A combination of several factors the first appearance of supermancertainly a cultural milestone superman is on the cover most of the copies have not survived into present day. Its the 80th anniversary of the comic book that introduced the world to. It is widely considered to be both the beginning of the superhero genre and the most. Most of the action 1 comic books out there have been traded and resold many times.
The one and only grant morrison allstar superman returns to superman, joined by sensational artist rags morales identity crisis, to bring you tales of the man of steel unlike any youve ever read. Click here to check out auction close dates lots start closing at 8pm eastern time each evening. The first issue featured superman and except for a brief hiatus when the series was titled action comics. Goldenatomic age comics although it has become near impossible to find golden age collections in todays market, we are constantly acquiring great golden age and 1950s comics to stock on our website every month, so for those collectors, keep an eye on the new arrivals as we are uploading over 100 new issues each week. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Comicconnect the online marketplace for comic buyers. I think anything connected to action 1 is not just a hot comic but a cultural artifact which will not diminish anytime in the foreseeable generations to come. This is like a virgin comic in this instance, said vincent zurzolo, a coowner of comicconnect. I cant answer for him but i too could see him wanting both action 1 comic and this. James huff on the most valuable comic books in the world. You can now read the worlds most expensive comic book online.
This comic book is also the first featuring a superhero, and is considered to be the most valuable comic in the world. The blakely mine disaster, script by jerry siegel, art by joe shuster. Sit back and enjoy the earliest adventures of the first and greatest superhero of them all. Action comics 1 dc, 2000 series february 2000 indexer notes. Unfollow action comics 1 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The comic features the first appearance of superman by jerry siegel. Sep 11, 2011 the result is strong, wellexecuted superhero imagery and storytelling that flows effortlessly. The release of that comic book quickly launched a superhero boom, as superman was so popular that every existing comic book company wanted to have their own. If you have high grade cgc or cbcs certified comic books to sell or consign, do yourself a favor and contact pedigree comics ceo and president, doug schmell. Hopefully, their may 2017 auction featuring oa and comic books from renowned collector jon berk makes up. Tomasi, marv wolfman, geoff johns, richard donner, scott snyder, tom king, louise simonson, paul dini, brad meltzer, brian michael bendis. The sale, by an anonymous seller to an anonymous buyer, was through the manhattanbased auction company. Ad for more fun comics, new adventure comics and detective comics.
Welcome back everyone, lets go through the results of comicconnect s december 2017 auction. Learn more about the new features of our site here. Unlike so many morrison books, you wont have to read a page twice to understand it, and much of that is down to morales. Accumulated wallet fatigue, coupled with the start of the festive spending and holiday period, may explain some of the bargains which were. Action comics 1978 whitman action comics 1998 us postal service stamp set 53 of 53 in stock. Action comics is an american comic bookmagazine series that introduced superman, one of. Action comics 2016 3rd series action comics philippine series 1938 atlas publishing. This multiday cc event marks the end of 2017s fourth quarter auction cycle, during which four houses held original comic art auctions. Action is a controversial weekly british anthology comic that was published by ipc magazines, starting on 14 february 1976 concerns over the comic s violent content saw it withdrawn from sale on 16 october 1976. The oa offerings in this cc auction were slightly underwhelming, although hammer prices generally remained firm. Comic books for sale buy dc, marvel comic books online. For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic. That started to move the comic book world from recycled comic strips and new comic strips to a world of superheroes. Metropolis comics and collectibles metropolis collectibles.
Nicolas cages nearlypristine copy of action comics no. Action comics is an american comic book magazine series that introduced superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The sale of the book, which has been certified as the worlds highest graded copy at cgc 9. These excellent reproductions include all covers and advertisements from the original comics. Its the holy grail of comic collecting, and weve never auctioned a highergraded, unrestored copy. With this renumbering comes a new creative team featuring comics legend grant morrison and fanfavorite artist rag morales. After superman saves a group of miners from a cavein, clark kent senses a story that may mean that the mines owner, thorton blakely, is actually running unsafe mine operations and blaming accidents on the miners themselves.
The issue was published in 1938 and cost just 10 cents. Market report december 2017 comicconnect auction cbsi. He runs metropolis collectibles and the auctionconsignment house comicconnect in new york city. In the nearly 15 years since our first auction, weve offered a total of 18 complete copies of the iconic issue, but only nine of those had earned the cgc blue universal label. Golden age superman and action comics at comicconnect. We offer free comic book pull list subscription service. One of the first comics it would start out with reprints from the newspaper funny pages then move on to a mix of that and original characters such as prof.
April focused auction has closed thanks to all participants. Sep 03, 2014 vincent zurzolo and his partner stephen fishler, owners of metropolis collectibles in manhattan, set a new record for the nearly pristine action comics no. You cant always predict what copies will be made available for sale in the future. Il sagit du premier comic dans lequel est apparu superman. It reappeared the following month, in toneddown form, and continued publication until 12 november 1977, at which point it was merged with battle picture weekly.
Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. The release of that comic book quickly launched a superhero boom, as superman was so popular that every existing comic book company wanted to have. As a result, the original art for nearly all the classic early works in comic books is lost forever, shredded and tattered, buried in landfills or incinerated and gone to ash.