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Flash Comics #1

Maker
DC Comics (All-American)
Year
1940
Rank
14 of 100

Flash Comics #1

Flash Comics #1 by DC Comics (All-American) (1940) is ranked 14 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $450,000 in March 2010. First appearance of the Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick) and Hawkman.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

First appearance of the Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick) and Hawkman.

Flash Comics #1, CGC 9.6 (Mile High/Edgar Church)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$450,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
March 2010

CGC 9.6 Edgar Church 'Mile High' pedigree (finest known) sold $450,000 via Heritage Make-an-Offer — issue record. Older but firmly dated.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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