Set Description
Synopsis: This is a complete set with a minimum grade of 9.4, excepting two issues, Showcase #34 and Atom #3, both of which are 9.0s. All 48 books are described and pictured below. As far as stats, 40 of our 48 books are highest graded, with 12 being single highest graded.
Background: We just started this one in 2018, to complement our Flash and GL runs. There are certainly some interesting covers, especially before the Hawkman team-up. Really like the Showcase 34, but still looking for a nice copy. Also, looking for a nice #3, which may be difficult based on the low census.
June 2020 Update: it has been a successful year tracking down issues in this set, so much so that we have vaulted to the top of the registry. A large number of our books come from the John Fantucchio Collection, which were auctioned off the past year or so. Prices for these books have been relatively low and collectors few and far between, which has aided us in putting together this set. We still need a Showcase #34, having chosen to wait rather than to buy a placeholder, but we may just plug the spot until a better one comes along. We also would like to find a little better Issue #3. If anyone has one and would consider selling it, please drop us a line.
2021 Update: As has been the case since we started collecting these books, high grade examples keep coming on the market, which has allowed us to complete this relatively short set in record time. I am not sure what it says that we have been buying while everyone else has been selling these books, but Atom becomes our fourth complete DC set, to go along with Flash, GL and JLA. As far as stats, 40 of our 48 books are highest graded, with 12 being single highest graded. Of course, many of those holes are large ones, including Showcases #34 and #36 and Atoms #1, #3 and #4. So it is far from a perfect set, and lags considerably behind our Flash, GL and JLA sets relative to census standing, but they have still been fun to collect.
