COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Flash 106 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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Certification #:
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4119506004
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #106 is one of our favorite SA Flash covers. It is also notable for the introduction of two new villains who will play recurring roles, Gorilla Grodd and the Pied Piper. Gorilla Grodd hails from Gorilla City in Africa and possesses amazing intelligence and force of mind capabilities, powers allegedly granted him when he was exposed to a space-rock that landed in the African jungles. Grodd's mind took over the body of criminal William Dawson, who was in prison. When released, he traveled back to Gorilla City. Upon reaching his destination, Dawson's body devolved back into Grodd's original gorilla form. There, he saw and fell in love with Solovar's bride-to-be, Boka. Determined to have her, he designed a machine that caused his body to emanate neo-magnetic radiation. As a result, everyone who saw him instantly liked him. He arrived at the wedding procession, and Boka immediately became infatuated with him. They were married, and Grodd was declared king of Gorilla City. Not satisfied, he had the gorillas build him a plane, which he flew to Central City, where the humans quickly began adoring him, including the Flash. He began running for governor as the Statewide Party candidate, planning on continuing on to president after that. However, the Flash foiled Grodd's plan when he discovered that the neo-magnetic radiation could be counteracted by solar flare radiation, which he duplicated by vibrating his body at super speed to match the frequency. Afterwards, Grodd was easily apprehended. Hartley Rathaway, alias the Pied Piper was born deaf to incredibly rich parents. After his hearing was medically restored, he was amazed by music and sound. He developed a vast knowledge of sonics, and using this knowledge, fought the Flash as the Pied Piper.
Our 9.6 is the single highest graded copy in the census. We had previously owned the WP 9.4, so it was not a no-brainer by any means to make the switch, especially since the 9.6 has cream/off-white pages. But this is one title where we have traditionally upgraded our book when the opportunity presents itself. We acquired the book from a private collector in Canada in August 2022.* It was a complicated deal, in that we upgraded our Showcase #14, Flash #106 and Flash #108 all at the same time, sending the copies we did own to auction. In each case, it was just a one-step upgrade and, in two cases, the book we sold was the second best copy out there. The net cost to us was about 40% above what we realized on the books we sent to auction. But it is hard to judge the wisdom of such deals, time will tell how we did.
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