Action Comics #34 (DC, 1941) CBCS NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages....
Auction amount: $9,600.00
Sold: Sep 12, 2021
Action Comics #34 Values
Publisher: DC, 1941
About Action Comics #34
Superman cover by Fred Ray. Jack Burnley, Sheldon Moldoff, George Papp, and Bernard Baily art. Contains a full-page ad for World's Best Comics #1.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Fred Ray
Inks: Fred Ray
Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Doris Laurey; Jim Laurey (villain); Crawford (villain)
Synopsis: Clark Kent gets the assignment to look into a young heiress, who has only only inherited her late father's coal mines, but intends to operate them...that is, until her Uncle decides to put her out of the way.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils: Jack Burnley [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks: Jack Burnley [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes: Superman next appears in World's Best Comics #1 on sale February 10, 1941.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
Grade | 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 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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 |
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
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