COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Detective Comics 402 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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0024021004
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Owner:
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Tec-Tac-Toe
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
The cover of this book is classic Batman, at least during Neal Adams' tenure on this title. The cover invokes a Gothic tale of horror; the lantern the Batman is carrying perfectly and immediately establishes him in a time outside our own time-circa August 1970-where winged creatures (aka Man-Bat) haunt the night and come upon you unexpected. The chills still run up my spine! As with all the books in this set, I purchased my first OO copy of Tec 402 off my favorite newsstand in late 1970 not realizing at first that I was witness to perhaps the most classic artistic run, and arguably story telling, in the history of comic books. Yes, the Gold (GA) and Silver (SA) Ages have such classic runs but the GA belonged to my father and I caught the tale end of the SA at "my" newsstand-purchasing multiple copies of many SA books, including keys! The Bronze Age, however, was mine and allowed me to put together a raw run of this title that is unsurpassed by ..., well me! This book is also a keeper.
Issue Credits (as per the CGC Universal Label):
Neal Adams cover and art
[Expanded Issue Credits:
Frank Robins and Mike Friedrich stories
Neal Adams, Gil Kane, Dick Giordano, and Vince Colletta art
Neal Adams cover and art]
Issue Notes (as per the CGC Universal Label):
[Expanded Issue Notes:
Man-Bat appearance.
Robin backup story.]
Set Copy Note:
Old CGC Universal Label
Incredibly tough comic book to find in grade. The July 21, 2015 (March 11, 2014), CGC Census notes one CGC graded 9.8 copy and four CGC graded 9.6 copies (this being one of them) of this issue out of a total of 84 (76) CGC graded copies of this book. I paid the seller of this comic book a tidy sum in order to purchase it. Based on the recent sale prices of CGC graded 9.4 copies of this book, for now, the purchase price was relatively cheap.
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