the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (AF#15 and Volume 1, #1-441, 1962-1998)


 Amazing Fantasy 15

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COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Amazing Fantasy 15 Universal
Grade: 0.0
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Pedigree: 7TH PAGE ONLY
Certification #: 1118556003
Owner: StephenWA

SET DETAILS

Custom Sets: This comic is not in any custom sets.
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the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (AF#15 and Volume 1, #1-441, 1962-1998)

  Score: 1
The 41 ASM books by Stan and Steve  Score: 1
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Amazing Fantasy #15 (AF15) provided the origin and first appearance of Spider-Man (Peter Parker), as well as the first appearances of Uncle Ben and Aunt May. It was the last Amazing Fantasy comic until 1995. It was also the first one called Amazing Fantasy instead of Amazing Adult Fantasy.

CGC census 12/2019: 3271 (+201)
CGC census 12/2018: 3070

I have the 7th page - the start of The Bell Ringer story. It was neatly signed in a lightly-coloured space (as shown) in black sharpie by the late Stan Lee on 13/10/2012, and encapsulated into the prestigious CGC Signature Series.

The Bell Ringer story: On a small Mediterranean Island of Fisherfolk, Old Pedros is the town bell-ringer. One day the volcano atop the island begins to errupt. The villagers evacuate and put out to sea. Old Pedros, though, stays at the church. "The bells must ring" he tells himself. "Someone will hear. For centuries someone has always heard!" Molten rock streams toward the church. Before it reaches Old Pedros, a ray of sunlight surrounds him. The superstitious villagers swear they saw him ride that ray into the sky. Did their eyes play tricks on them, or did someone hear the bells?

This page is from an incredibly rare and valuable comic, as it represents the origin and first appearance of Spider-Man. There were 3070 copies (22/12/2018) listed in the Registry, of which almost half (1413) are graded at 3.0 or lower. There are six copies graded at the highest-presenting rank of 9.6; 12 at 9.4 and 15 at 9.2.

This book will always sell in any grade. Whether or not it is a great investment depends on how much you paid for yours, and how patient you are. Long-term, I see AF15 as being a solid hold.

• One of the six copies of AF15 graded at 9.6 was sold for $1,100,000 in 2012, making it the second-highest price ever achieved for a comic book (after an Action Comics #1, CGC 9.0, which sold for $3,207,852).
• A CGC 9.4 copy of AF15 sold in 2018 for $705,000. This was a 55% price increase in just two years, following the sale of a CGC 9.4 copy of sold at Heritage Auctions in Dallas on 18/2/2016 for $454,100.
• A 9.2 copy sold for $598,000 in early 2020.

A useful (free) tracker of sales and prices of this comic since 2017 is maintained here.

Stan Lee - creator and writer
Steve Ditko - co-creator and art. (250)


 
 
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