Whiz Comics #2
- Maker
- Fawcett Comics
- Year
- 1940
- Rank
- 15 of 100
Whiz Comics #2
Whiz Comics #2 by Fawcett Comics (1940) is ranked 15 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $281,001 in December 2012. First appearance of Captain Marvel / Shazam; the best-selling superhero of the Golden Age.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
First appearance of Captain Marvel / Shazam; the best-selling superhero of the Golden Age.
Whiz Comics #2 (a.k.a. #1), CGC 9.0
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $281,001
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- December 2012
CGC 9.0 (highest graded, Library of Congress provenance) realized $281,001 at ComicConnect Dec 7 2012 — issue record.
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.
- Archive
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