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Showcase 29
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Showcase 29 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Savannah
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Certification #:
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4615398001
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #29 features the third consecutive and last appearance of the Sea Devils in the Showcase title. To put the timing in perspective, the book also contains a full page ad for Justice League of America #1. Our 9.4 comes from the Savannah Collection and is the second highest graded copy trailing a single 9.6. Numbering around 40,000, the Savannah Collection is one of the largest collections ever pedigreed. It was assembled by a man born around World War I who began setting aside comic books in the '50s. He eventually befriended a local distributor who supplied him with comics each week, which he carefully stacked on shelves and in bins. He continued buying until his death at 95 in 2010, at which time Shelton Drum was contacted to sell the collection, which was ultimately auctioned through Heritage in 2011. While it contained comics from every company, the Savannahs are best known for their DC comics, particularly the more esoteric genres like war, romance and western, which are not usually present in pedigree collections. The books have no identifying marks.
We acquired the book in an acquisition of Showcases #25, #27, #28 and #29 in a package deal from another private collector in June 2025.*
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