The Zenn-La Collection
Silver Surfer 18

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Silver Surfer #18 Universal
Grade: 9.4
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Pedigree: Mass. Copy
Certification #: 0042753016
Owner: Crazy Canuck

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The Zenn-La Collection
Date Added: 4/12/2011
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: From Collector Society Board Member Namisqr

Rank: 3rd

Story Title: "To Smash the Inhumns!"

*Synopsis*
Having crash landed in the Hidden Land of the Inhumans following his battle with SHIELD, the Silver Surfer finds himself attacked by the evil Inhumans led by Maximus, who succeeds in making the Surfer believe that the Inhumans as a whole are responsible for the attack.

Traveling to the center of the Hidden Land, the Surfer is confronted by Black Bolt, but the Inhuman royal family attacks the Surfer believing that his intentions on the Hidden Land are dubious. This misunderstanding leads to a battle between the Surfer and the Inhumans, eventually he gets fed up with being persecuted by all and flees the Hidden Land. Finally fed up with being constantly harassed by humanity, the Surfer vows to become an enemy of humanity.
  
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