SuperBird Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 33! The yellow covers continue. For whatever reason, this one is significantly more highly sought after than other non-WW2 covers, regularly jumping in price out of what I'd consider the right range. Maybe it's the super-sized Superman? This is the 2nd copy I've owned. The first was bought as a raw unrestored GVG off of eBay in one of the handful of transactions that left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The cover was clearly married from another copy, and it had glue on the spine as well. The seller refused to accept a return because "glue and married pages are not restoration." I ended up keeping it rather than dealing with the aggravation, as the pages were bone white and it had great eye appeal anyway (plus was cheap). I later sold it at eBay auction as a restored Good. I replaced it with this lovely 6.5 from a ComicConnect auction a little while after. My wife approved of the grade. Edited April 28, 2020 by SuperBird pmpknface, Keys_Collector and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 13 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 33! The yellow covers continue. For whatever reason, this one is significantly more highly sought after than other non-WW2 covers, regularly jumping in price out of what I'd consider the right range. Maybe it's the super-sized Superman? I too never understood why this issue seems to pull in higher prices than surrounding issues. Must be because of Mr America? SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2020 ---the story of the stolen Action Comics 53, continued--- Action Comics 32! What a cool mad scientist cover. This is actually one of the tougher issues to find, and @Point Fivewas at some point kind enough to sell me a low grade copy he'd bought on these boards after I pestered him for days from the comfort of my office cube, a few cubes down from his (we've worked together for about 20 years). Once I decided to collect the entire run in slabs instead of raw, I upgraded to a sweet 6.0 I bought off of eBay, along with a great-looking Action 53 in 6.0 from a certain eBay buyer. I entered both into the CGC database, to which I received a lovely notification from CGC:These books have been reported stolen by @MikeinHI. I immediately contacted him through DMs, at which point he sent me the contact info of the police detective in charge of the investigation, as well as pointing me to this thread he'd started: I contacted the detective, a really nice and helpful guy in Hawaii, and he helped me navigate what steps to take, and how to deal with American Express, which I had fortunately used through PayPal. In the end I shipped the books to the police, who provided some formal documentation for me to give to AmEx. The first person I spoke with there said I was out of luck, and they could not provide buyer protection. The second person I spoke with, a few days later, said "of course!" The lesson being, it really depends who you speak with at any of these big companies (A lesson I learned 3 times over during my Action Comics 23 saga, which definitely puts this one to shame.) At the end of the day, Mike got the 2 books back, I got my money back, and I eventually bought this nice 4.0 copy off of an eBay BIN. You'd think that would be the end of the story, but no! A few years later, I got a follow up email from an unexpected source: "Matt, I’m sooooo sorry. I was in jail and just got released today. I was in for 18 months cus the guy I bought the comics from report it that I stole it from him. The police came into my home and raided my house and took all the books. I went straight to jail after that. I couldn’t make bail so I had to stay inside jail. I lost everything! I am innocent of the charges against me, please believe me. I hope you got all your money back from PayPal. If not, then please let me know." I never responded. :) thedude, Larryw7, Point Five and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Yorick said: I too never understood why this issue (33) seems to pull in higher prices than surrounding issues. Must be because of Mr America? Clearly Mr. America. :P It's also one of the more common issues to find, even among the surrounding issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2020 Action Comics 31! Yellow covers were all the rage in 1940, and this one is no exception. This eBay BIN had the right price, so I paid it. When they label this a "bondage cover", I really don't quite think this is the type of bondage covers collectors care about. But maybe that's just me. Not entirely sure what that symbol on the soldiers' helmets is... OtherEric, Keys_Collector, thedude and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 4 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 31! Yellow covers were all the rage in 1940, and this one is no exception. This eBay BIN had the right price, so I paid it. When they label this a "bondage cover", I really don't quite think this is the type of bondage covers collectors care about. But maybe that's just me. Not entirely sure what that symbol on the soldiers' helmets is... The symbol is the famous "We're not at war with Germany yet so we're suggesting but not actually showing a swastika" that you see variants of several places around 1938 to 1942. Timely was actually unusual in NOT using it on Cap #1 thedude, Keys_Collector, SuperBird and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 30, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2020 Action Comics 30! Do you like yellow covers? Then these are the comics for you! I won this old label copy at auction off of eBay a while back. pmpknface, OtherEric, Yorick and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted May 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2020 Action Comics 29! Now we're getting down to it. The