June 30, 1939

Superman #1

Key Issue: First self titled series for Superman; First self titled series for a comic book superhero ever
Artist: Joe Shuster

Fred Guardineer
Editor: Vin Sullivan

M.C. Gaines
Publisher: DC Comics
Script Writer: Jerry Siegel
Publication Date: Jun 30, 1939
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 68 pages

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Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Superman #1	D.C. Comics	Summer 1939	Verify

All Grades 173 Population Share	Universal 72 41.6% of pop	Signature 0 0% of pop	Restored 95 54.9% of pop	Qualified 4 2.3% of pop	Conserved 2 1.2% of pop
9.6	0 --	0 --	1 top 1.1%	0 --	0 --
9.0	0 --	0 --	1 top 2.1%	0 --	0 --
8.5	1 top 1.4%	0 --	2 top 4.2%	0 --	0 --
8.0	1 top 2.8%	0 --	4 top 8.4%	0 --	0 --
7.5	0 --	0 --	7 top 15.8%	0 --	0 --
7.0	2 top 5.6%	0 --	9 top 25.3%	0 --	0 --
6.5	0 --	0 --	8 top 33.7%	0 --	0 --
6.0	2 top 8.3%	0 --	12 top 46.3%	0 --	0 --
5.5	3 top 12.5%	0 --	5 top 51.6%	0 --	1 top 50%
5.0	4 top 18.1%	0 --	16 top 68.4%	0 --	0 --
4.5	3 top 22.2%	0 --	4 top 72.6%	0 --	0 --
4.0	3 top 26.4%	0 --	6 top 78.9%	1 top 25%	0 --
3.5	3 top 30.6%	0 --	4 top 83.2%	0 --	0 --
3.0	5 top 37.5%	0 --	2 top 85.3%	0 --	0 --
2.5	2 top 40.3%	0 --	2 top 87.4%	0 --	0 --
2.0	9 top 52.8%	0 --	1 top 88.4%	0 --	0 --
1.8	3 top 56.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.5	9 top 69.4%	0 --	2 top 90.5%	0 --	1 top 100%
1.0	11 top 84.7%	0 --	2 top 92.6%	1 top 50%	0 --
0.5	11 top 100%	0 --	7 top 100%	2 top 100%	0 --

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