CGC-certified Golden Age Fox Comics Impress in Heritage Sale

Two Fox Syndicate comics, each graded by Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®), showed that CGC-certified comics from the Golden Age are attracting big dollars in the market. The books were sold as part of the Fox Comics Showcase Auction, presented by Heritage Auctions, on September 28, 2023.

The highlight of the sale was a Mystery Men Comics #1 graded CGC 5.5 (lot 82070) that realized $24,000. The highest amount ever paid for this comic was $41,000 for a CGC 9.0 in 2017, but this sale is the highest amount ever paid for a CGC 5.0.

Mystery Men Comics #1 was published in August 1939, with the first appearance of Blue Beetle. Originally, the Blue Beetle franchise centered on Dan Garret (also “Garrett” in some spellings), a police officer who became a masked vigilante with the help of a special vitamin that granted him superpowers. By 1966, DC Comics acquired the Charlton library and introduced an all-new Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, in Captain Atom #83. Kord was a scientist and inventor who used his tech to fight crime. DC then introduced Jaime Reyes in Infinite Crisis #3 and made him their newest, and current, Blue Beetle in 2006’s Infinite Crisis #5. Unlike Garret or Kord, Reyes’ powers come from an alien symbiotic scarab that he controls telepathically.

Also posting an impressive result in this auction was a Weird Comics #20 graded CGC 3.0 (lot 82121) that realized $22,200. This series treated readers to a mix of science fiction, horror and adventure stories, which were common themes of the Golden Age.

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Other CGC-certified highlights in this auction included:

• a Fantastic Comics #8 graded CGC 7.5 (lot 82042) that realized $9,900
• a Wonderworld Comics #8 graded CGC 5.0 (lot 82127) that realized $7,200
• a Wonderworld Comics #3 graded CGC 4.0 (lot 82123) that realized $6,600
• a The Eagle #2 graded CGC 5.0 (lot 82035) that realized $6,000
• a The Eagle #4 graded CGC 5.0 (lot 82037) that realized $6,000
• a Fantastic Comics #2 graded CGC 7.5 (lot 82039) that realized $6,000
• a The Eagle #1 graded CGC 6.0 (lot 82034) that realized $5,760
• a Science Comics #1 graded CGC 4.0 (lot 82101) that realized $5,280
• a Wonderworld Comics #11 graded CGC 5.5 (lot 82130) that realized $5,280
• a Mystery Men Comics #2 graded CGC 3.0 (lot 82071) that realized $5,040

Prices realized include a buyer’s premium.

About CGC

Since revolutionizing comic book grading in 2000, CGC has grown to include certification services for many other types of pop culture collectibles. These divisions include CGC Cards, CGC Video Games and CGC Home Video. CGC Cards provides expert card grading for TCGs, sports cards and non-sports cards. CGC Video Games is dedicated to video game grading for the most popular consoles, including Nintendo, Sega, Atari, PlayStation and more. The newest division of CGC, CGC Home Video, provides expert VHS grading in addition to other types of videocassettes.

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