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AMAZING SPIDERMAN #306 MARVEL COMICS OCTOBER 1988 DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.8.
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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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 #:
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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 BARCODE ISSUES. THE BARCODE IS USED IN PLACE OF THE UPSIDE DOWN SPIDERMAN FACE IN LOWER LEFT CORNER WERE ONLY SOLD ON NEWSSTANDS & 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 SHOWING UP MORE IN THE MARKET BUT NOT IN HIGH GRADE AS LIKE THIS 9.8 COPY. IT IS ONE OF ABOUT 4 I HAVE SEEN IN THOSE FIVE YEARS OF SEARCHING. WHEN OFFERED ON E-BAY WITH A BUY IT NOW PRICE OF $160 I BOUGHT IT IMMEDIATELY. THOUGHT THE PRICE WAS NOT BAD CONSIDERING THERE ARE 214 CGC 9.8s OF THIS COMIC GRADED BY CGC WITH MANY OF THOSE COPIES SELLING IN THE $175 - $235 RANGE. CGC LUMPS BOTH OF THE EDITIONS TOGETHER IM POSITIVE THIS CONFUSES MOST PEOPLE AND THEY DO NOT REALIZE HOW RARE THESE ISSUES ARE IN HIGH GRADE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL EXACTLY HOW MANY DIRECT SALES EDITIONS THERE ARE BECAUSE CGC COMBINES THE TWO PRINTINGS. THIS IS IN A NEWER HOLDER SO IT WAS RECENTLY GRADED AND FEEL THE SELLER DIDNT KNOW HOW RARE IT ACTUALLY IS & WHY I PAID THE ASKING PRICE. HONESTLY FEEL IT IS ONE OF VERY FEW 9.8 GRADED COPIES. THE DIRECT SALES EDITION POOR HANDLING CONDITIONS SOLD ON NEWSSTANDS MAIN REASON FEW WILL GRADE THIS HIGH. HONESTLY FEEL IT IS ONE OF MAYBE FIVE TOTAL GRADED THIS HIGH. COULD BE MORE BUT HIGHLY DOUBT THAT. ONE RECENTLY SOLD ON AN eBay AUCTION FOR $330, NOT SURE IF THERE WAS SHILL BIDDING OR TWO BUYERS THAT REALLY WANTED ONE OF THE FEW 9.8 COPIES. MAKES THE $160 I PAID SEEM LIKE A REAL BARGAIN NOW.
FROM SEARCHING FOR A COPY OF THIS ISSUE FOR SO LONG KNOW IT IS RARE, BUT DIFFICULT TO TELL HOW RARE. AS OF SEPT 2016 THERE WERE 196 TOTAL COPIES GRADED 9.8 OF THE REGULAR AND DIRECT SALES EDITION COMBINED. AS OF FEB 2018, THERE IS NOW 214 COPIES GRADED 9.8, 18 MORE IN 17 MONTHS. I FEEL THE TOTAL OF THESE ISSUES MAYBE 5 TOTAL 9.8 GRADED AND THINK THAT IS REAL CLOSE TO ACTUAL NUMBER.
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