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Key Issue
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?

Building Tables

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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