Silver Surfer #3 1968 Marvel 1st Mephisto 72pg Giant 25c Silver Age GD/VG 3.0

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View Silver Surfer #3 1968 Marvel 1st Mephisto 72pg Giant 25c Silver Age GD/VG 3.0 with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. “The Power and the Prize!”. A cosmic collaboration by Stan Lee and John Buscema, embellished by Joe Sinnott. This is the72-page 25-cent giant format that ran through Silver Surfer #1–7. A thicker book, not a physically larger one. SILVER SURFER #3 — December 1968, Marvel Comics. First appearance of MEPHISTO. “The Power and the Prize!” — the Surfer’s first encounter with Mephisto, one of Marvel’s most enduring villains. A cosmic collaboration by Stan Lee and John Buscema, embellished by Joe Sinnott. This is the  72-page 25-cent giant format that ran through Silver Surfer #1–7. To be clear about what that means: 72 pages instead of the usual 32, at  standard comic dimensions . A thicker book, not a physically larger one. AUTHENTICITY Verified against the indicia, photographed in shot 11. It reads: “THE SILVER SURFER is published by OFFICIAL MAGAZINE CORP. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 625 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022. Published bi-monthly. Copyright © 1968 by Official Magazine Corp, Marvel Comics Group… Vol. 1, No. 3, 1968 issue. Price 25¢ per copy… Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286.” Official Magazine Corp is the correct period entity for this title. No barcode, as expected pre-1976.  Original 1968 first printing , not a facsimile and not a reprint. CONDITION — GD/VG 3.0. The flaws, first: •            Spine shows color-breaking wear along its full length , with the printed spine text worn though still readable. Shots 04, 05, 06. •            Fraying at the lower spine corner  and a small notch in the spine paper near the upper end. Shots 05 and 06. •            Multiple color-breaking creases : a long one running across the bottom-right black field, and two or three more at the bottom left through the “THE POWER AND THE PRIZE!” banner. Shots 09 and 10. •            Gloss is largely gone.  The cover reads matte. Shot 02 is lit from the side specifically to show this and the general surface wrinkling — flat light hides both. •            Interior pages are tanned , amber throughout. Shot 12. •            Back cover tanned  with light foxing and mottling. Shot 03. What holds up: •            No spine split, no spine roll, and no delamination.  The spine is worn but flat and whole. •            All four corners intact  and only lightly blunted. No chipping, no tears, no paper loss anywhere on the book. •            Complete.  Coupon on the back cover is uncut, no pages missing, no married cover. •            Pages are supple  — no brittleness, no foxing spots, no water staining, no writing or stamps. An honest, complete, structurally sound copy of a major Silver Age key. It has been read and it shows, and all of it is photographed above under side lighting rather than hidden behind a flat shot. What you see is what ships. SHIPPING Bagged and boarded in a rigid comic mailer. At 72 pages this book is thicker than a standard comic, so it ships in a mailer with room for it rather than a tight one. Ships within 3 business days of cleared payment. 30-day returns. Condition: Good. Category: Collectibles › Comic Books & Memorabilia › Comics › Comics & Graphic Novels.