May 10, 1939

Action Comics #12

Key Issue: Ad for Detective Comics #27
Artist: Fred Guardineer

Sheldon Moldoff

Joe Shuster

Paul Cassidy

Will Ely

Paul Gustavson

Gill Fox

Sven Elven

Bernard Baily

Homer Fleming

Terry Gilkison
Script Writer: Jerry Siegel

Gardner F. Fox

Paul Gustavson

Richard Martin

Ken Fitch
Publisher: DC Comics
Editor: Vincent Sullivan
Publication Date: May 10, 1939
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 68 pages

What's it Worth?

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Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Action Comics #12	D.C. Comics	5/39	Verify

All Grades 42 Population Share	Universal 27 64.3% of pop	Signature 0 0% of pop	Restored 14 33.3% of pop	Qualified 0 0% of pop	Conserved 1 2.4% of pop
8.5	1 top 3.7%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
8.0	0 --	0 --	1 top 7.1%	0 --	0 --
7.5	1 top 7.4%	0 --	2 top 21.4%	0 --	0 --
7.0	3 top 18.5%	0 --	3 top 42.9%	0 --	0 --
6.5	0 --	0 --	2 top 57.1%	0 --	0 --
6.0	1 top 22.2%	0 --	1 top 64.3%	0 --	0 --
5.0	3 top 33.3%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
4.5	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	1 top 100%
4.0	3 top 44.4%	0 --	1 top 71.4%	0 --	0 --
3.5	1 top 48.1%	0 --	1 top 78.6%	0 --	0 --
3.0	2 top 55.6%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
2.5	1 top 59.3%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
2.0	2 top 66.7%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.5	2 top 74.1%	0 --	2 top 92.9%	0 --	0 --
1.0	4 top 88.9%	0 --	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --
0.5	3 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --

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