Unnamed set - 181304
Showcase 26
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Showcase 26 Universal
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Grade:
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9.0
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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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1031152009
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #26 features the fourth and final appearance of Rip Hunter, Time Master. Our book comes from the Savannah Collection and is tied for third highest graded. On the Savannah Collection, numbering around 40,000 books, it was 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; 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.
While we normally try to confine our acquisitions to first or second highest graded copies, the census for this one is rather low and it is a pedigree. Moreover, it did not cost an arm and a leg. We acquired the book from the 6/20/2024 CL Auction.
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