2002 October Comic Auction - Session 1

Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages. Featuring the introduction of Superman, this book single-handedly raised the comic i

Action Comics #9 (DC, 1939) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Moderate (P) Off-white to white pages. Here's a clean copy of an early Action, featuring a no...

Action Comics #15 (DC, 1939) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. It was apparent by this issue that Superman was selling Action Comics, ev

Action Comics #68 (DC, 1944) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Little Suzy lands a big fish on this amusing cover with a little help from her pal,

Action Comics #224 Mohawk Valley pedigree (DC, 1957) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. This issue features the "Secret of Superman Island...

Action Comics #240 (DC, 1958) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages. "Can you solve the riddle of the Superman Sphinx?" We've tried, an...

Adventure Comics #32 (DC, 1938) CGC Apparent FN+ 6.5 Slight (P) Off-white pages. With this seminal issue, "New" was dropped from the title...

Adventure Comics #33 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1938) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. There is no doubt that Creig Flessel is the undisputed king o

Adventure Comics #34 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1938) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. Another great Flessel cover, displaying the more risky aspects of big game

Adventure Comics #35 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Greenpeace would love this cover. The pre-hero DCs were cherr

Adventure Comics #36 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. It simply can't get any better than this. Considering what comics fr...

Adventure Comics #37 (DC, 1939) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (P) Off-white pages. The classic pre-hero cover of Adventure, featuring a hippo getting a

Adventure Comics #38 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Appearing as new and sharp as its pre-hero companions, this c

Adventure Comics #39 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. The last of the pre-hero issues, featuring our man about to b

Adventure Comics #40 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC Apparent NM- 9.2 Slight (A) Off-white to white pages. Featuring the first newsstand appearance

Adventure Comics #41 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. This second Sandman issue features a classic Leo O'Meal...

Adventure Comics #42 (DC, 1939) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. This second Sandman cover is greytone, rendered by Craig Flessel. Adventure Sa

Adventure Comics #43 (DC, 1939) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages. Similar to early Actions, Adventure covers did not have their new hero on every cover, de

Adventure Comics #44 Larson pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Another classic Sandman cover, rendered in a sketchy style by

Adventure Comics #45 Larson pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC Qualified VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Fred Guardineer renders this action cover in promine

Adventure Comics #46 (DC, 1940) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white to white pages. The ultimate Sandman cover of the run. A combination of balance, color and sty

Adventure Comics #48 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. This major key issue of Adventure features the first appearance of Bernard

Adventure Comics #49 Larson pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. This issue showcases the last of the non-hero adventure covers--

Adventure Comics #50 Nova Scotia pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. This great Baily cover shows our hero in a perilous situatio

Adventure Comics #51 Nova Scotia pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Another brilliant example from the famed Nova Scotia collect

Adventure Comics #52 Nova Scotia pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Here's a classic Hourman cover by Bernard Baily that captures ...

Adventure Comics #53 Larson pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Hourman jumps into action on this Baily cover, taking down the ba

Adventure Comics #54 Larson pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Hourman goofs around with the Minutemen on this Baily cover. Sli

Adventure Comics #55 (DC, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Hourman takes the bad guy down judo-style on this cover, once again saving the day in the

Adventure Comics #56 (DC, 1940) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Hourman saves a young boy from becoming panther chow on this cover, as he puts the wild

Adventure Comics #57 (DC, 1940) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Baily continues his run of Hourman covers with this issue. A dazzling copy with

Adventure Comics #58 (DC, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Hourman saves the crippled child from becoming concrete meat on yet another Bail

Adventure Comics #59 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Bailey finishes out his run of Hourman covers with this great example, featuring

Adventure Comics #60 (DC, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Sandman's last cover of the run (at least until his Simon and Kirby reinca...

Adventure Comics #61 (DC, 1941) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages. Featuring the introduction of Starman by Jack Burnley, the third superhero to ta

Adventure Comics #62 (DC, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Burnley's run of Starman covers captures the essence of the 1940s, and exe...

Adventure Comics #63 (DC, 1941) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. Burnley puts an Atom-like spin on this cover, featuring Starman serving up a fiv

Adventure Comics #64 (DC, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Burnley's Starman gives the heave-ho to his would-be assailant, sending him sailing...

Adventure Comics #65 (DC, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Burnley hits gold with this classic Starman cover. It also shows the lengths DC

Adventure Comics #66 (DC, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Another stunning Burnley Starman cover, this time showing our hero facing off

Adventure Comics #67 (DC, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. You just can't keep Jack Burnley down! Another fantastic cover featuring...

Adventure Comics #68 (DC, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages. This issue tends to turn up less frequently than others around it. A solid cop

Adventure Comics #69 (DC, 1941) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Starman goes "wild" on this cover, as he takes on a giant grizzly bear who has...

Adventure Comics #70 (DC, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. As his covers draw to a close, Jack Burnley delivers yet another classic Starman cover,

Adventure Comics #71 (DC, 1942) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Burnley's second-to-last cover of the run has Starman duking it out with a ...

Adventure Comics #72 (DC, 1942) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Burnley's last cover of the run ranks among the best of DC Golden Age, uti...

Adventure Comics #73 (DC, 1942) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. Introducing the Manhunter, Simon and Kirby take classic covers to a new height,

Adventure Comics #74 (DC, 1942) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Starting with this issue, Simon and Kirby's revamped version of Sandman wou...

Adventure Comics #75 (DC, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages. Sandman and Sandy battle the Villain from Valhalla in this issue, another Simon and Kirby c

Adventure Comics #76 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1942) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Sandman crashes a thieves' party Batman-style on this S...