COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Daredevil 176
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1275286021
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Owner:
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RMI High Tech
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
A 9.8 WP SS Copy. A Direct Edition Issue.
Signed by Klaus Janson.
Currently worth 264 CGC points, the highest points for this issue.
CENSUS: 85 in 9.8, 151 in 9.6 out of 567 graded copies.
34 SS copies, 7 in 9.8, this is one, the highest SS grade as of April 2023.
Key Comments. 1st appearance of Stick., Elektra appearance.
Art Comments. Frank Miller story, Frank Miller & Klaus Janson cover & art.
Published in November 1981.
Prior notes...
CENSUS: as of June 2016.
36 copies in 9.8. This is the 3rd rarest 9.8 issue in the set, tied with #171. Only 8 more copies graded 9.8 in the last 4 years.
65 more copies in 9.6 out of 216 graded copies.
4 SS copies. 2 graded at 9.8, Signatures by Klaus Janson.
This was really a beautiful cover then distractions start with the friggin BICYCLE ad on the cover. They also omitted DD letterbox on the upper left corner AND "The Man Without Fear" sub-title to make room for the Comic Code box, thankfully leaving a little room for the great Miller/Jansen cover art.
There were separate Direct Issues and Newstand variants for issue number 176 and this pattern follows through the entire Daredevil Miller era run. I have been told the numbers of direct edition vs. newstand versions ranged proportionally 60-40 to 70-30 for each type, depending on the issue.
The newstand variants are much rarer in high grade, as they lived their life on a heavily fondled newstand, not in a direct edition mailer. This ratio also varies, with approximately one out of five (some issues one out of 20!) issues being graded 9.8 as the rarer Newstand Variant. Newstand Variants are hard to get.
Newstand variants have the price in a square box next to the issue number at the top of the letter box, the direct editions have the price and issue number in a diamond shape within the letter box.
A 50 cent issue. Probably some UK variants too.
VALUE:
Expect to now pay $150-200 for a basic 9.8WP Copy, easily more if excellent structure and more again if signed. And add a premium for the “Newstand variant”.
This is another nice comic to look at as an investment or for a SS attempt. The cover is bright but dark and cluttered.
I have seen no sketches on any SS copy.
CREATOR DETAILS:
Cover Artists, Frank Miller and Klaus Janson.
Writer, Frank Miller.
Penciler, Frank Miller.
Inker, Klaus Janson.
Colorist, Glynis Wein..
Letterer, Joe Rosen.
Editors, Denny O’Neil and Ralph Macchio.
ISSUE TITLE "Hunters"
STORY LINE:
Daredevil and Elektra hunt down Matt's old teacher Stick; Turk steals the Mauler uniform to try and take down Daredevil. Elektra has a final confrontation with Kirigi and kills him.
NOTES and TRIVIA:
I don't like this cover, the advertising money people got involved and ruined the artwork.
Published every month now.
First published in November 1981.
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