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Action Funnies #1

January 1937
Low $3.5k
Mid $11.3k
High $35k
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  • Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title 'Action Comics' and a way to prevent competitors from stealing a similarly named title
  • Interior pages are from Detective Comics #10
  • The cover art was later used for Action Comics #3
  • Harry Donenfeld, the publisher of DC at the time also created ashcans with the title Double Action Comics and Triple Action Comics
  • There are three copies of the Action Funnies ashcan known to exist:
  • One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault
  • One graded 8.5 sold in 2021 for $57,600
  • One ungraded sold in 2012 for $10,157.50
  • Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title 'Action Comics' and a way to prevent competitors from stealing a similarly named title
  • Interior pages are from Detective Comics #10
  • The cover art was later used for Action Comics #3
  • Harry Donenfeld, the publisher of DC at the time also created ashcans with the title Double Action Comics and Triple Action Comics
  • There are three copies of the Action Funnies ashcan known to exist:
  • One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault
  • One graded 8.5 sold in 2021 for $57,600
  • One ungraded sold in 2012 for $10,157.50

Detective Comics #20

October 1938
Low $1.2k
Mid $3.8k
High $9.7k
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  • 1st appearance of the Crimson Avenger
  • 1st appearance Wing, the Crimson Avenger's sidekick
  • 1st appearance of the Crimson Avenger
  • 1st appearance Wing, the Crimson Avenger's sidekick

Adventure Comics #41

August 1939
Low $580
Mid $1.5k
High $7.5k
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  • Cover art by Leo O'Mealia
  • Cover art by Leo O'Mealia

Flash Comics #1

December 1939 | Ashcan
Low $1.8k
Mid $6k
High $18k
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  • Black and white Ashcan printed in small quantities to establish title copyright during a time when publishers DC and Fawcett were competing to secure intellectual property
  • Cover art is from Adventure Comics #41, interior contents from All-American Comics #8
  • There are 5 copies known to exist
  • Black and white Ashcan printed in small quantities to establish title copyright during a time when publishers DC and Fawcett were competing to secure intellectual property
  • Cover art is from Adventure Comics #41, interior contents from All-American Comics #8
  • There are 5 copies known to exist
Issue Publisher Low Mid High
Action Funnies #1 DC $3.5k $11.3k $35k
Detective Comics #20 DC $1.2k $3.8k $9.7k
Adventure Comics #41 DC $580 $1.5k $7.5k
Flash Comics #1 DC $1.8k $6k $18k