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Independent · All-Star Comics · #1 · Modern Age · ID-6124272
| Grade | Census Distribution | CGC Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAW | 0 | ANC | ~$187.50 | — | (1.0x) | |
| RAW | RAW | RAW | $187.50 | ×29 | — |
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Planetary Heavyweight
TACTICAL VERDICT: Abin Sur triumphs with an estimated 58% win probability. Raw destructive energy projection (99 vs 34) proved insurmountable in prolonged exchanges.
Abin Sur dictates early tempo, utilizing superior speed and reflexes (53 vs 35) to evade initial advances and land decisive precision strikes.
Abin Sur counters with devastating offensive potency (99 Power rating), breaking through Ajax's forward defensive perimeter.
Exploiting an opening in the late exchanges, Abin Sur's elite martial execution (65 Combat) overwhelms Ajax, landing the closing blow to claim the battle.
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Hawkman is flying over the Welsh Mountains in search of adventure, and finds some. He saves a brother and sister from their uncle Trygg, a sorcerer who has learned the Haitian secret of zombies, and who wishes to kill them for their inheritance, a mine. Trygg has an ally, a witch named Beldame Gaffy. An army of zombies are working the inherited mine. In order to protect the madman's niece and nephew, Hawkman destroys Trygg, his accomplice, and their mountain headquarters in an explosion.
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Hourman returns to stop a spy ring. He ends up as a pawn to provide them supernatural heroes, used to summon Stalker. Hourman escapes to alert the JSA. Stalker nearly defeats them. Needing a respite, he creates 7 disciples to busy the heroes.
As Hawkman is flying over the Welsh Mountains in search of adventure, he hears the cry of a young woman who says that she is trying to escape from zombies. Apparently, her uncle discovered a Haitian secret of how to make zombies work for him in mines that were left to the young lady by her deceased father. Hawkman decides then and there to put an end to this injustice. Saving Jan from Trygg, he soon notices the effects of witchcraft on both Margo and Jan, so he goes after Gaffy and Trygg, putting an end to their evil ways.
As Wes visits a jewelry store to buy a watch, a hold-up man enters intending to rob the place. Wes gives chase and passes the man who is now wearing a completely different suit! Intrigued, Wes follows the man home, but returns later as the Sandman to investigate, and discovers a safe loaded with jewels. The man enters the room and shoots Sandman, who recovers in time to prevent his being unmasked, and then rounds up the twin thieves.
It is the year 2240 and war has broken out between two European nations: Toutonia and Balkania. As High Moderator of the United States, it is the job of Gary Concord, Ultra-Man, to restore the peace, and get people back to work, especially in the hard-hit uranium mines. Faced with the ruthless bands of roving Night Riders, Concord visits the Balkanian Embassy and overhears Criket and Krieg discussing their plot to gain the uranium mines through trickery, and quickly squashes them.
Racing along the street, the Flash notices a policeman standing before a residential house, and asks what is wrong and he tells the Fastest Man Alive that the open window of the widow lady who lives there is very suspicious, especially because she never goes anywhere and because she won't answer the locked door. Flash finds his way in and discovers the lady murdered, having been robbed, and he vows to track down the person responsible. So he gets a Police detective's job and promises to bring in the person responsible in 30 minutes!
Jim Corrigan comes upon the scene of a tenement fire that shouldn't have caused the damage it did. After examining the clothes of a person who died in the fire, the Spectre leaves Corrigan and goes up to heaven, spotting a long procession of people entering in. He calls out to the person whose clothes he has examined, and the man informs the Spectre that he spotted the arsonist responsible for the deadly blaze. He then heads out to find the culprit who is busy setting more fires. He tracks the people involved down and settles the matter, once and for all.
The secret plans for a government bomber are believed to have been stolen, but when Biff and Mulligan investigate, the plans are still there. Yet, Biff smells a rat when he sees a sign advertizing a performer who calls himself the Great Remembro, and decides to investigate...with successful results.
Goram, ruler of the Earth, decreed that Earthmen were not to have the use of spaceships, but Dik is determined to save his sweetheart, imprisoned on the dreaded penal colony on Jupiter.
Rex Tyler puts out a fire and saves an entire camp for Uncle Sam. However, he is soon warned that the camp must be vacated immediately or there will be murder! Hour-Man decides to take over and track down those responsible for this threat.
Red, Whitey and Blooey are called into G-2 HQ and informed that they have been doing such a good job that they have earned a vacation: in Alaska! After getting settled in a local hotel, they discover that Doris West is already there. She tells them that Alaska is being overrun by Kavinise men who are disguising themselves as Eskimos, bulding an underground fort where weapons of all kinds are stored, and who are believed to have captured or killed a G-2 operative in that area. The trio then go on to round up the oriental crooks and save the life of the G-2 man.
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Victor von Doom

Mr. Mxyzptlk
TACTICAL VERDICT: Abe Sapien triumphs with an estimated 58% win probability. The primary decider was the stark differential in martial combat execution (85 vs 64).
Abe Sapien dictates early tempo, utilizing superior speed and reflexes (35 vs 17) to evade initial advances and land decisive precision strikes.
An apocalyptic kinetic collision rocks the arena as A-Bomb and Abe Sapien's signature arsenals collide in a deadlocked shockwave.
Exploiting an opening in the late exchanges, Abe Sapien's elite martial execution (85 Combat) overwhelms A-Bomb, landing the closing blow to claim the battle.