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December, 2009: Browse our Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper and Modern Age comics, original art, magazines, pulps, dime novels, vintage toys and paperbacks.
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Gerber Comic Book Scarcity Index
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Gerber Comic Book Scarcity Guide
Transcribed by Joseph Lovece

The scarcity rating figures are taken from The Photo Journal Guide to Comic Books by Ernst Gerber, Mary Gerber, first published in 1990.

7: Scarce, 21 to 50 copies estimated to exist
8: Rare, 11 to 20 copies estimated to exist
9: Very Rare, six to 10 copies estimated to exist
10: Unique, less than five copies estimated to exist

THE LIST (parts A-C)

A-1 Comics
No. 1: 7; No. 2: 9; No. 122: 7
Abbott and Costello
No. 10: 7; No. 11: 7; No. 40: 7
Ace Comics
Nos. 1-5: 7; No. 17: 7; No. 23: 7; No. 25-36: 7; No. 151: 7
Action Comics
No. 1-2: 7; No. 3: 8; No. 5: 8
(Adventure Comics)
New Comics
No. 1-2: 7; No. 3: 8; No. 4-5: 7; No. 6: 8; No. 7-10: 7; No. 11: 8
(Adventure Comics)
becomes New Adventure Comics
No. 12: 8; No. 13: 10; No. 14: 8; No. 15: 7; No. 16: 8; No. 17: 7; Nos. 18-19: 8; Nos. 21-21: 7; Nos. 22-23: 8; Nos. 24-32: 7
Adventure Comics
Nos. 35-37: 7; No. 42: 7; No. 45: 7; No. 61: 7; No. 73: 7; No. 76; No. 87: 7
Adventures
Nos. 1-2: 7
Adventures of Alan Ladd
Nos. 5-7: 7
Adventures of Homer Cobb
No. 1: 7
Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog
Nos. 1-3: 7
Bill Barnes
No. 4: 7
No. 11: 7
Air Fighters
No. 22 (Volume 2 No. 10): 7
All-American Comics
No. 4: 9
No. 7: 8
No. 11: 8
Nos. 16-17: 7
No. 42: 7
No. 54: 7
No. 85: 7
All Good Comics
nn: 7
All Negro Comics
No. 1: 9
All-New Comics
No. 2: 7
All-Star Comics
No. 57: 7
All-Top Comics
Nos. 3-7: 7
No. 7: 8
All-True Detective Cases
nn: 7
All-Winners Comics
No. 19: 7
No. 21: 8
Amazing Adventure Funnies
Nos. 1-2: 7
Becomes: Fantoman
No. 4: 7
Amazing-Man
No. 5: 8
No. 9: 7
No. 26: 7
Amazing Mystery Funnies
No. 2: 7
Nos. 8-9 (Vol. 2 Nos. 4-5): 7
No. 11 (Vol. 2 No. 7): 8
No. 16 (Vol. 2 No. 12): 7
No. 23: 7
America's Best Comics
No. 6 (Vol. 2 No. 3): 7
America's Biggest Comics
No. 1: 7
Animal Crackers
Nos. 1-3: 8
Archie Comics
No. 1: 7
Nos. 3-4: 7
The Arrow
No. 1: 8
Nos. 2-3: 7
Atomic-Age Combat
No. 4: 7
Atomic Bomb
No. 1: 8
Atomic Thunderbolt
No. 2: 9 (exists?)
Authentic Police Cases
No. 32: 7
Aviation Cadets
No. 1: 7
Avon one-shots:
Attack on Planet Mars: 7;
Bachelor's Diary: 7;
Complete Romance: 7;
An Earth Man on Venus: 7;
The Hooded Menace: 7;
Out of This World: 7;
Reform School Girl: 7;
Robotmen of the Lost Planet: 7;
Secret Diary of Eerie Adventures: 8;
Sideshow: 8
Bang-Up Comics
Nos. 1-3: 7
Banner Comics
No. 5: 7
The Beatles
nn: 7
Best Comics
No. 1: 7; Nos. 2-3: 8; No. 4: 7
Beware
Nos. 12-13: 7
Big-Shot Comics
Nos. 4-5: 7; Nos. 20: 7
Big-3
No. 2: 7
Blackhawk
Nos. 37-38: 7
Black Swan Comics
No.1: 7
Blazing Comics
No. 4 (Vol. 2 No. 1): 7; No. 5 (Vol. 2 No. 2): 8
Blue Beetle
No. 15: 7
Blue Bolt
No. 8: 7; No. 27 (Vol. 3 No. 1): 7; No. 45 (Vol. 4 No. 9): 7; No. 60 (Vol. 6 No. 4): 7; No. 71 (Vol. 7 No. 5): 7
Blue Ribbon Comics (MLJ)
No. 9: 7
Blue Ribbon Comics (St. John)
No. 5: 7
Bold Stories
Nos. 1-2: 8
No. 6: 7
Border Patrol
No. 1: 7
Boots and Her Buddies
No. 7: 7; No. 9: 7
Brenda Starr
Nos. 11:-13 7
Brer Rabbit Ice Cream
nn: 7
Bulletman (giveaway)
nn: 7
Camera Comics
No. 9 (Vol. 2 No. 3): 7
Canteen Kate
No. 3: 7
Captain Aero
No. 9 (Vol. 2 No. 3): 9; No. 10 (Vol. 2 No. 4): 7; No. 12 (Vol. 3 No. 1): 8; No. 16: 8; No. 26: 8
Captain America (Timely)
No. 66: 7
No. 74: 8
No. 75: 7; Canadian "Annual": 8
The Captain and the Kids
Nos. 16-18: 7; Summer & Fall 1948: 7
Captain Flight
No. 3: 7
No. 5-6: 8
No. 11: 7
Captain Marvel Adventures
No. 150: 7
Captain Wizard
No. 1: 7
Carnival Comics
No. 1: 7
Catholic Comics
No. 1-3: 7
Cat-Man Comics
No. 11-12: 7
No. 13: 9; No. 16: 7; No. 17-18: 8; No. 20: 7; No. 24: 7; No. 27-28: 7; No. 29: 8; No. 30: 7
Century of Comics
nn: 7
The Challenger
No. 1: 7
Champ Comics
No. 19-25: 7
Charlie Chan
No. 6: 8
Circus the Comic Riot
No. 1-2: 7; No. 3: 8
Cisco Kid Comics
No. 2-3: 7
Classic Comics (first editions)
No. 1: 7; No. 8: 7; No. 21: 7
Classics Illustrated (first edition)
No. 43: 7
Classics Illustrated Giant
No. 1: 9; No. 2-3: 8
Cocomalt (premium)
No. 1: 8
Colossus Comics
No. 1: 7
Columbia Comcis
No. 1: 7
Comedy Comics (Timely, continued from Daring Mystery Comics)
No. 9-10: 7; No. 12: 7
Comic Cavalcade
No. 22: 7; No. 25: 7; No. 63: 7; 1945 premium: 7
The Comics
No. 9-11: 7
Comics Calendar
No. 1: 8
Comics On Parade
No. 2: 7; No. 5: 7
Crackajack Funnies
nn: 7
Crack Western
No. 74: 7
No. 81: 7
Crash Comics
No. 4: 7
Crime and Justice
Nos. 25-26: 8
Crime Patrol
No. 15: 7
Crime Smashers
No. 8: 7; No. 11: 7
Crime Suspenstories
No.1 variant: 7
Crime Fighting Detective
No. 15: 7
Cyclone Comics
No. 3: 7; No. 5: 7
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