Action Comics #49 (DC, 1942) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $21,600.00
Sold: Sep 12, 2021
Action Comics #49 Values
Publisher: DC, 1942
About Action Comics #49
Superman cover by Fred Ray. Mort Meskin and Bernard Baily art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]
Pencils: Fred Ray
Inks: Fred Ray
Letters: typeset
Notes: Art confirmed by Fred Ray per Craig Delich. Archive Edition credits Ed Dobrotka (pencils) and John Sikela (inks); Abbeville Press's Superman in Action Comics credits Wayne Boring.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (cameo); The Puzzler (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Superman must battle a twisted intellect who utilizes the principles of parlor games, tricks and puzzles to commit clever crimes.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils: John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks: Ed Dobrotka
Notes: Pencil and ink credits are reversed in Archives. Art identification by Craig Delich and Bob Hughes.
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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
|
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
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