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Front Cover: Action Comics #1

Action Comics #1

Issue Date: June 1938
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 4.0 (VG)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#06065414001
Page Condition: Off-White to White
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Price: $195,000
Status: SOLD!
The holy grail of comics!!!!! This is one of the best known certified examples for page quality. Approximately 75-100 copies of this first appearance of Superman by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegal are still believed to exist.

Front Cover: Superman #1

Superman #1

Issue Date: Summer 1939
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 5.5 (FN-)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0038923022
Page Condition: Cream to Off-White
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Price: $130,000
Status: SOLD!
Do I really need to say anything here!!!
Front Cover: Batman #2

Batman #2

Issue Date: Summer 1940
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 9.2 (NM-)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0123274001
Page Condition: Off-White to White
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Price: $39,000
Status: SOLD!
If you're looking for an issue of Batman that displays both a cover and interior art from Mr. Kane, your search is restricted to issues #1 through #5. Between the covers of this issue you will find the second appearances of the Joker and Catwoman.

Ranked 58th out of 100 Top Golden Age Age book by Overstreet. If you want to own the highest certified copy, then look no further!!!! It just does not get better than this beautiful copy!

Overstreet 2005 NM- value = $21,000.

Front Cover: Green Lantern #1

Green Lantern #1

Issue Date: Fall 1941
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 9.0 (VF/NM)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0066171001
Page Condition: Off-White to White
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Price: $35,000
Status: SOLD!
Green Lantern earned his own book after a successful run in All-American Comics. This issue's story retells the origin of Alan Scott, the Golden Age bearer of the ring. The book features a cover by Howard Purcell and interior art by GL's creator Martin Nodell, with stories by Bill Finger. The issue is a Gerber "7."

This is the highest graded copy and ranked 16th out of 100 Top Golden Age Age book by Overstreet.

Overstreet 2006 VF/NM 9.0 value = $41,000; NM- 9.2 value = $58,000.

Recent comparable sales: One of the other CGC 9.0 copies, though that one with Cream to Off-White pages, garnered a $46,000 bid at the August 2005 Heritage  auction but didn't meet the $51,750 reserve.

Front Cover: All American #16

All American #16

Issue Date: July 1940
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 4.5 (VG+)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0001005002
Page Condition: Cream to Off-White
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Price: $28,000
Status: SOLD!
If you want the perfect book for investment and enjoyment, then look no further than this fifth ranked most valuable Golden Age book by the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide!! Listed as "rare" by Overstreet and a "7" by Gerber, this is this origin and first appearance of Green Lantern by Sheldon Moldoff (c/a) and Martin Nodell.

Overstreet 2006 GD 2.0 value = $9,650; VG 4.0 value = $19,300; FN 6.0 vlaue = $28,950

Front Cover: Superman #2

Superman #2

Issue Date: Fall 1939
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 8.0 (VF)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0010548008
Page Condition: Cream to Off-White
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Price: $15,500
Status: SOLD!
Published in the Fall of 1939 this second issue contains reprints of the daily comic strip and an ad for the NY World's Fair. Only one other copy has been graded higher than this beautiful and scarcely seen book. Ranked 70th of the Top 100 Golden Age Age Books by the Overstreet Price Guide.
Front Cover: More Fun Comics #56

More Fun Comics #56

Issue Date: June 1940
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 8.0 (VF)
Grade Service: CGC  
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Price: $11,000
Status: SOLD!
Scarce Gerber "8". First cover of Dr. Fate.

Front Cover: Comic Cavalcade #1

Comic Cavalcade #1

Issue Date: Winter 1942
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 8.5 (VF+)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0041328019
Page Condition: Off-White to White
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Price: $10,000
Status: SOLD!
Not only does this book features many of the classic GA superheros. The Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Wildcat, The Black Pirate by Moldoff, but it is the highest graded copy in existence! It is also just shy of being within the Top 100 Golden Age books according to the Overstreet Price Guide.

Overstreet 2005 VF 8.0 value = $6,545; VF/NM 9.0 value = $10,523.

Front Cover: All-Flash #1

All-Flash #1

Issue Date: Summer 1941
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 8.0 (VF)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0041328015
Page Condition: Off-White
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Price: $9,500
Status: SOLD!
Origin retold; ranked 55th out of 100 Top Golden Age Age book by the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.

A copy with lower quality Cream to Off-White pages was sold by Heritage Auctions on August, 9, 2006, for $9,337.50, and then on May 4, 2007, for $8,962.50. Another copy just sold on February 26, 2009, also with Cream to Off-White pages but also with some dried glue on the cover, for $8,365.00. To some collectors, the PQ means everything. Up to you!

THIS COPY IS PRICED AT BELOW GUIDE!

Overstreet 2008 VF 8.0 value $10,628; VF/NM 9.0 value = $18,314

Front Cover: All Star Comics #1

All Star Comics #1

Issue Date: Summer 1940
Publisher: D.C. Comics
Era/Age: Golden/Atom

Grade: 8.0 (VF)
Grade Service: CGC   ID#0056412017
Page Condition: Off-White
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Price: $8,800
Status: SOLD!
The first issue of one of the premier titles ever to be issued!! Overstreet ranks this as the 75th top book of the 100 most expensive Golden Age comics. As of February 14, 2009, there are only four higher certified copies than this one, and the prices on those will reach into the stratosphere!!!

Overstreet 2009 Guide VF 8.0 value = $8,700; VF/NM 9.0 = $15,600.

 
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