Action Comics #284 (DC, 1962) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....
Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $1,434.00
Sold: May 23, 2008
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Publisher: DC, 1962
About Action Comics #284
Mon-el appearance. Supergirl backup story. Curt Swan cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superman
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman; Madame Olga; Perry White; Mon-El; Supergirl; Krypto; Superboy (flashback); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Professor Vakox (intro); Jax-Ur; Dr. Xadu (flashback); three unnamed prisoners]
Synopsis: Superman uses red kryptonite to become baby-sized in order to get through a hole in the Phantom Zone that threatens to become larger.
Pages: 14.000
Script: Robert Bernstein
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
Letters: Joe Letterese
Reprints: Superman (DC, 1939 series) #212 (December 1968)
Notes: Note 1: Previous inking credit of Shelly Moldoff changed based on credits from Bob Bailey and others on chat list. Note 2: Previous issue also contained Superman and Supergirl stories containing Red Kryptonite. (Noted by Bob Bailey) Note 3: 2nd appearance of Mon-El
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
|
Qualified |
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 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
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