Superman 1939 issues 1 thru 20 Golden Age CGC and PGX

Sold For: US $69,999.00 Seller josfriend2 ( Feedback Score Of 2563

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ACTION COMICS 100 CGC 9.2 OWW ONE & ONLY HIGHEST GRADED

Winning bid: US $12,600.00 Seller: collectionsintocash ( 253 )

FROM ACTION COMIC'S, THE COMIC THAT CREATED & INTRODUCED THE WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER HERO

– SUPERMAN -

*** THE 100th ANNIVERSARY EDITION ***

ACTION COMICS #100 CGC 9.2 – THE ONE & ONLY HIGHEST GRADED COPY!

63 YEAR OLD 100th EDITION WITH OFF-WHITE TO WHITE PAGES!

THIS SUPER KEY ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF ACTION COMICS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER ISSUES BY GOLDEN AGE SUPERMAN COLLECTORS AND THIS COPY STANDS ALONE AS THE SINGLE HIGHEST GRADED ISSUE! THIS COPY HAS NO CHIPPING, NO CREASE LINES, NO FOLDS, NO TEARS, NO SPINE STRESS, NICE CORNERS AND BRILLIANT COVER COLORS WITH NEAR PERFECT OFF-WHITE TO WHITE PAGES. AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS BOOK THAT WOULD BE A CROWN JEWEL OF ANY COLLECTION. I WILL MENTION THAT IT'S ALSO THE FIRST ACTION COMICS TO FEATURE SUPERMAN AND CLARK KENT ON THE FRONT COVER TOGETHER WHICH MAKES THIS ISSUE A REAL CLASSIC COVER.

PRIORITY SHIPPING WILL BE FREE & FAST!

ACTION COMICS 13 4TH SMAN CVR SMAN 1 CFOLD UNRESTORED

Sold For: US $6,250.00 Seller: actioncomicsnyc ( 944 )

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ACTION COMICS #13
Volume 2 #1

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INFORMATION – Just one year before this book the history making #1 issue of Action Comics was released. With the beginning of the 2nd year, National Periodicals started it with a truly classic Superman cover. To top it off the centerfold features the a complete double page spread of another historical issue Superman #1!
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DESCRIPTION – A very nice complete unrestored copy with some light collection dirt a light sun shade on the RS FC a couple of light un-broken crease URC FC, extremely tiny tear perhaps 1/16" or less at URS BC, tiny split at top of cover spine and binding "tear" in the same area. There is a very small "scrape" on the line between Action & Comics and a tiny color flake off of the mountains on the left side of cover. Very tight staples at cover and center-fold. Pages about 7.5 or higher on OWL scale.
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GRADE – FINE (6.0)
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GERBER SCARCITY INDEX – 6

Here's the book:

Word on the street (okay, word on the internet) is that Comic Connect bought outright the 8.5 from its present and longtime owner. The price paid is reportedly more than the 1,075,000 paid for the Detective 27 at Heritage last month. It follows, therefore, that that asking price will be significantly higher than that. My estimate for the book after the recent sales was 1.5 million. We'll see how that number fares when it actually comes time for the book to change hands.

All I have to say is- what a month! My head is spinning.

To cut right to the punchline here, this is the 2nd best known copy of Action #1.

Yeah, I was surprised, too.

What about the "other" high grade copy, you ask? This is it.

Let that sink in for a while.

Stephen Fishler emailed me last night alerting me to that (remarkable) detail. I've been discussing this stuff with people for years and no one has connected the two books before now. Some people even wondered if the Kansas city copy was the "other" book. We had the story about Dave comparing two books and keeping the Church copy and we had the 8.5 copy in front of us in the CGC Gallery. I always wondered where that "other high grade" copy was and who had it. I now know that it's been hiding in plain site this whole time.

He said:

I asked Dave about it recently. The book that was later graded 8.5 is the 2nd best copy he had ever seen. He compared it to the Mile High years ago. The Mile high was clearly better.

So the anecdote about the "new" book that Dave compared to the Church copy was actually referring to the 8.5 we know and love.

This new info, of course, changes the landscape significantly both for the Church copy (now, clearly the best copy and only known 9.+ copy) and the Kansas City copy that just sold. Depending on how nice the Larson copy is, the KC copy could be the third best copy in existence. Which makes $1,000,000 seem like less of a premium price- which is probably why he had the above conversation in the first place. Negotiating a $1,000,000 comic book sale is tricky business.

I'll be reworking the $100,000 club list today. I'm going to rework the the World's Most Valuable Comics article to reflect all of these new data points (no "other" copy, the All American 16 CGC 9.4, the new Detective 27 CGC 8.0 and the Kansas City Copy.)

What a crazy week.

The Kansas City Action #1 CGC VF 8.0 is listed as Sold on the Comic Connect site.

It's the first publicly reported sale over $1,000,000 of a comic book.

It's actually the first publicly reported sale over $500,000, but who's counting?

The price is stronger than what I feel the book is worth (by about 25%), but I'm happy to be wrong in this situation. $1,000,000 is a nice round number that will generate a lot of press. Press= good for the hobby (as long as any new people stay away from the books I want to collect )

With the speed of the sale, it's clear to me that there's a possibility that this transaction was prearranged or even consummated long before the book was even announced. Comic Connect would have been smart to do so, so as to guarantee the maximum exposure and publicity for the sale and to protect against a protracted, potentially embarrassing (if it went on long enough) $1,000,000 listing with no takers.

Here it is, the belle of the ball.

This post is exactly what the title says. All the early Actions without Superman on the cover. The later ones have him in the inset, but don't feature him. These are both awesome and kind of weird, because Superman turned out to be such a big deal and they didn't initially realize what kind of a phenomenon they had on their hands.

Enjoy!

Action Comics #2

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The focus here is on American mainstream comics. I have no apologies for that These are in no order. They are, however, presented with plenty of love for a decade chock full of good comics.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Sleeper

Comprising Sleeper: Season One and Sleeper: Season Two, this series went way too far under the radar. It was clearly one of the best superhero efforts of the decade, although at the end of the day it was more cloak and dagger than capes and cowls. Thankfully both Phillips and Brubaker went on to become fancy, big-selling stars for Marvel after finishing up this classic. I just wish a few more people had been able to check out Sleeper when it was running. It was tough talking into a vacuum.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Criminal

Criminal took the Noir aspects of Sleeper, jettisoned the superhero aspects and distilled a pure drauft of crime drama. I have an affinity for their source material and love these two guys as individual talents so I was basically made to love this book.
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Superman #1 CGC 7.0 — Investment Grade!! Rare!

Coolest book in a while. It'll slot into #20 on the all-time eBay comic book sales list.

Winning bid: US $35,000.00 Seller: floridatoytrader (144)

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