Action Comics #1

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

Action Comics #1

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

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Key Facts

Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

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Key Facts

Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

Issue Details

Publisher	DC
Cover Artist	Creig Flessel
Published	December 1937

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Action Comics #1

Key Facts

Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

Key Facts

Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

Issue Details

DC

Creig Flessel

December 1937

Synopsis

Owned Issues