In June 1938, this was the book to buy: Action Comics No. 1! Surely you know this comic book! Take a look at this listing from Heritage Auctions. Action Comics No. 1 is by
Jerry Siegel and
Joe Shuster. It was the very first Superman comic book, and indeed, it told the story of the very first superhero, the Man of Steel
Sure I agree with Mr. Overstreet that this is "the most important comic book ever published." Here's my reasoning: without Action Comics No. 1, we don't have Superman. Without Superman, we don't have the modern superhero. Without the modern superhero, we have nothing to make movies about. Seriously, consider what I'm saying. Without the likes of Superman, Thor, the Green Lantern, the Avengers, Batman, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man what on earth would we be making movies about today? Relationships?
Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Moderate (P) Cream to off-white pages. Offered without reserve, this is a copy with great eye appeal that will bestow serious bragging rights upon the winning bidder! Demand for the few elite super-keys of the comic hobby goes up with each passing year, and attractively restored Action #1s are among these hot commodities. Most recently, the Court Copy (certified with moderate professional restoration like this copy, but graded three notches lower at Apparent 6.5) fetched $143,400.
"The most important comic book ever published" was Overstreet's note about this issue some years ago, and no one has seriously disputed that claim in the ensuing years. This is the first appearance of Superman, and by universal consensus it's the comic that started the Golden Age. Superman spawned many imitators, and the character's runaway success established DC as one of the top publishers, a status it has never lost. This first Superman story, written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Joe Shuster, also briefly tells the origin of the character.CGC notes, "Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added, tear seals, cover cleaned, reinforced." Overstreet 2010 GD 2.0 value = $80,000; VG 4.0 value = $160,000; FN 6.0 value = $240,000; VF 8.0 value = $600,000
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Action Comics No. 1, June 1938
"The most important comic book ever published." --Bob Overstreet |
Note: My last post on the subject of comic book art was called
Batman: The Dark Knight #3. You can read it
here, you lucky dog!
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