Action Comics #250 (DC, 1959) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye. Art by Wayne Boring, Jim Mooney...
Auction amount: $334.60
Sold: Oct 1, 2006
Action Comics #250 Values
Publisher: DC, 1959
About Action Comics #250
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; John Bates
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Al Plastino
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; John Bates; Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis: John Bates has Clark Kent appear on his TV show "The Eye of Metropolis" in order to expose his double life as Superman.
Pages: 12.670
Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye
Reprints: Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 (January 1966)
Notes: Gene Reed and Craig Delich say Stan Kaye inked this story. We previously credited Boring.
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 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
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 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
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