Action Comics #241 Values

Publisher: DC, 1958

About Action Comics #241

Batman appearance. First appearance of the Fortress of Solitude (aka Fort Superman). Curt Swan cover. Wayne Boring, Jim Mooney, and Howard Sherman art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Super-Key to Fort Superman!

Characters: Superman

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: Stan Kaye

Notes: Cover shows key to Fortress as a giant skeleton key.

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: The Super-Key to Fort Superman

Characters: Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Batman; scientist

Synopsis: Batman has broken into Superman's Fortress of Solitude as a birthday prank, so Superman searches the place for clues.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Jerry Coleman

Pencils: Wayne Boring

Inks: Stan Kaye

Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #16 (September 1981), | World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #173 (February 1968), | Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([Summer] 1960)

Notes: Superman's original Fortress appeared in Superman #58 (May 1949), no resemblance to the current version. Called Fort Superman on the cover, inside it's called the Fortress of Solitude. Though the fortress key on the cover is shown as skeleton key, in this story the classic square edged version is shown. The lower right corner of the splash page, which depicts Superman sitting in a chair and using his super-vision, is used as the illustration that appears at the top of the Metropolis Mailbag letter column in Action Comics #245-271 and Superman #124-145.

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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	0	0	1	4	9	14	10	12	10	4	10	9	6	5	4	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	106
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	14	10	12	10	4	10	9	7	5	4	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	108

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