COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Adventure Comics 403 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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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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0360868019
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Adventure Comics #403 features the Legion of Super-Heroes and for some reason proved to be a very tough issue for us to find in a decent grade. I made an offer on one of the three 9.8s on Heritage and the owner countered at over $4k, so I passed and ended up filling this slot with this WP 9.6, which I got for less than $200 in a March 1, 2024 CL Auction. It just goes to show the premium people place on 9.8s, while I doubt one in ten could tell you why the other book is better. I love comic collecting, but there really are times when I think we overemphasize small grading differences.
At any rate, I picked up this 9.6 from the John Fantucchio Collection because they were almost giving it away. 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.
I do think it is a little nicer than the 9.6 it replaced in our set. We acquired the book from the June 2024 CL Auction.
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