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Action Comics #0
Non-Key
DC ⋅ 1994
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Action Comics #0
 
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$3

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #1
Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937
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Action Comics #1
 
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$11.5k
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$38k
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$115k

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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:

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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

Action Comics #0
Non-Key
Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994
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Action Comics #0
 
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$3

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #0
Non-Key
2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994
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Action Comics #0
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #1
DC ⋅ 1938
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Action Comics #1
 
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$285k
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$1.1M
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$4.6M

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1st appearance of Superman

1st appearance of Lois Lane

1st appearance of Zatara, Zatanna's father

1st appearance of Tex Thompson, later becomes Mr. America

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💰 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $6,000,000 [$1,000,000 in 2010] +500%

This Kansas City Pedigree book received a grade bump from 8.0 to 8.5 at some point between its $1,000,000 sale in 2010 and the most recent sale

The previous paid for any other 8.5 was for $3,250,000 in 2021

This 6 million dollar sale is the highest price for any comic book ever

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1976
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Action Comics #1
 
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16-page promotional comic given away with the purchase of Safeguard deodorant (1976)

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1976
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Action Comics #1
 
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$70

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16-page promotional reprint with sleeping bag advertisement on back cover

$0.10 cover price

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1983
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Action Comics #1
 
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$40
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$125

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16-page reprint of Action Comics #1

Obtained by mail after submitting two labels of peanut butter branded with Superman as a spokesman

Celebration of Superman's 45th anniversary

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987
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Action Comics #1
 
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 with a Nestle advertisement on the back cover and a $0.10 cover price

Action Comics #1
Non-Key
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987
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Action Comics #1
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988
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Action Comics #1
 
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Newsstand edition with $0.50 cover price

16-page reprint of Superman's first appearance from Action Comics #1

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988
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Action Comics #1
 
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Reprint of Superman's first appearance in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Action Comics #1

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1992
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Action Comics #1
 
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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1

$1.00/$1.35 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1992
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Action Comics #1
 
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$3
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$9
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$35

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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1

$0.10 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1998
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Action Comics #1
 
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 distributed in 1998 by the US Post Office commemorating 50 years of Superman

Scarce issue, sealed with a book of Superman stamps

Action Comics #1
Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017
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Action Comics #1
 
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 in it's 68-page entirety

Distributed by Loot Crate

Action Comics #1
NYCC ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022
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Action Comics #1
 
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$18
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$70

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Facsimile foil reprint, limited to 1,500 copies

2022 NYCC exclusive

Action Comics #1
Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022
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Action Comics #1
 
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Facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman

Action Comics #1
Non-Key
Fan Expo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017
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Action Comics #1
 
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$1
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$20

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #1
Non-Key
Fan Expo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017
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Action Comics #1
 
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$15

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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #2
DC ⋅ 1938
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Action Comics #2
 
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$18.8k
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$180k

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2nd appearance of Superman

2nd appearance of Lois Lane and Zatara

Action Comics #3
DC ⋅ 1938
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Action Comics #3
 
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3rd appearance of Superman

Action Comics #4
DC ⋅ 1938
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Action Comics #4
 
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4th appearance of Superman

Action Comics #5
DC ⋅ 1938
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Action Comics #5
 
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$39k

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5th appearance of Superman

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $14,400 [No Previous Data]

Action Comics #6
DC ⋅ 1938
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Action Comics #6
 
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$3k
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$39k

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1st appearance of Jimmy Olsen, unnamed, referred to only as Office Boy

First reference to Superman as "The Man of Steel" seen in a newspaper headline

[November 2023 - Skyler Gisondo, has been cast as Jimmy Olsen in Superman Legacy]

Action Comics #7
DC ⋅ 1938
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Action Comics #7
 
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$23k
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$68k
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$232k

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2nd cover appearance of Superman

First time "Superman" is in print on a comic book cover

Action Comics #8
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #8
 
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$29k

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First time Superman displays an extraordinary ability to hear

Cover art inspired by the 1919 painting 'Last of the Mohicans' by N.C. Wyeth

Action Comics #9
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #9
 
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Early Superman story

Action Comics #10
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #10
 
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$17k
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$163k

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3rd cover appearance of Superman

Action Comics #11
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #11
 
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$12k

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Debut of Superman's X-Ray Vision

Action Comics #12
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #12
 
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Advertisement for Detective Comics #27, Batman's first appearance

1st cover appearance of Zatara

Action Comics #13
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #13
 
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1st appearance of Ultra-Humanite, the first Superman supervillain

Advertisement for Superman #1

Action Comics #14
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #14
 
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1st appearance of Clip Carson

2nd appearance of Zatara, the father of Zatanna

Action Comics #15
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #15
 
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Advertisement for the 1939 World's Fair

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5.0 sold for $11,400 [$10,450 in 2017] +9%

Action Comics #16
Non-Key
DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #16
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #17
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DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #17
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #18
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DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #18
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #19
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DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #19
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #20
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DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #20
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #21
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DC ⋅ 1939
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Action Comics #21
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #22
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #22
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #23
DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #23
 
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$35k

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1st appearance of Lex Luthor, depicted with red hair

1st appearance of Black Pirate

First mention of The Daily Planet

[November 2023 - Nicholas Hoult has been cast as Lex Luthor in Superman Legacy]

Action Comics #24
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #24
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #25
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #25
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #26
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #26
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #27
DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #27
 
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1st cover appearance of Lois Lane

Action Comics #28
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #28
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #29
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #29
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #30
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #30
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Action Comics #31
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DC ⋅ 1940
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Action Comics #31
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.
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