Action Comics (1938 DC) comic books 1968 or later

Action Comics (1938 DC) 444 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4641456001

First 25-cent cover price. "Beware the Hero-Killers!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Sinestro hires two alien assassins to kill Green Lantern, using Superman as their weapon. "The Black Canary is Dead!", script by Elliot S! Maggin (script) and Mike Grell (plot), art by Mike Grell; At the behest of the boys father, Green Arrow tries to talk Tommy Genetta out of hanging around with a crowd of juvenile delinquents and junkies, who have indirectly caused the death of Tommys big brother Frankie through an overdose; Black Canary guest-stars. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 466 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4641456002

Cover art by Neal Adams. You Can Take the Man Out of the Super, But You Can't Take the Super Out of the Boy, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Lex Luthor turns Superman, Batman, and Flash into kids. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 485 VF+ 8.5

Cover by Neal Adams. "The Experiment That Backfired on Superman", script by Cary Bates (pgs. 1-3; 17) and Dennis O'Neil (pgs. 4-16), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Joe Rubinstein (pgs. 1-3, 17) and Murphy Anderson (pgs. 4-16); En route to the laboratory of Professor Bolden to help test a new energy source, Superman is attacked by a pair of thieves using Bolden's device; while unconscious, Superman dreams of Professor Bolden's first experiment: the Kryptonite Engine; Clark Kent begins his TV career. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 521N VG/FN 5.0

Newsstand Edition. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Deadly Rampage of the Lady Fox," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; In New York City, the Vixen steals a van full of furs that belong to entrepreneur Mordecai Mule; Superman, attending a function at Madison Square Garden, learns of the robbery and gives chase; Superman and Vixen team up to stop a horde of elephants. "Grow, Little Growfish!", script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Vince Colletta; Off the coast of Virginia, Aquaman experiments with his telepathic powers by sending out a routine mental scanning wave; He discovers a large, gelatinous organism that shrinks in size; Aquaman contacts the Atom, who teleports over to investigate. 36 Pages, Full Color, $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 544D FN 6.0

Direct Edition. Special 45th anniversary issue. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dick Giordano. "Luthor Unleashed!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; Barely alive after his latest fight with Superman, Luthor heads to Lexor to recover, where he meets his son for the first time; Meanwhile, back on Earth, one of Luthor's robots takes revenge in his master's stead. Luthor illustration by George Perez. Happy 45th Anniversary, Superman! article by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Congratulations, Superman! illustration by Joe Shuster. "Rebirth!", script by Marv Wolfman, art by Gil Kane; With Superman's unwitting help, Brainiac escapes his prison, experiences the depth and breadth of the universe, and reforms as an entirely new kind of being; Then Brainiac lures Superman to Systus 2, where he robs the hero of his powers, and greets him in his new form for the first time. The New Brainiac illustration by Ed Hannigan and Dick Giordano. 68 Pages, Full Color, $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 684REP.3RD CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Third Printing.

Label #4590648018

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This is a third printing of Action Comics 684. 36 pages, Full Color, $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 775A CGC 9.6 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #4630917011

1ST PRINTING! WRITTEN BY JOE KELLY;ART BY DOUG MAHNKE, LEE BERMEJO AND MARLO ALQUIZA; COVER BY TIM BRADSTREET Extra-sized issue! Has Superman become outdated in our modern world? A new aggressive team of metahumans called the Elite certainly thinks so, and they're about to wreck the Man of Steel's truth, justice and American way! And if a lot of innocent bystanders get killed in the process, so be it! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $3.75.