The Zenn-La Collection
Silver Surfer 15

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Silver Surfer #15 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: WHITE
Pedigree: Mass. Copy
Certification #: 0776912008
Owner: Crazy Canuck

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The Zenn-La Collection
Date Added: 5/27/2010
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

Pedigree: Mass. Copy

*Pedigree Background*
The Massachusetts pedigreed collection of comic books (now affectionately referred to as the Mass. Collection) is a high grade run of Silver Age Marvel and DC titles, with also many books from other publishers including ACG, Gold Key and Charlton.

The collection, approximately 4,000 comic books (and full runs of Marvel magazines) was founded in 1993 by Marnin Rosenberg, a longtime collector and dealer out of Great Neck, New York. Mr. Rosenberg responded to an advertisement in the Comic Buyer’s Guide placed by the original owner (Dennis Richard), who began selling piecemeal portions of his runs of comic books to Mr. Rosenberg, starting with the Marvels.

The books were originally stored in careful and meticulous fashion, stacked on top of one another in near one foot piles in the original owner’s basement. This helps explain the unbelievable freshness and appeal of the books, most of which have superb ink reflectivity and supple, near white to white pages.

Although many of the Marvels first purchased by Mr. Rosenberg were not sold as “Mass.” copies, a very detailed and precise inventory has been preserved as well as accurate sales records, keeping the whereabouts and tracking of individual issues intact.

Many of the early Marvels are in beautiful, high grade condition and amongst the highest so far graded by the Comics Guaranty Corporation (CGC).

Collectively, the Mass. Collection is among the nicest Silver Age pedigrees in the world. Out of the known original owner collections with almost complete Marvel runs, it ranks in the top 5 for overall consistency and high grade percentage of books found in the collection.

Purchase History: Won on Comiclink Auctions

Rank: Highest graded 1st!

Story Title: "The Flame and the Fury!"

*Synopsis*
Once more deciding to become part of humanity once again, the Surfer goes to a tailor to get a set of clothing. "Convincing" the tailors to find him the perfect outfit, the Surfer reflects on his recent adventures and recalls his battle against the Galactus with the Fantastic Four. The Surfer decides that he should contact the Fantastic Four to see if there is anything they can do to destroy the barrier that Galactus had erected.

Traveling to the Baxter Building, the Surfer overhears the FF agreeing to help the military in finding the Silver Surfer. Believing himself to have been betrayed, the Surfer flees, and Johnny is allowed to follow after the Surfer as the Human Torch.

The two battle across the city, however the Surfer eventually over powers the Torch injuring him in battle. However, the Surfer flees when the military arrives on the scene. The Surfer overhears the Torch tell the military that they were trying to contact the Surfer to get him to help them with their space program, not to take him prisoner. The Surfer, ashamed of his actions, flees.
  
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