All Select Comics
Timely // Fall 1943 - Fall 1946
Issue count: 11
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Timely Comics started out with huge success due to their “adventure” and “animation” bullpen comics. Timely’s founder Martin Goodman sold almost 900,000 copies of the first issue ever published by Timely, and decided to bring on talents such as Jack Kirby and Syd Shores.
They started releasing different stories, all under the umbrella of Timely Comics. The superheroes were quickly liked by the audience, and they enjoyed a few years of high sales on basically any story they decided to publish.
Near 1945, the superheroes were falling out of fashion, so Timely decided to look for luck in new genres, such as horror, westerns, teen humor; and to feature female heroes to attract girls and young women to comics.
For that reason, All Select Comics was renamed after the 11th issue, to Blonde Phantom Comics, now featuring a secretary who fought crime at night.
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Issue #1
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What's All Select Comics #1 worth in 2024?
The value of All Select Comics #1 in Near Mint condition is $70,000. The highest graded copy is CGC NM- 9.2 which last sold for $63,000 back in 2017. All Superhero Timely Comics from this time period have skyrocketed in value, and All Select is no exception. In FN 6.0, you can expect to pay $14,000. In 2009, that same copy would have been $5,000. In GD 2.0, you could have purchased a copy for $2,000 in 2009. Nowadays, a GD 2.0 sells for $6,000. We recommend that if you're looking for a copy, just find one that is unrestored and complete. Schomburg Superhero books from the Golden Age never go out of style!
Why is this comic book valuable?
All Select Comics #1, published in 1943, stars Captain America Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch. The incomparable Alex Schomburg drew the covers creating very desirable books that kids in the 1940s wanted to buy and collectors today do as well.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $8,225 | $4,400 | $5,700 | $14,500 | $28,675 | $63,500 |
Issue #2
What's All Select Comics #2 worth in 2024?
The top sale price for this issue was $10,105 for a VF 8.0 in 2012. There are four existing copies at this grade. There are actually three copies at a higher grade than this historical top value: two at a NM 9.2, and one at a VF+ 8.5. It'll be interesting to see the value of these higher grades if and when they go on the market.
Why is this comic book valuable?
This issue features Human Torch and Captain America as they begin to develop in the Golden Age of comics.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $1,100 | $2,200 | $4,400 | $8,800 | $26,500 | $10,100 |
Issue #3
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What's All Select Comics #3 worth in 2024?
A single VF/NM 9.0 represents the highest grade on file for this issue, selling for $6,533 in 2012. With only 25 graded copies on record, sales for the mid-to-low range are limited but show a profit. FN 6.5+ more than doubled in price, jumping from an $800 sale in 2002 to its current value of $2,000.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Joe Gill wrote the story Vanishing Oil Tank Cars. It was one of the first pieces of his legendary career.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $700 | $1,425 | $2,800 | $5,600 | $16,500 | $6,525 |
Issue #4
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What's All Select Comics #4 worth in 2024?
The highest graded and only NM 9.4 for this issue sold for a whopping $40,630 in 2015! Price history for other grades are limited due to the book's small quantity of 29 registered copies. However, a VF+ 8.5 doubled in price with an increase from $2,750 in 2002 up to today's value of $5,500. VG 4.0 nearly tripled in value from $550 in 2005 to today's $1,500!
Why is this comic book valuable?
Cap and Bucky do what they do best: save innocent people and take out Nazis.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $650 | $1,250 | $2,400 | $4,800 | $14,800 | $40,625 |
Issue #5
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What's All Select Comics #5 worth in 2024?
The one issue representing the top grade of NM 9.4 sold for $6,728 in 2003. Other grades have shown solid growth: FN+ 6.5 increased from 2009's value of $700 to today's price of $2,000. A VF+ 8.5 sold for $2,500 in 2006 and now goes for about $6,000. These trends for a book with only 24 registered copies on file show an increase around 300%!
Why is this comic book valuable?
It's the one and only appearance of the villainous Bamboo Knife Butcher.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $550 | $1,100 | $2,200 | $4,400 | $13,600 | $6,725 |
Issue #6
What's All Select Comics #6 worth in 2024?
For a Golden Age book with only 38 graded copies on record, the top sale price comes in at $4,313 for a FN+ 8.5 back in 2012. Interestingly, a higher graded NM- 9.2 sold for $3,884 in the same year. Mid-to-low range has shown steady growth around a doubling of value. VG/FN 5.0 moved from $400 in 2002 to its current value of $1,000.
Why is this comic book valuable?
It's the first and only appearance of World War II era Japanese villains Yellow Claw and the Mole Men.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $550 | $875 | $950 | $2,825 | $3,875 | $4,325 |
Issue #7
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What's All Select Comics #7 worth in 2024?
The top sale for this issue was $4,140 for a VF/NM 9.0 in 2002. Three copies exist at this grade, and there hasn't been a sale on record since that one at the start of the millennium. One NM+ 9.6 is the best quality on record, but it has not sold on the known market.
Why is this comic book valuable?
The one-time appearance of the Masters of Evil. It's a group of legendary bad guys sent to take out Captain America and Bucky. Members include Jack the Ripper, Jesse James and Bluebeard!
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $12,200 | $4,150 |
Issue #8
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What's All Select Comics #8 worth in 2024?
There are two copies of this book at the highest available grade of NM 9.4, with a top price of $9,700 in 2011. A VG/FN 5.0 that cost $500 in 2005 is now valued at $825. There's been similar small but steady growth of GD+ 2.5, from $325 in 20013 to today's value of $500.
Why is this comic book valuable?
The Chinese character Lao-Chung (who may have been a ghost) helps Captain America protect the Great Wall of China from a group of World War II era Japanese villains.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $500 | $750 | $525 | $3,400 | $7,775 | $15,600 |
Issue #9
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What's All Select Comics #9 worth in 2024?
A VF/NM 9.0 sold for the record price of $5,755 in 2012. There are two issues at higher grades of NM- 9.2 and NM 9.4, but there are no sales on record for these copies. Other grades have shown solid investment growth, doubling in price with a VG/FN 5.0 going for $500 in 2006 to its current value of $1,000.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Bucky displays his code cracking skills to decipher a clue and find where the bad guys are keeping a hostage.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $400 | $700 | $1,400 | $2,950 | $9,600 | $5,750 |
Issue #10
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What's All Select Comics #10 worth in 2024?
A single NM+ 9.6 represents the top grade for this issue, and sold for $4,720 in 2016. Few sales exist on record due to the book's low quantity of 31 copies registered. However, FN+ did show solid growth from $900 in 2012 to its current value around $1,750.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Bucky complains to Captain America that their ride on the SS Tranquility will be boring, but it turns out to be an adventure! The heroes clash with mobsters and a gang looking to rob the ship. The good guys save the day.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $400 | $675 | $1,400 | $2,800 | $9,400 | $5,000 |
Issue #11
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What's All Select Comics #11 worth in 2024?
A VF/NM 9.0 sold for $7,100 in 2012. Two issues exist at this grade, with three above it in quality: two copies at NM- 9.2, and one NM+ 9.6. The mid-grade books have seen practically no growth, but the low end has shown tremendous results and looks like the place to invest. If you bought a VG 4.0 in 2002 for $400, you'd be looking at a current value of $2,000 for an increase over 400%!
Why is this comic book valuable?
It's the first appearance of the Blonde Phantom.
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| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $800 | $1,600 | $3,200 | $6,400 | $18,000 | $7,100 |