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| Heavy Metal #53 | ||
| HM Communications, 8/81 | ||
| Esteban Maroto cover | Richard Corben interview Part 3. The Making | |
| Jim Steranko & Howard Chaykin art | of "Heavy Metal: The Movie" by Brad Balfour. | |
| 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 | 21 | 8.19 | 0 0.00% | 0 0.00% | 0 0.0% | 0 0.0% | 1 4.8% | 3 19.0% | 4 38.1% | 3 52% | 2 62% | 7 95% | 0 95% | 0 95% | 0 95% | 0 95% | 1 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% |
| 1 BOOK | Signature | 2 | 7.50 | 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% | 1 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% | 0 100% |
| Heavy Metal #53 (1981, HM Communications) CGC Universal Grade Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0% 0 10 | 0% 0 9.9 | 0% 0 9.8 | 0% 0 9.6 | 5% 1 9.4 | 14% 3 9.2 | 19% 4 9.0 | 14% 3 8.5 | 10% 2 8.0 | 33% 7 7.5 | 0% 0 7.0 | 0% 0 6.5 | 0% 0 6.0 | 0% 0 5.5 | 5% 1 5.0 | 0% 0 4.5 | 0% 0 4.0 | 0% 0 3.5 | 0% 0 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||