacific Coast copies, all of which are highest graded examples. We acquired the book from another private collector in August 2021.*
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 2 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 2 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
0107264007
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Owner Comments
I think I may actually prefer the back cover to the front cover of this issue. Our 9.8 emanates from the Pacific Coast Collection, which is considered to be the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface. The Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
Our book is one of two highest graded copies in the census. We acquired the book from the 8/5/2021 Heritage Auction.
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 3 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 3 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
0048366002
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Owner Comments
Issue #3 features the first giant Lois Lane. Our 9.8 comes from the Pacific Coast Collection and is the single highest graded copy. Considered the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface, the Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
We acquired the book from the 8/5/2021 Heritage Auction.
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 4 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 4 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
0270676001
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Owner Comments
Ou 9.4 copy of DC Giant #4 featuring the Flash is one of three high graded copies and comes from the Pacific Coast Collection. Considered the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface, the Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
We acquired the book in the 8/3/2019 Heritage Auction of Colmoreman’s #1 registry set.
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80 Page Giant 5 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 5 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
2015673021
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Owner Comments
Little by little we are knocking them down. Issue #5 is the first Batman feature in this series featuring stories from both the Detective and Batman titles. Unfortunately, we missed the Pacific Coast 9.8 of this one, which sure would have been nice to go with our PC opines of Issues #1-4 and #6, but our WP 9.6 is one of three highest graded copies trailing only the PC copy. We acquired the book from the 4/24/22023 Heritage Auction.
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 6 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 6 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
0048366005
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Owner Comments
Issue #6 features Superman for the second time and the first time since Issue #1. Our 9.8 comes from the Pacific Coast Collection and is the single highest graded copy. Considered the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface, the Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
We acquired the book from the 8/5/2021 Heritage Auction.
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 8 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 8 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
4068910009
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Owner Comments
Issue #8 features more secret origins, Our WP 9.8 is tied with the Pacific Coast copy for highest graded in the census. We acquired the book from the 4/17/2022 Heritage Auction.*
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80 Page Giant 9 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 9 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
0104535037
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Owner Comments
This 9.8 comes from the Western Penn Collection and is one of two highest graded examples in the census. We acquired the book from the 6/16/2022 Heritage Auction.
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 10 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 10 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
0179993001
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Owner Comments
Issue #10 features Superboy for the first time. Our WP 9.8 is the single highest graded copy in the census. We acquired the book from the 8/5/2021 Heritage Auction.
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80 Page Giant 11 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 11 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
1135995013
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Owner Comments
Issue #11 features the great Superman-Lex Luthor duals. Our 9.8 is one of two highest graded copies. We acquired the book from the 8/5/2021 Heritage Auction.
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80 Page Giant 12 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 12 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
1031946003
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Owner Comments
Batman takes his turns again in the July 1965 80-page Giant #12. Our 9.6 comes from the Savannah Collection and is one of three highest graded examples. We acquired the book from My Comic Shop in September 2021.
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 13 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 13 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
4068906009
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Owner Comments
Issue #13 features a number of Jimmy Olsen reprints. Our WP 9.8 comes from the Pacific Coast Collection and is the single highest graded copy in the census. We definitely overpaid for this one, but as most true collectors have probably experienced, you sometimes have to pay an over the market price to acquire a book that is not otherwise available on the market and it’s our sixth Pacific Coast pedigree out of the first 13 issues in this title. We acquired the book off the make an offer option on the Heritage Exchange.*
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Slot: |
80 Page Giant 14 |
Item: |
80 Page Giant 14 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
4068906010
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Owner Comments
Giant #14 once again features Lois Lane. For whatever reason, this book seems to be one of the rarer books in high grade in this title our WP 9.6 is the sole 9.6 in the census trailing a single 9.8. We acquired the book from Cedar Chest Comics in November 2021.*
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Action Comics 334 |
Item: |
Action Comics 334 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
1039373007
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Owner Comments
Action #334 contains a collection of Supergirl stories. our 8,t is tied for highest graded with four other copies. We acquired the book from a friend and fellow collector in June 2023.
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Slot: |
Action Comics 347 |
Item: |
Action Comics 347 Universal |
Grade: |
CGC |
Cert #: |
1266457014
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Owner Comments
Our 9.8 comes from the Palos Verdes Collection and is one of three 9.8s in the census with no 9.6s. We acquired the book from the 5/12’2022 Heritage Auction.
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