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Headline Comics 1 |
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Headline Comics 1 Universal |
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CGC |
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0754090001
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Owner Comments
Smokey, Roger, and Jerry, Uncle Sams nephews, are the stars in this first issue of Headline Comics. Known as the Jr. Rangers, they, along with Atomic Man, are the main characters in the first 22 issues. With the war over the comic became a crime comic.
COMICLINK:
HEADLINE COMICS #1
Condition: CGC 7.5 VF-
Census Rank: 3rd Highest Graded
Page Quality: Off-White to White Pages
Type of Holder: Universal
Degree Of Restoration: Unrestored
Item description: 1943
ComicLink Comments:
This is the only CGC 7.5 of this 1943 premiere issue and only two have ever been graded higher. Additionally, CGC has assigned their near perfect page quality designation: Off-White to White Pages. The Overstreet Price Guide lists this item in the condition offered for $310.
There are now 4 graded higher.
Okay, do these three really look like their from the same family. Smokey looks like he’s a hood from a big city. Roger looks a farmer from Iowa. Jerry looks like some nerd (intellect) from Europe. Oh right, nephews of Uncle Sam, guess they could be from any place in the USA. Jerry must be from some Ivy League school.
(Updated Nov. 2019)
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Headline Comics 2 |
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Headline Comics 2 Universal |
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CGC |
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0151607014
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Owner Comments
Another great WWII cover with the Jr. Rangers attacking a Nippon battleship. Those three kids could do anything.
Purchased off from eBay in 2008 for just over a $100. With only 4 graded copies out there doesn’t seem like a bad price.
I like how the gunner (Smokey) of the PT boat has some protection and the drivers (Roger & Jerry) are just out in the open. Did PT Boats really pirate steering wheels. Really nice looking issue but for a line of something down the left side. It almost looks like something from the printers or maybe where another comic layed on top of this one and left a little transfer line.
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Headline Comics 14 |
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Headline Comics 14 Universal |
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CGC |
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0152678002
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Owner Comments
I love this war cover. How do the Jr. Rangers think they are going to get away with those critters pulling them? Hey, is that Santa’s sleigh? This is one sweet comic.
It has a date stamp and there is a word on the bottom edge that is part way cut off and it still gets a 8.5.
If not for those two things it could have been a 9.2 or so. With only 7 graded copies this is tied for highest graded with one other. I won this copy at a auction by B. Hughes where it was listed as a 9.4. I could tell from the pictures it would most likely not get that grade. I won it and sent it to CGC. There’s a small chip on one back corner that brought it down to the 8.5.
(Updated- Nov. 2019)
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Headline Comics 16 |
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Headline Comics 16 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1971984003
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Owner Comments
Headline Comics #16 (Prize, 1945) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages. Origin and first appearance of the Atomic Man. Henry Kiefer cover and art. August Froehlich art. Overstreet 2020 FN 6.0 value = $111; VF 8.0 value = $222. CGC census 9/20: 1 in 6.5, 5 higher. Only 12 graded copies and this is not the lowest graded. First appearance of Atomic Man, this may be the first atomic powered superhero!
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