September 10, 1961

Showcase #34

Key Issue: First appearance of S.A. Atom; Origin of S.A. Atom; First appearance of Jean Loring
Artist: Gil Kane

Ben Flinton

E. E. Hibbard
Script Writer: Gardner Fox

Julius Schwartz
Publisher: DC Comics
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Publication Date: Sep 10, 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Showcase #34	D.C. Comics	9-10/61	Verify

All Grades 927 Population Share	Universal 863 93.1% of pop	Signature 2 0.2% of pop	Restored 57 6.1% of pop	Qualified 4 0.4% of pop	Conserved 1 0.1% of pop
9.6	1 top 0.1%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.4	2 top 0.3%	0 --	2 top 3.5%	0 --	0 --
9.2	2 top 0.6%	0 --	1 top 5.3%	0 --	0 --
9.0	13 top 2.1%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
8.5	16 top 3.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
8.0	26 top 7%	0 --	1 top 7%	0 --	0 --
7.5	37 top 11.2%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
7.0	41 top 16%	0 --	4 top 14%	0 --	0 --
6.5	51 top 21.9%	0 --	4 top 21.1%	0 --	0 --
6.0	60 top 28.9%	0 --	6 top 31.6%	0 --	0 --
5.5	57 top 35.5%	0 --	4 top 38.6%	0 --	0 --
5.0	98 top 46.8%	1 top 50%	9 top 54.4%	0 --	1 top 100%
4.5	92 top 57.5%	1 top 100%	7 top 66.7%	1 top 25%	0 --
4.0	101 top 69.2%	0 --	4 top 73.7%	1 top 50%	0 --
3.5	93 top 80%	0 --	7 top 86%	2 top 100%	0 --
3.0	74 top 88.5%	0 --	4 top 93%	0 --	0 --
2.5	37 top 92.8%	0 --	2 top 96.5%	0 --	0 --
2.0	23 top 95.5%	0 --	1 top 98.2%	0 --	0 --
1.8	17 top 97.5%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.5	13 top 99%	0 --	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --
1.0	3 top 99.3%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
0.5	6 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --

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