Released January 1937
Action Funnies #1
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Key Facts
- 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
Details
- Series
- Action Funnies
- Cover Date
- January 1937
- Pages
- 16
- UPC
- N/A
- Cover Price
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- Final Order Cutoff
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Creators
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Cover ArtistLeo O'Mealia