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Double Action Comics #2 (1940) CGC App.FN- 5.5

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:13,807.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Double Action Comics #2 (1940) CGC App.FN- 5.5
<B>Double Action Comics #2 (DC, 1940) CGC Apparent FN- 5.5 Slight (P) Off-white to white pages.</B></I> One of the few comics on Overstreet's Top 100 Golden Age books list that we had never offered before, this Gerber "10" was named one of the 20 rarest Golden Age books by <B>Comic Book Marketplace</B></I> (a list that included ashcans and the like). Note that this <I>isn't</B></I> an ashcan, though it's a book that surely had very limited distribution -- Overstreet puts the count at seven known copies, and five appear on the CGC census as of this writing. No issue #1 was distributed, though rumor has it that #1 exists as an ashcan (while the Overstreet Guide asserts this as fact, we have never laid eyes on a copy of #1). The contents are black and white, and it's fair to assume that this represented an experiment to see if a black-and-white comic would sell. The content is all pre-<B>Action</B></I> #1 DC fare (including Siegel and Shuster's Dr. Occult in two stories reprinted from different issues of <B>More Fun Comics</B></I>), and you'll recognize the cover as the image used on <B>Adventure Comics</B></I> #37 which came out the previous year. This is a 64-pager like other DCs of the day (despite the "double" in the title), and of course the similarity of the title to that of DC's flagship series leads to all sorts of intriguing speculation. The definitive history of this one-shot has yet to be written, but in any case, some very advanced Golden Age DC collectors have yet to secure this book, and we anticipate high demand and plenty of bidder competition. CGC notes, "Restoration includes: spine splits sealed to cover, tear seals to cover, cover reinforced." Overstreet 2007 FN 6.0 value = $4,500.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Comics - Slabbed (certified) (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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