CGC Comics Registry Featured Set: Silver Age Pacific Coasts

CGC is celebrating its 25th “Silver” Anniversary in 2025, and we're marking the occasion by spotlighting the Silver Age of comics with this month’s CGC Comics Registry Set — Silver Age Pacific Coasts, by Mississippi Mudcats!

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The Silver Age of comic books, spanning roughly from 1956 to 1970, marked a creative and cultural revival of the superhero genre.

DC Comics led the charge by reintroducing classic characters with a modern twist, beginning with the debut of a new Flash in Showcase #4 in 1956. This period embraced science fiction influences, streamlined designs, and themes that reflected post-war optimism and fascination with technology. Marvel Comics soon followed with a groundbreaking shift in tone and character. Heroes like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men brought emotional depth, personal conflict and social relevance to the page.

The Silver Age transformed comic books into a more sophisticated medium that resonated with a wider and more diverse audience.

Considered the greatest Silver Age collection to ever surface, the Pacific Coast collection was brought to market by Robert Roter after he discovered portions of it for sale on eBay in 1999. The collection of more than 7,000 comics and magazines included Marvel, DC and Gold Key, among others, covering a time span between 1961 and 1977.

Some of the comics from the Pacific Coast pedigree in this month’s featured collection include:

• an Atom #28 graded CGC 9.8
• an Avengers #10 graded CGC 9.8
• an Aquaman #29 graded CGC 9.8
• a Captain America #120 graded CGC 9.8
• a Daredevil #66 graded CGC 9.8
• a Doom Patrol #89 graded CGC 9.8
• a Hawkman #12 graded CGC 9.8
• a Tales to Astonish #86 graded CGC 9.8

About the CGC Comics Registry

The CGC Comics Registry is a place where comic book collectors come together to share their collections and knowledge with one another. It's a valuable resource for new collectors and experienced fans alike, with a wide range of collections on display. To participate, all you need is a free CGC Collectors account. The resource is an online community developed to increase the choices, convenience and education available to collectors.

The CGC Comics Registry has grown to more than 100,000 registered sets in the last year! There are now more than 625,000 books registered, and it is thrilling to see the steady, continued growth of the CGC Comics Registry. To learn more about how to navigate the CGC Comics Registry, click here.

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