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1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #2405078
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $2,225.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| 4.0 | $59.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| 6.0 | $66.06 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| 8.0 | $116.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| 9.2 | $213.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| 9.4 | $216.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| 9.6 | $1,882.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| 9.8 | $1,711.33 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
| RAW | $30.33 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1972-11-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 749 graded copies for Supergirl #1 (1972). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Trail of the Madman!
Linda Danvers) has quit her job at KSF-TV and enrolled at Vandyre University to take acting classes. As moving in her new dorm, she finds she has a new roommate: a strange girl called Wanda Five). Her name is weird and she owns sculptures made of alien materials. Linda feels intrigued.
Linda heads to the School of Drama to register, but she she discovers that a theater student named Ron Buxton has been murdered. The police turns up and questions Linda, several students and a drama instructor named Basil Rasloff, a former movie star. No one appears to know anything, but Linda remembers she saw a girl rushing out of the building before.
Linda changes into Supergirl and as investigating the murder of Buxton, Supergirl discovers that mysterious girl is her roommate Wanda. After following a false lead, Supergirl tracks Wanda down and discovers that Wanda is clairvoyant. She knew that Ron was going to be killed, but could not identify his killer. Wanda has another vision wherein she sees two more students being murdered. Supergirl flies off, but she is too late to save Michael Heimes' life.
Soon after, Supergirl deduces that Basil Rasloff, the drama teacher, is responsible for the murders. His victims were students who had agreed to play parts in theatrical remakes of his old movies. Feeling they were tarnishing his tradition, he decided to eliminate them.
Supergirl saves a boy named Frank Morris from becoming Rasloff's next victim and apprehends the murderer.
Afterwards she meets several more students, but she can't help but wonder who is Wanda and where she came from.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Supergirl) **Supporting Characters:** * Wanda Five) **Antagonists:** * Basil Rasloff * Blackmailer **Other Characters:** * Aunt Rosie *(the Delta-Zan House Mother)* * Dean Madge Madison * Frank Morris * Michael Heimes * Ron Buxton * Sheila Wong * Registration Office Clerk * Terry Blake) * Police Department ** Four Police Officers ** Scientist **Locations:** * California ** San Francisco *** Linda Danver's Apartment *** Golden Gate Bridge ** Vandyre University *** Delta-Zan House *** School of Drama *** Registration Building **** Student Records *** Industrial Arts Workshop ** Police Department * Stanhope College
| StoryTitle2 = Zatanna: "Castle in the Clouds" | Synopsis2 = Jeff Sloane) steps into the lower sanctum of Shadowcrest, where he finds his girl friend, Zatanna), in a meditative state. She is sitting before an open portal into another world. Jeff steps in front of the portal to observe it, and finds himself instantly pulled in.
As he picks himself up, he discovers that he is now trapped inside of a medieval reality with knights on horseback ready to run him through. Jeff seeks shelter inside of a cottage, but the knights put it to the torch. He manages to escape from the burning abode, just as Zatanna enters the realm.
Zatanna uses her magic to put out the fires and she locates Jeff surrounded in the dungeon of the building by demons and monsters. Using her magic, Zatanna stops the monsters and creates a spell to return them both back to her sanctum at Shadowcrest. Zatanna tells Jeff that he was in the legendary realm of Camelot and that the soldiers who were attacking him were Sir Lancelot) and Sir Gawain). Further, the cottage he sought shelter in had belonged to the infamous wizard known as Merlin).
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Zatanna) **Supporting Characters:** * Jeff Sloane) **Antagonists:** * Gawain) * Lancelot) * Various Magical Monsters **Other Characters:** * Doctor Frankenstein * Merlin the Magnificent) **Locations:** * 1972 ** Shadowcrest * 6th Century ** Camelot *** Merlin the Magnificent's Cottage
| Notes = * Linda Danvers quit her job at KSF-TV in Adventure Comics Vol 1 424. | Trivia = * The character of Basil Rasloff is an uncomplimentary reference to the late silver screen actors Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff. * Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain from the *Castle in the Clouds* are the names of actual knights of Camelot according to Arthurian lore. They are also the names of characters featured in the 1982 limited series, Camelot 3000. | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: Cary Bates, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman
Interior art: Art Saaf, John Rosenberger
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 25608
PANEL PROFITS: 2405078