COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Aquaman 15 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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Pacific Coast
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Certification #:
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0994442004
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #15 features “Menace of the Man-Fish", in which Aquaman and Aqualad are present when Dr. Deering, a scientist, is turned into a water-breather by a backfired experiment. Deering, who has also created a gigantic underwater construction machine, is maddened by his fate, and uses his machine to steal skyscrapers, and then builds a "city" of his own beneath the sea. When he tries to populate it with persons from a stolen ship, Aquaman and Aqualad intervene. Deering captures them, but Mera arrives on a visit from her world and frees her friends. Finally, Deering's ability to breathe underwater wears off, as does his madness, and Aquaman saves his life, while Aqualad helps put back the skyscrapers with Deering's machine.
Our 9.8 comes from the Pacific Coast Collection and is the single highest graded copy in the census. The Pacific Coast Collection is generally considered to be the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface. It was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on E-Bay in 1999. The books were marketed through PCE over the next several years and contained over 7,000 comics and magazines that included Marvel, DC, and Gold Key among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977. Many of the highest graded Marvel and DC issues from the early '60s hail from this collection with exceptional page quality. The books do not exhibit any distinguishing markings.
There is also just a single 9.6 in the census, which we swapped, with a little money, to get this book in a private transaction with a friend and fellow collector in May 2023. This book is also our seventh Pacific Coast copy and the first of six straight books from that collection (Issues #15-20).
2024 Update: A second 9.8 of this issue with OW/W pages was graded by CGC in April 2024 and auctioned off by Heritage in June 2024. It goes without saying, the second book was relatively cheap.*&^%$#@!)*&^%$#
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