Independent·All Select Comics·#4·Golden Age·ID-2386076
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9.6 | 1 of 49 slabs (2.0%) | 1 | SOV | $46,800.00 | 1 | $46,800 | (11.0x) |
| 9.4 | 1 of 49 slabs (2.0%) | 1 | $40,629.99 | 1 | $40,630 | (9.6x) | |
| 9.2 | 1 of 49 slabs (2.0%) | 1 | — | — | — | (2.0%) | |
| 9.0 | 2 of 49 slabs (4.1%) | 2 | $5,078.75 | 2 | $10,158 | (1.2x) | |
| 3.0 | 5 of 49 slabs (10.2%) | 5 | ANC | $1,224.00 | 5 | $6,120 | (0.3x) |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $4,239.00 | — | — | (1.0x Base) |
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Vince Alascia
Vince Alascia
Allen Bellman
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The birth of superheroes. Superman, Batman, Captain America, and Wonder Woman debut. Comics became a mass medium.
Extreme scarcity drives value. Condition sensitivity is paramount — even low-grade copies of key issues command five figures.
Published during the Golden Age (1938–1956), when superheroes were born. These issues represent the founding mythology of the medium — extreme scarcity, condition sensitivity, and cultural significance compound their value.
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Somewhere in the United States, French patriot Jules Durrain prepares for another broadcast to the people of France encouraging them to support the resistance movement. Listening in on the session is Steve Rogers who has been invited to the broadcast by Durrain's daughter Jeanne. However, the broadcast is cut short due to some jamming frequency. Jeanne believes that it might be the work of Nazis. Later, back at Camp Lehigh, Steve and James believe that Jeanne's hunch might be correct and decide to investigate as Captain America and Bucky. Meanwhile, Nazi spies plot to kidnap Durrain and break into his home while he and his daughter are sleeping. Captain America and Bucky arrive just as the Nazi spies are attempting to put the two captives in a boat. However, the two heroes only manage to rescue Jeanne from capture. She tells them that the Nazis have taken her father to nearby Hang Man's Island, which has legends of that a murderer was hung in the only house and that it has long been haunted. Arriving on Hangman's Island, Captain America, Bucky and Jeanne happen to the house and spot the shadow of a hanging man in one of the upstairs windows. Captain America goes in to investigate and finds that it is an hoax to keep people away before tripping a trap door. Worrying about Cap, Bucky and Jeanne enter the house to look for him and are accosted by the Nazi spies. Brought downstairs the Nazi's leader Von Wolheim tells Jules that if he does not participate in a broadcast to France the "glory" of the Third Reich or face to have his daughter tortured before him. When Bucky attempts to stall for time Von Wolheim is told by one of his men that they have also captured Captain America. Wolheim orders his men to kill Captain America before he can interfere with their plans. Going to the room where Captain America is being kept prisoner, Cap breaks free and attacks the two men come to kill him. Posing as one of his would be assassins, Captain America forces the other killer to bring him to Jules and the others. Sneaking into the room where Von Wolheim and his men are about to force Jules to make his broadcast, Captain America and Bucky swing into action. Freeing Bucky, the pair knock out Von Wolheim and his men and free Jules who thanks Captain America for his help.
Each cover variant, retailer incentive, and subsequent printing represents an independent atomic tradeable instrument with unique supply elasticity, barcode registration, and secondary market demand.
Strict algorithmic segregation separating clean single-issue Cover A sales from multi-issue lot bundles, retailer exclusives, and foreign variants.