Key Issue
June 10, 1938

Action Comics #1

Key Issue
First appearance of Superman; First appearance of Lois Lane; First appearance of Martha Kent; First appearance of Johnathan Kent; Origin of Superman
Artist
Joe Shuster
Homer Fleming
Fred Guardineer
Russell Cole
Sven Elven
Will Ely
Bernard Baily
Sheldon Moldoff
Author
Jerry Siegel
Homer Fleming
Fred Guardineer
Captain Frank Thomas
Russell Cole
Gardner F. Fox
Ken Fitch
Publisher
DC Comics
Publication Date
Jun 10, 1938
Cover Price
$0.10

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title
Publisher
Date
Verify
Action Comics #1
D.C. Comics
6/38
Verify
All Grades
75
Population Share
Universal
43
57.3% of pop
Signature
0
0% of pop
Restored
28
37.3% of pop
Qualified
1
1.3% of pop
Conserved
3
4% of pop
9.4
0
--
0
--
2
top 7.1%
0
--
0
--
9.0
2
top 4.7%
0
--
1
top 10.7%
0
--
0
--
8.5
2
top 9.3%
0
--
4
top 25%
0
--
0
--
8.0
1
top 11.6%
0
--
2
top 32.1%
0
--
1
top 33.3%
7.5
1
top 14%
0
--
4
top 46.4%
0
--
0
--
7.0
0
--
0
--
4
top 60.7%
0
--
1
top 66.7%
6.5
2
top 18.6%
0
--
4
top 75%
0
--
0
--
6.0
2
top 23.3%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
5.5
3
top 30.2%
0
--
1
top 78.6%
0
--
1
top 100%
5.0
2
top 34.9%
0
--
1
top 82.1%
1
top 100%
0
--
4.5
4
top 44.2%
0
--
1
top 85.7%
0
--
0
--
4.0
4
top 53.5%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
3.5
2
top 58.1%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
3.0
8
top 76.7%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
2.5
3
top 83.7%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
1.8
2
top 88.4%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
1.5
2
top 93%
0
--
1
top 89.3%
0
--
0
--
1.0
1
top 95.3%
0
--
1
top 92.9%
0
--
0
--
0.5
2
top 100%
0
--
2
top 100%
0
--
0
--

Known Variants

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