COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Detective Comics 405
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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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Certification #:
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1198101013
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Owner:
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Tec-Tac-Toe
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
My newsstand, actually the "almost corner" small grocery store-the grocery store version of a hole in the wall ... (fill in the dots)-did not offer much in the way of a selection when it came to food but it did offer every comic book published from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, the period during which I visited the store, as well as a few tons of "used" ("back issue" was not a term known by the owner [or me] until the early 1980s) GA books.
The store owner, a man in his 60s and 70s during my tenure, was solely interested in comic books because they sold well; as he frequently told me. Still, he discounted books across the board. For example, if you purchased a book with a cover price of 15¢ he would charge you 10¢ for it. Although I do not remember how many books you had to purchase to receive a bigger discount, with the number of books I purchased he would price 15¢ books at 8¢.
Such a discount, of course, offered me the opportunity to purchase many comic books, including, I believe, 6 or more copies of Tec 405. I recall making the "extra effort" to purchase more than my usual number of Tec copies with this issue simply because of the cover. As you can see on the copy before you, the cover is simply fantastic. The menace and tension it invokes takes your breath away. Oh, and as you may realize, the copy before you has absolutely perfect cover alignment, which is, unfortunately, all too often lacking on this issue.
Keeper, perhaps even if I am able to find a white paged 9.6 or, even better, 9.8 copy with less then perfect cover alignment.
{Grade: NM+ 9.6
Page Quality: White
CGC Number: 1198101013
Description:
Second highest graded behind only 5 in 9.8. GREAT book from the early 1970's (11/70) with a poignant Neal Adams League of Assassins cover. Snow white pages, exceptional color strike, unread eye appeal.}
The 9.6 white paged copy with less than perfect cover alignment has arrived and, despite the misaligned cover, it is still a beautiful copy. Welcome to the collection!
Image #2 is a scan of my CGC graded 9.4 copy of Detective Comics 405 which, as you can see, has a perfectly centered cover.
One heck of a Neal Adams cover!
Issue Credits (as per the CGC Universal Label):
Denny O'Neil and Frank Robbins stories
Bob Brown, Frank Giacola, and Gil Kane art
Neal Adams cover
Issue Notes (as per the CGC Universal Label):
1st appearance of the League of Assassins.
Batgirl backup story.
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