Key Issue
August 31, 1976

Nova #1

Key Issue
First appearance of Nova; Origin of Nova; First appearance of Rhomann Dey
Artist
Michele Wolfman
Rich Buckler
John Buscema
Dan Crespi
Joe Rosen
Script Writer
Marv Wolfman
Editor
Marv Wolfman
Publisher
Marvel
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1976
Cover Price
$0.30
Page Count
36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title
Publisher
Date
Verify
Nova #1
Marvel Comics
9/76
Verify
Nova #1 (U.K. Price Variant)
Marvel Comics
9/76
Verify
All Grades
8,610
Population Share
Universal
7,996
92.9% of pop
Signature
583
6.8% of pop
Restored
29
0.3% of pop
Qualified
2
0% of pop
Conserved
0
0% of pop
9.8
538
top 6.7%
41
top 7%
0
--
0
--
0
--
9.6
1,308
top 23.1%
93
top 23%
3
top 10.3%
0
--
0
--
9.4
1,363
top 40.1%
99
top 40%
0
--
0
--
0
--
9.2
978
top 52.4%
73
top 52.5%
5
top 27.6%
1
top 50%
0
--
9.0
942
top 64.1%
65
top 63.6%
2
top 34.5%
0
--
0
--
8.5
784
top 73.9%
74
top 76.3%
6
top 55.2%
1
top 100%
0
--
8.0
592
top 81.4%
33
top 82%
4
top 69%
0
--
0
--
7.5
425
top 86.7%
33
top 87.7%
1
top 72.4%
0
--
0
--
7.0
331
top 90.8%
26
top 92.1%
4
top 86.2%
0
--
0
--
6.5
228
top 93.7%
21
top 95.7%
2
top 93.1%
0
--
0
--
6.0
165
top 95.7%
9
top 97.3%
0
--
0
--
0
--
5.5
103
top 97%
5
top 98.1%
1
top 96.6%
0
--
0
--
5.0
101
top 98.3%
5
top 99%
0
--
0
--
0
--
4.5
50
top 98.9%
2
top 99.3%
1
top 100%
0
--
0
--
4.0
36
top 99.3%
1
top 99.5%
0
--
0
--
0
--
3.5
22
top 99.6%
1
top 99.7%
0
--
0
--
0
--
3.0
18
top 99.8%
2
top 100%
0
--
0
--
0
--
2.5
8
top 99.9%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
2.0
2
top 100%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
0.5
2
top 100%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
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