Adventure Comics #287 (DC, 1961) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $1,434.00
Sold: May 23, 2008
Adventure Comics #287 Values
Publisher: DC, 1961
About Adventure Comics #287
First appearance of Dev-Em. First appearance of Bizarro-Olsen and Bizarro Perry White in Bizarro backup story. Superboy cover by Curt Swan. George Papp art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Dev-Em; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue)
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye
Notes: Inker credit by Bob Hughes.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Dev-Em (introduction); Jor-El; Lara (flashbacks); Krypto; Ron-Em; Leeta
Synopsis: Bad boy Dev-Em escapes Krypton and arrives on Earth
Pages: 12.670
Script: Jerry Siegel
Pencils: George Papp
Inks: George Papp
Reprints: Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #138 (May-June 1967), | Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)
Notes: Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn; we previously credited Otto Binder. Superboy origin retold. Includes "yellow sun" origin of his powers. Story concludes in the following issue.
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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
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