COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Daredevil 170 Signature
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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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Certification #:
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4073328001
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Owner:
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RMI High Tech
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
A 9.8 WP SS NEWSSTAND Copy.
SS by three, Stan Lee, Frank Miller and Klaus Jansen.
CENSUS: 101 in 9.8, 152 in 9.6 out of 585 graded copies.
46 SS copies, 12 in 9.8, this is one, the highest grade as of April 2023.
Key Comments. Bullseye, Kingpin &, Vanessa Fisk appearance.
Art Comments. Frank Miller story, Frank Miller & Klaus Janson cover & art.
Published in May 1981.
DD Logo too!
Prior notes...
A 9.8 WP SS Copy. A Direct Edition Issue.
Signed by Klaus Janson. Nice cover!
Currently worth 308 CGC points, the highest points for this issue..
CENSUS: as of June 2016.
62 copies in 9.8. A few more copies only than last year.
79 more copies in 9.6 out of 252 graded copies.
9 SS copies. 3 graded at 9.8, with at least two of these signed by Stan Lee and others including Klaus Janson and now Frank Miller.
Again, after issue 168, where do you go from here? Bring back the Kingpin and a new look.
There were separate Direct Issues and Newstand variants for issue number 170 and this pattern follows through the entire Daredevil Miller era run. I have been told the numbers of direct edition vs. newstand versions ranged proportionally 60-40 to 70-30 for each type, depending on the issue.
The newstand variants are much rarer in high grade, as they lived their life on a heavily fondled newstand, not in a direct edition mailer. This ratio also varies, with approximately one out of five (some issues one out of 20!) issues being graded 9.8 as the rarer Newstand Variant. I have seen a number of Newstand Variants, so they are not extremely rare.
Newstand variants have the price in a square box next to the issue number at the top of the letter box, the direct editions have the price and issue number in a diamond shape within the letter box.
A 50 cent issue. Possibly UK variants too.
VALUE:
Expect to now pay $250-300 for a basic 9.8WP Copy, easily more if excellent structure and more again if signed. And an added premium for the “Newstand variant”, but they are not as rare as others. Not many signed copies.
I have seen no sketches on any SS copy.
CREATOR DETAILS:
Cover Artists, Frank Miller and Klaus Janson
Writer, Frank Miller.
Penciler, Frank Miller.
Inker, Klaus Janson.
Colorist, Glynis Wein.
Letterer, Joe Rosen.
Editor, Denny O’Neil.
ISSUE TITLE "The Kingpin must Die!"
STORY LINE:
A pretty complex story line, involving a retired Kingpin, his wife Vanessa, local thugs Turk and Bullseye too! Retired in Japan, Kingpin sends his wife, Vanessa, to New York to hire Nelson and Murdock. Kingpin's plan is to turn state's evidence against the East Coast crime bosses. Vanessa is captured by the mob so they can lure Kingpin back to New York and kill him. DD gets in the way and has a confrontation with Bullseye. Kingpin arrives and swears violence. More to come...
NOTES and TRIVIA:
I like this cover. I sent a Newstand Variant to be SS by Miller and Janson and it got a 9.6 grade...so here we go find another Newstand Variant and try again...
In this issue, longtime Marvel villain the Kingpin has his name revealed as Wilson Fisk
Published every 2 months. Changes to ever month for the next issue.
First published in May 1981.
And Thanks Rich!
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