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CGC certified: VG+ (4.5), Restored (B-5). Off-white pages. Grader notes: ALL 3 EDGES TRIMMED; color touch on cover; creasing to cover; interior spine reinforced; pieces added cover B-5; pieces added interior A-3; tear seals back cover B-1. GPAnalysis: A restored 4.5 (B-5, married pages) sold for $9000 in 5/20; a restored 4.5 (EP) sold for $2467 in 2013. A Universal 4.5 sold for $7400 in 2012. More recently, a Universal 4.0 sold for $19,200 in 4/24. CGC Census: 122 graded copies (66 Universal, 2 Qualified, 54 Restored). Credits: Cover: E. E. Hibbard. Scripts: Gardner Fox, Jerry Siegel, and Ken Fitch. Art: E. E. Hibbard, Sheldon Moldoff Bernard Baily, Sheldon Mayer, Chad Grothkopf, Howard Sherman, Ben Flinton, and Marty Nodell. Overstreet: "Origin and 1st app. The Justice Society of America." The DC Universe Collection copy of All Star Comics #3 is one of the most iconic and identifiable copies of this top-tier key. Thousands of DC diehards have ogled this very copy, thanks to its prominent display in Taschen's illustrated DC history book, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking. "Downtown at All-American, Mayer and Fox cooked up one of the biggest ideas in super-hero history: What if the varied stars of All Star Comics actually met and worked together? In popular culture today, the idea of a crossover permeates television, film and novels, and is one of the great engines of comics... but in 1941, the idea of mixing separate properties together was radical." — Paul Levitz, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Taschen: 2010, p. 56. ************************ Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2024 Comic Book sales. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Coming Attractions: The DC Universe Collection Part 4: SUPERMAN. November 2024. Every ish of the Man of Steel's own title from 1939-2014, plus related mags featuring DC's Action Ace. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list. Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale. September 2024. Hundreds of great pulp mags, both graded and raw. To consign or request info, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. The Steve Ditko Collection Part 3. October 2024. Steve Ditko's own copies of Strange Tales featuring Doctor Strange, consigned by the Steve Ditko Estate and CGC certified from The Steve Ditko Collection, plus original art and rare ephemera. To consign Ditko comics and art, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. EC, MAD and Pre-Code Horror. Early 2025. Another four-color fear-fest from PBA, packed with history, lore, gags, bon mots, obscure musings. Consignments accepted now, the more lurid the better. EC, Superior, Ajax-Farrell, Comic Media, Story, Standard, Atlas, Avon, Master-Merit, Stanley Morse, etc. Seeking comics, original art, ephemera. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.