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Strange Tales 118
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Strange Tales 118 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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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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1272934001
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
As you can see on the cover, ST #118 features both the FF and the Wizard. It is also a OW/WP John Fantucchio and looks seriously undergraded to my eyes. 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 from the 3/14/2018 CL Auction.
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