Action Comics #23 Value - GoCollect
Key Issue
April 10, 1940

Action Comics #23

Key Issue
First appearance of Lex Luthor; First mention of Daily Planet
Artist
Joe Shuster
Fred Guardineer
Sheldon Moldoff
Chad Grothkopf
Bernard Baily
Script Writer
Jerry Siegel
Gardner F. Fox
Ken Fitch
Toni Blum
Editor
Whitney Ellsworth
Murray Boltinoff
Publisher
DC Comics
Publication Date
Apr 10, 1940
Cover Price
$0.10
Page Count
68 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title
Publisher
Date
Verify
Action Comics #23
D.C. Comics
4/40
Verify
All Grades
148
Population Share
Universal
96
64.9% of pop
Signature
0
0% of pop
Restored
44
29.7% of pop
Qualified
6
4.1% of pop
Conserved
2
1.4% of pop
9.6
0
--
0
--
1
top 2.3%
0
--
0
--
8.5
3
top 3.1%
0
--
1
top 4.5%
0
--
0
--
8.0
3
top 6.3%
0
--
1
top 6.8%
0
--
0
--
7.5
0
--
0
--
2
top 11.4%
0
--
0
--
7.0
4
top 10.4%
0
--
5
top 22.7%
0
--
0
--
6.5
5
top 15.6%
0
--
1
top 25%
0
--
1
top 50%
6.0
5
top 20.8%
0
--
3
top 31.8%
0
--
1
top 100%
5.5
4
top 25%
0
--
1
top 34.1%
0
--
0
--
5.0
7
top 32.3%
0
--
3
top 40.9%
0
--
0
--
4.5
6
top 38.5%
0
--
1
top 43.2%
0
--
0
--
4.0
10
top 49%
0
--
6
top 56.8%
0
--
0
--
3.5
6
top 55.2%
0
--
2
top 61.4%
1
top 16.7%
0
--
3.0
13
top 68.8%
0
--
4
top 70.5%
0
--
0
--
2.5
8
top 77.1%
0
--
5
top 81.8%
1
top 33.3%
0
--
2.0
3
top 80.2%
0
--
3
top 88.6%
0
--
0
--
1.8
3
top 83.3%
0
--
1
top 90.9%
1
top 50%
0
--
1.5
3
top 86.5%
0
--
2
top 95.5%
0
--
0
--
1.0
3
top 89.6%
0
--
1
top 97.7%
0
--
0
--
0.5
10
top 100%
0
--
1
top 100%
3
top 100%
0
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