{"product_id":"daredevil-12-1966-vg-fn-5-0-to-5-5","title":"Daredevil #12 (1966) (VG\/FN 5.0 to 5.5)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Brief Summary of the Nonsense Inside (The Story)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn January of 1966, while sensible adults were paying mortgages and worrying about global diplomacy, Marvel Comics published\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaredevil #12\u003c\/i\u003e, titled with characteristic understatement:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Sightless, in a Savage Land!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative follows Matt Murdock—a blind attorney who spends his evenings putting on skin-tight red flannel to fight crime in Manhattan—who decides that what his legal career really needs is an impromptu trip to a hidden, prehistoric jungle tucked away under the Antarctic ice cap. Because why wouldn't a blind man excel in a dense, primeval rainforest full of hungry sabertooth tigers and men wielding crude wooden clubs?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce there, our hero bumps into Ka-Zar, a blonde man who refuses to wear pants, and Ka-Zar's brother, Parnival Plunder. Yes, Parnival. One can only imagine the childhood torment that led Parnival to a life of international villainy, but here he is, trying to steal a pair of magical medallions made of anti-metal. Daredevil spends twenty pages stumbling through ferns, punching mercenaries in striped shirts, and demonstrating that a law degree from Columbia is shockingly useless when facing a giant prehistoric cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorical Significance (Or: Why This Faded Paper Matters)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are going to hoard 60-year-old newsprint in a climate-controlled closet while your family quietly judges you, this is at least a respectable piece to hoard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst Appearance of The Plunderer:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis issue introduces Parnival Plunder, a man whose name sounds like a failed Victorian seaside attraction, but who became a recurring thorn in the side of Marvel’s street-level heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Silver Age Savage Land Crossover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFresh off his revival in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eX-Men #10\u003c\/i\u003e, Ka-Zar returns here to firm up the shared universe logic that makes grown adults argue on the internet six decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Creative Team:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWritten by Stan Lee with layouts by Jack Kirby and finishes by Bob Powell. It represents that brief, magnificent era when three men in Manhattan were inventing an entire pop-culture empire on cheap newsprint between lunch breaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report: A Meticulous Accounting of Time’s Unforgiving March\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have carefully examined this comic using reading glasses I bought at a pharmacy, and I estimate it sits comfortably in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e5.0 (Very Good\/Fine)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e5.5 (Fine-minus)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erange. It is structurally sound, though it carries the gentle, melancholic scars of having existed since the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFront Cover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe white background has aged to the shade of a heavy smoker’s teeth—a soft, buttery cream with visible edge-toning and light foxing. The corners show minor blunting and slight creasing (notably the top-right and bottom-left), with tiny chips along the lower margin. The colors themselves remain surprisingly punchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpine \u0026amp; Binding:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThere is moderate spine stress accompanied by several small, color-breaking ticks. The staples are original and firmly attached without structural tears, though there is a subtle spine roll that gives the book the gentle curve of a tired spine at the end of a long workday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack Cover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFeatures a thrilling ad for the \"Dyna-Flex Method\" promising skinny boys \"heavy, trip-hammer fists.\" The white border exhibits moderate rim-tanning, minor surface scuffs, and a general layer of mid-century dust that has settled into the paper fibers over sixty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterior Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOff-white to cream. They smell satisfyingly like a damp used bookstore. No pages are missing, no coupons have been clipped by overly industrious children, and the staples hold all pages securely in place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Grumpy Comics \u0026amp; Our Free (Snail’s Pace) Shipping Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Us:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrumpy Comics is operated with the exact level of enthusiasm one might expect from someone who spends forty hours a week staring at tiny creases on 12-cent paper products under a halogen lamp. We do not engage in bubbly salesmanship or pretend that every comic book is a \"rare gem.\" It is paper. It is old. We grade it conservatively so you don't write us angry emails on a Sunday afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShipping Policy:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe offer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFREE SHIPPING\u003c\/b\u003e. 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