Action Comics #7 Court Copy (DC, 1938) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $204,000
Sold: Sep 13, 2020
Action Comics #7 Values
Publisher: DC, 1938
About Action Comics #7
Superman's second cover appearance, by Joe Shuster. Interior art by Shuster, Fred Guardineer, and Bernard Baily. Currently #8 on Overstreet's list of Top 100 Golden Age Comics.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Joe Shuster
Inks: Joe Shuster
Letters: typeset
Reprints: Superman Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn] (1939)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Curly; George Taylor (unnamed); Jordan; Derek Niles (villain); Trigger
Synopsis: The Jordan Circus is having a rough go of it and the promissory notes are coming due, so Superman decides to join the circus to help it pay off those notes and get it back into the black.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils: Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks: Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?
Letters: Paul Lauretta
Notes: Wears yellow boots, "S" symbol is all yellow; synopsis added by Craig Delich.
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 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Total | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
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