CGC Featured Comic of the Month: Marvel Family #1
Posted on 11/1/2022
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Name of comic: Marvel Family #1
Comic publisher: Fawcett Publications
Date: December 1945
Variants: None
What makes it special? This book is the first appearance and origin of the Shazam villain Black Adam.
Why is it interesting now? Black Adam made his big screen debut this year in the film “Black Adam” starring Dwayne Johnson, who had been circling the role for years. Johnson has been hyping this film as beginning a bold new era of DC films and promising “the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change,” referring to a possible showdown between Black Adam and Superman.
Did you know? Fawcett Publications created the hero Captain Marvel as a copy of Superman, and DC Comics sued to cease publication. In the 1970s, DC acquired the rights to the character and began publishing Captain Marvel comics themselves, which they later changed to Shazam to avoid confusion with Marvel Comics.
Total graded by CGC: As of October 18, 2022, there are only 148 copies in the CGC Census.
CGC highest graded: Two copies share the highest recorded grade of 9.4.
Sales highlights: Heritage Auctions sold a copy of Marvel Family #1 graded CGC 9.4 from the Promise Collection for $186,000 in September 2021.
CGC Comics Registry Champion: This comic is included in the Marvel Family set type, which is led by MMMcomics’ The Whole Family set. The What the MF set by telerites has a Marvel Family #1 graded CGC 3.0. Explore these and other great collections in the CGC Comics Registry.
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