COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Daredevil 168 Modern
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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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Certification #:
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4051840004
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Owner:
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Professor Pecora
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Daredevil #168 features the origin and 1st appearance of Elektra!
Overstreet 2023 NM- 9.2 value = $450.
According to the CGC Census Report as of Tuesday, August 22, 2023, out of a total of 6,292 Universal copies graded, only 241 copies were graded in 9.8 with 0 copies graded higher!
With these statistics in mind, this represents an impressive rarity factor of ONLY 3.83% of the total population!
However, this is the much RARER Newsstand Edition Variant, which means that you can estimate that ONLY 2-4% of all 9.8s are Newsstand Edition copies!
Furthermore, this RARE GEM also received the CVA Exceptional sticker, which certifies that it presents much better than your typical CGC 9.8!
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What you are viewing is the Holy Grail of the Frank Miller Daredevil run!
This was Frank Miller’s 1st issue in which he took over the Daredevil title as the WRITER, as well as being the COVER & INTERIOR ARTIST! On top of that, he introduced us to a MAJOR Marvel character and one of the MAIN supporting characters in the Daredevil title—the beautiful and highly skilled ninja assassin Elektra!
SIDE NOTE: Like Daredevil #131, Daredevil #168 was also mass produced with a spelling error on the front cover; Elektra was misspelled as “Elecktra!”
Daredevil #168 is one of the most difficult issues to acquire with PERFECT COVER WRAP & CENTERING and A PERFECT CUT, as it is notoriously known to exhibit these manufacturing flaws from its production back in late 1980!
With that said, most copies offered in the open marketplace are poorly wrapped and centered, where you can typically see parts of the back cover from the front and vice versa! In addition, the Marvel Comics Group strip and the Comics Code Authority stamp are often angled or even cut off the cover due to off-centering and a poor production cut along the top and the sides!
I thought my former Daredevil #168 CGC 9.8 WP Direct Edition copy was the most perfect looking 9.8 copy I have ever owned, but I am telling you now…without a single doubt in my mind…this RARE CGC 9.8 WP NEWSSTAND EDITION GEM is the BEST-KNOWN COPY OF DAREDEVIL #168 ON THE PLANET!
I have NEVER seen a more pristine looking copy! Therefore, it took a final bid of $13,916 on 6/1/2022 via Comic Link to WIN IT! This is the current highest sale for this book to date!
Moreover, Elektra has been portrayed on the silver screen by actress Jennifer Garner in Marvel’s Elektra (2005). In more recent times, actress Élodie Yung embodied Elektra to perfection in the 2nd season of the critically acclaimed Marvel Daredevil Netflix TV Series (2015-2018)! Yung also reprised her role in the Netflix miniseries The Defenders (2017)!
In closing, I purchased this PERFECTLY WRAPPED & CENTERED Newsstand Edition Variant copy in Comic Link’s Focused Auction in June of 2022! I am super proud to own this immaculate copy and look forward to watching it appreciate each year!
Happy Collecting & Enjoy the Hunt!
-Professor Pecora
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