Condition: Qualified (5.5/2.5) as graded by Jeffrey Owens - see photos (scans of actual item) and full details below.
Key Issue: Titled series starts again, "Big Premiere Issue"
Story Title: "Mr. Freeze's Chilling Deathtrap!"
Credits:
Art: Irv Novick
Story: Gardner Fox
Issues noted by J. Owens - Accumulation of minor cover wear - spine stress and <1/8" ticks with color break. Small cover edge chips. Moderate crease line no color break top right corner beneath "!" of "Deathrap".Minor staple tearing. Staples attached. Flat, great color and reflectivity. Minor discoloration back cover. Strong mid grade except for one major flaw - bottom spine tear >1/2" on bottom edge of front cover spine. Hence qualified condition grade of 5.5/2.5.
Detective Comics, Issue 373, March 1968
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