Superman # 1 1974 - 2017 1938 Reprints / Swipes / Variant / 9.8
AMAZING SPIDERMAN #306 MARVEL COMICS OCTOBER 1988 DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.8.
COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description: |
Amazing Spider-Man 306 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #: |
1248551003
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Owner:
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Superman 9.8
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
AMAZING SPIDERMAN #306 MARVEL COMICS OCTOBER 1988 DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.8. I LOOKED FOR FIVE YEARS TO FIND ONE OF THESE COMICS OF THIS ISSUE. WHAT`S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS COMIC THAT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO FIND? ITS THE DIRECT SALES EDITION. THESE HAVE A BAR CODE IN PLACE OF THE UPSIDE DOWN SPIDERMAN FACE IN LOWER LEFT CORNER WERE ONLY SOLD ON NEWS STANDS & ON AVERAGE ARE ABOUT 10% MAXIMUM OF THE TOTAL COMICS PRODUCTION RUN. FOR EVERY 100 OF THE REGULAR ISSUE PRINTINGS THERE WERE ONLY 10 OF THESE DIRECT SALES ISSUES PRINTED.
THESE COMICS ARE OUT THERE BUT NOT IN HIGH GRADE AS LIKE THIS 9.8 COPY. IT IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN IN THOSE FIVE YEARS OF SEARCHING. WHEN OFFERED ON E-BAY AT A BUY IT NOW PRICE OF $160 I BOUGHT IT IMMEDITATELY. PRICE WAS NOT BAD CONSIDERING THERE ARE 214 CGC 9.8s OF THIS COMIC GRADED BY CGC WITH MANY OF THOSE 9.8 COPIES SELLING IN THE $175 - $235 RANGE. CGC LUMPS BOTH OF THOSE EDITIONS TOGETHER IM 100% POSITIVE THIS CONFUSES MOST PEOPLE AND THEY DO NOT REALIZE HOW RARE THESE ISSUES ARE IN HIGH GRADE.
THIS COULD BE THE ONLY ONE GRADED 9.8 BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL BECAUSE OF CGC COMBINING THE TWO PRINTINGS. IT IS IN A NEW HOLDER SO IT WAS RECENTLY GRADED AND FEEL THE SELLER DIDNT KNOW HOW RARE IT ACTUALLY IS. ITS WHY I PAID THE ASKING PRICE. HONESTLY FEEL IT IS ONE OF A FEW 9.8 GRADED COPIES. THE DIRECT SALES EDITION HAD POOR HANDLING BEING SOLD ON NEWS STANDS IS THE MAIN REASON FEW WILL GRADE THIS HIGH. PAID A BIT BUT FEEL IT IS ONE OF MAYBE FIVE, COULD BE MORE BUT HIGHlY DOUBT THAT.
KNOW FROM SEARCHING FOR SO LONG IT IS RARE, DIFFICULT TO TELL HOW RARE. SEPT OF 2016 THERE WERE 196 COPIES GRADED 9.8. AS OF FEB 2018 THERE ARE NOW 214 COPIES GRADED 9.8, SO 18 MORE GRADED IN 17 MONTHS, NOT MANY CONSIDERING, THAT ALONE MAKES THESE DIRECT SALES EDITIONS RARE. I FEEL THIS COPY MAY BE THE ONLY ONE, OR LEAST LESS THAN 10, AND THAT IS A HIGH ESTIMATE.
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