Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $228.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1951-06-01 |
| 6.0 | $660.06 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1951-06-01 |
| RAW | $83.72 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1951-06-01 |
| 9.2 | $1,275.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 70 graded copies for Mystery in Space #2 (1951). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Knights of the Galaxy: "Jesse James- Highwayman of Space"
| StoryTitle2 = Secret of the Ages | Synopsis2 = Allan Kent, a student of Roger Bacon is alive after 700 years due the Elixir of Youth. His rival, Giles Murridock, also was able to get the Elixir, and has passed all these years selling the secrets of Roger to the wrong hands.
| StoryTitle3 = The Comet Peril | Synopsis3 =
| StoryTitle4 = The Micro-Men | Synopsis4 =
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Knights of the Galaxy **Lyle) **Ora) **Supporting Characters:** * Commander Artho) **Antagonists:** * Jesse James) **Other Characters:** * Saturnians **Locations:** * 30th Century ** Gala) ** Terrana **Items:** * Chrolophyl * Infrascope **Vehicles:** * Fighter rocket
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Allan Kent/Alleyn Kent **Supporting Characters:** * Roger Bacon) * Columbus)
**Antagonists:** * Giles Murridock/Gil Murdock * Borgia) **Other Characters:** * Hans Lippershey|Jan Lippershey of Holland * Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes **Locations:** * 1951 * 1290 ** England *** Oxford * 15th Century ** Venice * 16th Century ** Kingdom of Navarre ** Rome *** Roman Colosseum * 17th Century ** The Netherlands * 1783 ** Paris * 1945 ** United States of America **Items:** * Powder * Elixir of Youth * Telescope **Vehicles:** * Hot air balloon | Notes = * The Knights of the Galaxy story mentions some times that adventure is set on 30th Century; other stories place the Knights' adventures during the 25th Century. | Trivia = * "Secret of the Ages": Contrary to what is said here, Roger Bacon did not actually invent gunpowder. Gunpowder was first invented and described in China, Bacon was the first in Europe to record its formula. | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: Robert Kanigher
Interior art: Carmine Infantino, John Giunta, Murphy Anderson, Irwin Hasen
Source records & attribution
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COMICBASE: comicbase:777722
GCD: 8938
PANEL PROFITS: 2413824