Action Comics #238 (DC, 1958) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages....
Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $1,560.00
Sold: Nov 21, 2021
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Publisher: DC, 1958
About Action Comics #238
Superman/gorilla cover by Curt Swan. Art by Wayne Boring and Jim Mooney.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superman; King Krypton
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Credit for cover letterer from Brian Lamken via the Error Tracker.
Reprints: Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman; King Krypton; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: Jimmy summons Superman to Africa with his signal-watch when he encounters a gorilla with super-powers. Superman deduces that the giant ape is from Krypton, and later it sacrifices itself to save Superman from Green Kryptonite, revealing that it was really a Kryptonian human accidentally transformed into a gorilla.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Otto Binder
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye
Reprints: Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas (DC, 1976 series) #1 (Winter 1976), | Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963)
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
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