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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | $22.75 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | Date not recorded |
| 9.2 | $26.31 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | Date not recorded |
| 9.6 | $96.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | Date not recorded |
| 9.8 | $87.12 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | Date not recorded |
| RAW | $7.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | Date not recorded |
| 10.0 | $113.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | Date not recorded |
| 4.0 | $1.47 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | Date not recorded |
| 6.0 | $19.07 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | Date not recorded |
Reading this edition’s market
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The table includes 8 guide observations and 0 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 32 graded copies for Silver Surfer: The Best Defense #1 (2019). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Story synopsis
In the spaceport of a dying world, ruffians fight each other for the money necessary to get aboard the last spaceship off-world before the planet is harvested by a giant cosmic death train. Pretty much everyone on the planet is desperate and violent, and a fight breaks out between a little girl and a group of bandits. A hooded stranger breaks up the fight, revealing himself to be the Silver Surfer in disguise. The Surfer tries to de-escalate the fight peacefully, but the little girl kills the lead bandit so that she can leave. The Surfer reveals in a flashback that his master, Galactus, was going to devour the planet before the train destroyed it unless the Surfer could find someone worth saving. Ultimately, in the present, he could not, thanks to the little girl’s murderous tendencies, so Galactus devours the planet anyway. The Surfer then realizes that the train is going to destroy Earth and he must stop it. However, before he can do anything, his surfboard flies off into space.
Creative credits
Writers: Jason Latour
Interior art: Jason Latour
Color: Jason Latour
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
COMICBASE: comicbase:979544
GCD: 1880704
PANEL PROFITS: 2526822