Jack’s Covers
Avengers (1963) #5
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Avengers 5 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Curator
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Certification #:
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0615707009
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue 5 features appearances by Hulk and the Lava Men. Our 9.8 comes from the Curator Pedigree Collection and is the single highest graded copy of this issue. Considered one of the best Silver Age collections ever discovered, the Curator boasts an Avengers #1 in 9.4, an Amazing Spider-Man #1 in 9.8, an X-men #1 in 9.8 and a Tales of Suspense #47 in 9.9, among many others. The collection began in the late '50s and continued into the '80s, its condition peaking in 1962. They were amassed by an employee of a museum (hence the name), who stored the comics in tight packs on the museum's premises. John Hauser acquired most of them in the '90s but sold many without a pedigree identification. As a result some copies have lost their pedigree as the books do not have any distinctive markings.
You so not see nearly as many Curator Pedigree books on the market as you do Pacific Coasts. I have heard that Tom Brulato owns many of them, but having never seen his collection, I cannot verify that info. I believe we have more Avengers from that pedigree than any other title we collect.
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