The LL&P Collection - Gang Busters
Gang Busters 51

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Gang Busters #51 Universal
Grade: 7.5
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Pedigree: Aurora
Certification #: 0759368010
Owner: Best2u

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The LL&P Collection - Gang Busters
Date Added: 5/7/2014
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Another pink cover, gotta love it. First sold by Heritage in 2007 for 77.68. Sold to me by Heritage in 2012 for $56.
Gang Busters #51 Aurora pedigree (DC, 1956) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Overstreet 2006 VF 8.0 value = $56. CGC census 4/07: 1 in 7.5, none higher. From the Cary and Cheryl Porter Collection.
A comic book dealer is constantly wondering when and where the next "great collection" will come along, and if he'll be the one to nab it. During the fall of 1996, Dennis Grimm's winning ticket walked through the door of his Castaway Comics store in Aurora, Colorado in the form of a kid carrying a bag full of comics. This was the first of several bags that eventually accumulated into a vast collection of Atomic Age comics now known as the Aurora Collection.

Eventually Bill Hughes, a well-known dealer who recognized how rare the books were, bought and marketed many of them to a national audience. This led to the collection's name and status that it holds today.

As astute collectors of 1950s comics know, the extra cheap paper stock and production methods of the decade have made it nearly impossible to find high grade Atomic Age books. So it's no surprise that a debut of 2000 fresh, high grade original owner comics from this period would make a significant impact on the comic community. Besides grade, another attractive feature of the Auroras is their cover markings, similar to the later Mile High copies. Both originated from the same regional distributor in the Denver area.
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