CGC-certified Amazing Spider-Man #1 Realizes Nearly $30,000 in Hake's Auction

A debut issue of Spider-Man graded by Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®) swung off as the top comic book lot in Hake's Premier Auction #242 on November 20, 2024. The auction included a wide variety of books from the Golden Age through to the Modern era, including variants and many signed books.

The top price realized for any CGC-certified comic in this auction was an Amazing Spider-Man #1 graded CGC 7.5 (lot 910), which realized $29,984.

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Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and debuted in Amazing Fantasy #15 by Marvel Comics in 1962. The new superhero immediately found success with readers, so Marvel rushed out his own series, beginning with Amazing Spider-Man #1 in 1963. The comic focuses on Spider-Man’s adventures with stories that recount how Peter Parker received his powers and teamed with the Fantastic Four against the Chameleon. There are 5,096 examples of this comic in the CGC Comics Census as of the publication of this article.

Other CGC-certified comics sold in this auction include:

• an Incredible Hulk #1 graded CGC 4.0 (lot 1019), which realized $21,304
• a Journey Into Mystery #83 graded CGC 6.5 (lot 1031), which realized $15,706
• a Fantastic Four #1 graded CGC 3.5 (lot 994), which realized $15,316
• an X-Men #1 graded CGC 5.0 (lot 1064), which realized $10,384
• a Detective Comics #38 graded CGC NG (lot 798), which realized $6,660
• a Four Color Comics #1 graded CGC 7.0 (lot 614), which realized $6,072
• an X-Men #1 graded CGC 3.0 (lot 1065), which realized $6,036
• an Amazing Spider-Man #129 graded CGC 9.6 - Signature Series Gerry Conway (lot 950), which realized $5,855
• a Daredevil #1 graded CGC 7.0 (lot 986), which realized $5,769
• an Archie Annual #1 graded CGC 7.5 (lot 600), which realized $4,817

Prices realized include a buyer’s premium.

About CGC

Since revolutionizing comic book grading in 2000, CGC has grown to include certification services for a vast variety of pop culture collectibles. These divisions include CGC Cards, CGC Video Games and CGC Home Video. CGC Cards provides expert card grading for TCGs, sports cards and non-sports cards. CGC Video Games is dedicated to video game grading for the most popular consoles, including Nintendo, Sega, Atari, PlayStation and more. The newest division of CGC, CGC Home Video, provides expert VHS grading in addition to other types of home media, including Betamax tapes, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.