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Suspense 3
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gadzukes

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I've lucked into a coverless Suspense 3.

I see it's a Gerber 9.  

The census says 35 copies have been submitted.  I'm sure some of those might be resubs.

In the last 5 years there's been virtually no sales.  The 1 sale was for a 1.0 for $21,000

Can any one help me?  What do I have here?

I'll post photos when I get it.

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sfcityduck

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53 minutes ago, gadzukes said:

I've lucked into a coverless Suspense 3.

I see it's a Gerber 9.  

The census says 35 copies have been submitted.  I'm sure some of those might be resubs.

In the last 5 years there's been virtually no sales.  The 1 sale was for a 1.0 for $21,000

Can any one help me?  What do I have here?

I'll post photos when I get it.

You have a coverless comic that people only want for the cover.  

Hopefully, someone with just a cover is looking to marry an interior.  

There have been other copies sold in the last 5 years, most notably the Mile High.

I seem to recall that there was a thread recently about the most valuable GA coverless comics, and Suspense 3 was discussed.  Found it.  Bumped it for you:

 

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A very ratty copy (but not coverless) did come up for sale in a comic connect auction I'm guessing about 3 or 4 years ago.  It had a reserve which wasn't met.  Bidding got up to I think $1100 or so?  (It might have been comic link but I'm pretty sure it was comic connect.)

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gadzukes

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14 minutes ago, cousin itt said:

A very ratty copy (but not coverless) did come up for sale in a comic connect auction I'm guessing about 3 or 4 years ago.  It had a reserve which wasn't met.  Bidding got up to I think $1100 or so?  (It might have been comic link but I'm pretty sure it was comic connect.)

Thanks Cousin itt.  Info is hard to find on this comic.

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Suspense 3 is an early 1944 book.  In this case, it has 60 pages (instead of the early GA usual 68 pages), meaning 16 pages in the front ( to the centerfold), and 12 pages in the back.  Since the interior is pretty pedestrian, almost all the value in a coverless is in its centerfold. 

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11 hours ago, Tsp99 said:

Suspense 3 is an early 1944 book.  In this case, it has 60 pages (instead of the early GA usual 68 pages), meaning 16 pages in the front ( to the centerfold), and 12 pages in the back.  Since the interior is pretty pedestrian, almost all the value in a coverless is in its centerfold. 

Agreed. The raft story is often missing a wrap. Any value in a coverless copy would come from an owner wishing to complete their incomplete copy by marrying the missing wraps. Also, in the rare event that someone owned a cover, they would be hot for a complete but coverless copy. 

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12 hours ago, Randall Dowling said:

Pretty sure that about 10 years ago, Comic Connect sold a coverless copy.  Wonder if this is the same... hm

No, this is a Suspense 3 from the wild.  It was in a pile of about 15 "garbage comics".  I got the pile for almost nothing.  I just hope it's complete with the centerfold, I asked the seller to count the pages but he wouldn't do it since it was such a poor lot.

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17 hours ago, Randall Dowling said:

Pretty sure that about 10 years ago, Comic Connect sold a coverless copy.  Wonder if this is the same... hm

Somewhere on a Suspense 3 thread there's a post about by a boardie who sold his cover only for Suspense 3 to another boardie who, he thinks, married it with a coverless copy.  That could have been the coverless copy you're talking about.

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7 hours ago, gadzukes said:

No, this is a Suspense 3 from the wild.  It was in a pile of about 15 "garbage comics".  I got the pile for almost nothing.  I just hope it's complete with the centerfold, I asked the seller to count the pages but he wouldn't do it since it was such a poor lot.

Just have him ship the pile. Don’t bother counting pages. Hurry before he wakes up

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From what i can tell the only thing I am missing (besides the cover) is a 6 page (3 leafs) "life raft" story in the middle.  Does this mean the CF on this comic has a "tipped in" (glued) single page?  I did notice at least 2 other tipped in single pages within the comic so the cf might have a tipped in page.

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6 hours ago, comicjack said:

The centerfold was placed in after printing that is the reason many are missing,But would that be a cover your mother would let you buy i think not lol

What do you mean "placed in"?  Do you mean loosely?  I've never heard of that before.  Are there any other examples of that with other comics?

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On 10/18/2019 at 12:13 PM, gadzukes said:

From what i can tell the only thing I am missing (besides the cover) is a 6 page (3 leafs) "life raft" story in the middle.  Does this mean the CF on this comic has a "tipped in" (glued) single page?  I did notice at least 2 other tipped in single pages within the comic so the cf might have a tipped in page.

Congrats on the cool pickup!  Does it have the LB Cole story in it?  

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3 hours ago, gadzukes said:

What do you mean "placed in"?  Do you mean loosely?  I've never heard of that before.  Are there any other examples of that with other comics?

I believe It was glued 

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