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| Startling Comics #53 | ||
| Better Publications, 9/48 | ||
| Alex Schomburg cover | Pretty Boy Floyd backup story. | |
| Chas M. Quinlan, Dave Berg, Ralph Mayo, | Airbrushed cover. | |
| Bob Lubbers, Art Saaf and Al Hartley art | Last issue. | |
| Books | CGC Label | CGC Total | Avg. Grade | 10 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BOOK | Universal | 65 | 6.58 | 0 0.00% | 0 0.00% | 0 0.0% | 1 1.5% | 2 4.6% | 3 9.2% | 3 13.8% | 2 16.9% | 6 26.2% | 8 38.5% | 14 60% | 6 69% | 0 69% | 4 75% | 1 77% | 1 78% | 7 89% | 5 97% | 2 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% |
| 1 BOOK | Qualified | 2 | 5.75 | 0 0.00% | 0 0.00% | 0 0.0% | 0 0.0% | 0 0.0% | 0 0.0% | 0 0.0% | 0 0.0% | 1 50% | 0 50% | 0 50% | 0 50% | 0 50% | 0 50% | 0 50% | 0 50% | 0 50% | 1 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% |
| Startling Comics #53 (1948, Better Publications) CGC Universal Grade Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0% 0 10 | 0% 0 9.9 | 0% 0 9.8 | 2% 1 9.6 | 3% 2 9.4 | 5% 3 9.2 | 5% 3 9.0 | 3% 2 8.5 | 9% 6 8.0 | 12% 8 7.5 | 22% 14 7.0 | 9% 6 6.5 | 0% 0 6.0 | 6% 4 5.5 | 2% 1 5.0 | 2% 1 4.5 | 11% 7 4.0 | 8% 5 3.5 | 3% 2 3.0 | 0% 0 2.5 | 0% 0 2.0 | 0% 0 1.8 | 0% 0 1.5 | 0% 0 1.0 | 0% 0 0.5 |
| cgcdata.com, last updated September 16, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||