Adventure Comics, Vol. 1 #389 (1969)
VG/FN
$20.00
$20.00
Condition
Description
The Mystery Magician / Supergirl's Jilted Boy Friends!
"The Mystery Magician": Many fathers of the Stanhope College coeds show up for a special Father's Day ceremony, and Linda Danvers helps stage magician Malcolm the Mysterious regain the confidence he lost ten years ago with his wife's death by helping him perform magic tricks with her powers. Vera, suspecting Linda is Supergirl, makes her stay in a lead-lined windowless room while Malcolm finishes his act. To help out, Supergirl asks her father Zor-El, now tiny-sized and living in Kandor, to come and secretly aid Malcolm. With his unknown partner, Malcolm finishes his act successfully. "Supergirl's Jilted Boy Friends!": Brainiac orders the Kimor Dann robot to keep being abusive to Supergirl, planning to have the robot eventually pull a scene before the Girl of Steel and blow himself up. Since Supergirl, he thinks, will blame herself for "Kim O'Ryan's" "suicide", she will have to retire. But the real Kimor Dann has made his way to Earth and taken the robot's place, and Supergirl has learned of Brainiac's plot. When Brainiac, thwarted, tries to kill Supergirl with a Kryptonite spray, she has Kimor Dann throw her the explosive device the robot was to have destroyed itself with, and uses it to blow the Kryptonite off of her. Brainiac escapes, but Supergirl takes Kimor Dann to a reformatory.
Release Date: 1969
THE HIGH GRADES (Investment Quality)
- 9.9 – 10.0 MINT: Near perfect. No discernible defects.
- 9.8 NM/MT: High-end; negligible stress or bindery tears.
- 9.6 NM+: Nearly perfect; very minor surface wear.
- 9.4 NM: Standard high-grade; minor corner blunting.
- 9.2 NM-: Excellent; small stress lines (no color break).
- 9.0 VF/NM: Great eye appeal; minor spine stress.
THE MID GRADES (Collector Quality)
- 8.5 VF+: Clean copy; small amount of wear/creasing.
- 8.0 VF: Very attractive; minor surface wear or foxing.
- 7.5 VF-: Slight accumulation of defects; minor blunting.
- 7.0 FN/VF: Solid copy; minor creases or color breaks.
- 6.0 FN: Average mid-grade; small spine splits or tears.
- 5.0 VG/FN: Significant wear; small pieces may be missing.
THE LOW GRADES (Reader Quality)
- 4.0 VG: Average used copy; heavy creasing or scuffing.
- 3.0 GD/VG: Heavily read; major creases or staple rust.
- 2.0 GD: Well-worn; covers may be detached but present.
- 1.0 FR: Heavily damaged; large chunks missing.
- 0.5 PR: Fragile; missing pages or severe degradation.
Our raw grading is an opinion based on 30+ years of experience. We do not guarantee a specific numeric grade from 3rd party services (CGC/CBCS) but strive for maximum accuracy.
