May 31, 1963

Tales to Astonish #44

Key Issue: First appearance of Wasp; Origin of Wasp
Artist: Jack Kirby

Steve Ditko

Artie Simek

Terry Szenics
Publisher: Atlas / Marvel
Script Writer: Stan Lee
Editor: Stan Lee
Publication Date: May 31, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 36 pages

What's it Worth?

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Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Tales to Astonish #44	Marvel Comics	6/63	Verify

All Grades 1,198 Population Share	Universal 1,098 91.7% of pop	Signature 65 5.4% of pop	Restored 29 2.4% of pop	Qualified 4 0.3% of pop	Conserved 2 0.2% of pop
9.8	2 top 0.2%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.6	3 top 0.5%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.4	6 top 1%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.2	12 top 2.1%	0 --	1 top 3.4%	0 --	0 --
9.0	15 top 3.5%	0 --	2 top 10.3%	0 --	0 --
8.5	31 top 6.3%	1 top 1.5%	1 top 13.8%	0 --	0 --
8.0	40 top 9.9%	4 top 7.7%	3 top 24.1%	0 --	0 --
7.5	51 top 14.6%	0 --	2 top 31%	0 --	1 top 50%
7.0	58 top 19.9%	6 top 16.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --
6.5	82 top 27.3%	4 top 23.1%	2 top 37.9%	0 --	0 --
6.0	71 top 33.8%	3 top 27.7%	1 top 41.4%	0 --	0 --
5.5	68 top 40%	4 top 33.8%	2 top 48.3%	2 top 50%	0 --
5.0	84 top 47.6%	9 top 47.7%	1 top 51.7%	0 --	0 --
4.5	99 top 56.6%	8 top 60%	1 top 55.2%	1 top 75%	0 --
4.0	129 top 68.4%	7 top 70.8%	4 top 69%	0 --	0 --
3.5	98 top 77.3%	3 top 75.4%	4 top 82.8%	0 --	0 --
3.0	92 top 85.7%	5 top 83.1%	1 top 86.2%	0 --	1 top 100%
2.5	51 top 90.3%	6 top 92.3%	1 top 89.7%	0 --	0 --
2.0	44 top 94.4%	2 top 95.4%	1 top 93.1%	0 --	0 --
1.8	25 top 96.6%	2 top 98.5%	1 top 96.6%	0 --	0 --
1.5	16 top 98.1%	1 top 100%	1 top 100%	1 top 100%	0 --
1.0	9 top 98.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
0.5	12 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --

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