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Superman (1939 1st Series) comic books in grade FN or better

  • Item #64013347
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    Published Feb 1952 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 74 CGC 7.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4664126006

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover art by Win Mortimer; 2nd Lex Luthor cover for this series. The Lost Secrets of Krypton starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superman's Masters starring Superman, Ernest Gadden, Kid Kole, and Miss Swift, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Al Plastino. Super Ships text story by David King. The Secret of Superman's Home starring Superman and Hatchet Kaims, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Share With Others! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64106705
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    Published May 1956 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 105 CGC 7.5 Restored

    Slight amateur restoration

    Paper: Off white

    Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.

    Label #0131322004

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman's Three Mistakes starring Superman and Jonathan and Martha Kent, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Mr. Mxyztplk's Secret Identity, art by Al Plastino. Superman, Slave, art by Al Plastino; Eldric forces Superman to do his bidding. Superman stars in a one-page public service announcement, Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64106724
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    Published Sep 1957 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 116 CGC 7.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #0244931001

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover art by Al Plastino. The Ray That Changed Superman starring Superman and Rex Malcolm, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. Disaster Strikes Twice, art by Al Plastino; Superman returns to Smallville. The Mechanized Superman starring Superman and Professor Ephraim Snively, art by Al Plastino; A Green Kryptonite dust cloud endangers Superman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64115932
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    Published May 1967 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 196 CGC 9.2

    Paper: White

    Label #2024632007

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. The Thing From 40,000 A.D.!, script by Bill Finger, art by Wayne Boring; Superman battles a lookalike. The Star of Steel! starring Superman, Lyrica Lloyd, Marcus Moller, Perry White, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Claude Keith, script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino. Letter to the editor from Irene Vartenoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #64099291
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    Published Aug 1967 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 199 CGC 7.0

    1st Superman vs Flash race

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    Label #4542748008

    Starts Jan 3

    1st Superman vs. Flash race. Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. Superman's Race With the Flash!, script by Jim Shooter, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; a very close race by the two fastest super-heroes; brief Justice League appearance; the first Superman/Flash race. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #63665504
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    Published Jan 1971 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 233 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #3827426025

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover art by Neal Adams. Superman Breaks Loose, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. Super-Turtle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jor-El's Golden Folly--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Murphy Anderson; Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #63004099
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    Published Jan 1974 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 271 CGC 9.8

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Label #4539527015

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Man Who Murdered Metropolis!, script by Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; As WGBS employess picket outside the building, they witness a mirror image of the Metorpolis skyline descending from the sky; When Superman investigates, he finds Brainiac, who announces that when the mirror image meets the real skyline, the latter will explode. The Warriors of Lightning Valley!--The Fabulous World of Krypton starring Jaxon the Lash, Vanaria, and Art-Al, script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Dick Giordano. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #63675347
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    Published Jun 1976 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 300 CGC 9.4

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4604876013

    Starts Jan 3

    Superman origin retold. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner. Superman, 2001!, script by Cary Bates and Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; What if Baby Kal-El landed on Earth in 1976? Found by the American military just ahead of the Soviets, Kal-El is raised as a ward of the Army; Tensions over the alien superhuman, now called Skyboy, boil over in 1990 with both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. launching missiles. Skyboy destroys all of the weapons and abandons his Skyboy identity to live as Clark Kent; In 2001, the Soviets send Moka to Times Square to declare himself the person who saved the planet in 1990 and the rightful ruler of mankind, but Clark comes out of retirement, this time as Superman, and exposes Moka for the fraud he is. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Item #64181454
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    Published Jun 1976 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 300 CGC 7.5

    Paper: White

    Label #4670109013

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    Starts Jan 26

    Superman origin retold. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner. Superman, 2001!, script by Cary Bates and Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; What if Baby Kal-El landed on Earth in 1976? Found by the American military just ahead of the Soviets, Kal-El is raised as a ward of the Army; Tensions over the alien superhuman, now called Skyboy, boil over in 1990 with both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. launching missiles. Skyboy destroys all of the weapons and abandons his Skyboy identity to live as Clark Kent; In 2001, the Soviets send Moka to Times Square to declare himself the person who saved the planet in 1990 and the rightful ruler of mankind, but Clark comes out of retirement, this time as Superman, and exposes Moka for the fraud he is. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Item #63665780
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    Published Nov 1977 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 317 CGC 9.4

    Paper: White

    Label #3866380024

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover art by Neal Adams. The Killer With the Heart of Steel!, script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Dan Adkins; Superman defeats Metallo, and Clark's new co-anchor is revealed. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Item #64076458
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    Published Jan 1978 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 319 CGC 9.6

    Paper: White

    Label #4652057003

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Bob Oksner. How To Make a Marshland Monster!, script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Parasite uses the new Solomon Grundy (who was created from slime touched by Earth-Two Grundy) to attack Superman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.