first second Lois Lane cover. I am not entirely sure who collects Lois Lane covers, but apparently enough people do that this issue commands a premium. Note the lovely yellow cover, continuing the trend. When CGC first switched over to the new slabs, I stupidly passed on a sweet-looking 6.0 that ended up hammering well under FMV. At the time there was so much uncertainty with the new slabs, and I was questioning whether to even continue collecting GA books at the time on account of it. (time has proven me an insufficiently_thoughtful_person, as my wife will confirm.) I obtained my first copy of this book a while later from a ComicConnect auction, a decent looking restored 2.0 I won on a thrill bid. Within a month I'd flipped that copy and won this one from a ComicLink auction. Point Five, mlansdown, pmpknface and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 29! Now we're getting down to it. The first second Lois Lane cover. I am not entirely sure who collects Lois Lane covers, but apparently enough people do that this issue commands a premium. Note the lovely yellow cover, continuing the trend. When CGC first switched over to the new slabs, I stupidly passed on a sweet-looking 6.0 that ended up hammering well under FMV. At the time there was so much uncertainty with the new slabs, and I was questioning whether to even continue collecting GA books at the time on account of it. (time has proven me an insufficiently_thoughtful_person, as my wife will confirm.) I obtained my first copy of this book a while later from a ComicConnect auction, a decent looking restored 2.0 I won on a thrill bid. Within a month I'd flipped that copy and won this one from a ComicLink auction. This was the very first issue I got for my Action run. It was a CGC 4.0 that my wife got me for Christmas in 2004. I picked it out. I later upgraded to a CGC 6.0 mlansdown, Larryw7 and SuperBird 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Apparently we've solved the mystery of Lois Lane cover fans: our wives. comicdonna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 12:18 PM, SuperBird said: Action Comics 31! I've always been a fan of this cover (despite there not being a woman on the cover). Nice page quality! SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted May 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2020 Action Comics 28! I always liked the reds on this one. Bought off a random internet website. Larryw7, OtherEric, Keys_Collector and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 27! The true 1st cover appearance of Lois Lane. Also: 1st cover appearance of Superlion. I was going through a pretty rough time when this came up in a great ComicConnect auction with a near-full Action run. My father had been in and out of hospitals for months, and it was really wearing on me. I gifted myself this one as a cheer-me-up, as well as the 26 to immediately follow. It also started piquing my interest for higher grade books. Well, higher than 4.0 anyway. Edited May 3, 2020 by SuperBird Larryw7, OtherEric, pmpknface and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 6 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 27! The true 1st cover appearance of Lois Lane. Also: 1st cover appearance of Superlion. I was going through a pretty rough time when this came up in a great ComicConnect auction with a near-full Action run. My father had been in and out of hospitals for months, and it was really wearing on me. I gifted myself this one as a cheer-me-up, as well as the 26 to immediately follow. It also started piquing my interest for higher grade books. Well, higher than 4.0 anyway. I never quite found the right copy of 27 for my collection. I would be pleased to have that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted May 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2020 Action Comics 26! The other book I gifted myself along with the 27, above. IMO one of the under-appreciated covers of the run. pmpknface, Larryw7, comicdonna and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Action Comics 25! This is one of the more popular covers, though personally I'm not that into it. Something about the layout, with Supes' foot over the tiny boat in the background. It is featured on this little book of Action covers, which may explain part of it's popularity? I bought this copy as a BIN off eBay one night when I was blown out of a series of ComicConnect auctions I had intended to win. It was right in the midst of a Cthulhu RPG session, and I was multitasking between bidding and trying to stop the players saving the world from Azathoth. Larryw7, OtherEric, pmpknface and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 24! I was always a fan of this one, and it's the one book I'm still looking to upgrade. Bought this copy off of a dealer's site, which one I forget, but it was right after the new CGC cases came out. No additional waviness occurring in the years I have owned it. Edited May 6, 2020 by SuperBird OtherEric, telerites, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 9:54 AM, SuperBird said: Clearly Mr. America. :P It's also one of the more common issues to find, even among the surrounding issues. A 5.0 slightly brittle copy of Action 33 just sold for $1040 on eBay. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) On 4/28/2020 at 9:54 PM, Yorick said: I too never understood why this issue seems to pull in higher prices than surrounding issues. Must be because of Mr America? A slightly brittle 5.0 copy of Action 33 (other company) just sold for $1050 on eBay. Go figure. Edited May 6, 2020 by SuperBird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 I like AC25. The nice centered Superman leaping across the cover and the great color on the water... In years to come, they'll say that's Lois on the cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...