COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Justice League of America 96 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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John G. Fantucchio
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Certification #:
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2087171016
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
The JLA faces the Cosmic Vampire in Issue #96. In the story, the planet Rann is menaced by Starbreaker, an alien being who hurls worlds into their suns and then feeds on the released energy, including the fear of the dying inhabitants. Flash and Green Lantern, Superman and Hawkman team up to defeat his robot-insect creations and two energy-duplicates of the villain himself by trickery, thus saving Rann. Learning of this, Starbreaker plans to take revenge by destroying Earth instead.
Our WP 9.8 comes from the John Fantucchio Collection and is one of just two highest graded copies as of June 2020. Fantucchio was a well-known artist in '60s fandom, drawing covers for RBCC and the Comic Buyers Guide (including the #1 cover), and even worked as an illustrator for the CIA from 1963 to 1988. During this time he amassed full runs of Marvel, DC, Gold Key, Charlton, ACG and Dell, among others, keeping them locked away and untouched, which resulted in uniformly high grades and near perfect cover inks. After his passing in 2016, the family auctioned the collection through Comiclink. Even though the books have no distinctive markings, many were CGC graded.
We acquired the book in the January 2020 Pedigree Comics Auction.
2021 Update: There are now three 9.8s in the census.
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