Adventure Comics 40 CGC 8.5 VF+ EP 1st app Sandman RARE
Sold For:$8,775.00 Seller: filter81 (1044)
Description:
In this auction you are bidding on Adventure Comics #40 CGC 8.5 VF+ with Off-white pages published by DC Comics in 1939. This issue features the 1st appearance of the Sandman and is listed in Overstreet as one of the top 10 most valuable comic books ever published with a top guide value of $115,000! Overstreet also lists this comic as "Rare" and it is actually by far the scarcest of any of the major Golden age keys! To date, only 23 copies of this book have ever been graded by CGC (12 unrestored & 11 restored). No unrestored copies and only 2 restored copies have ever been graded higher than this one. This issue contains work by Jerry Siegel, Bob Kane, and Craig Flessel.
This copy has extensive professional restoration. The CGC label reads "color touch, pieces added, tear seals, cover cleaned, reinforced, reglossed." Adventure Comics 40 is one of the few mega keys in the hobby that can legitimately be considered scarce, and this is without a doubt one of the nicest condition copies on the planet!
According to the latest Overstreet, unrestored guide value in VF+ is $62,500 (though an unrestored VF+ would likely sell for multiples of this number)
The Book:
