COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Action Comics 437 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1497196002
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Owner:
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Brandon Shepherd
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"Magic is Bustin' Out all Over!"
Cover Date: July, 1974
Elliot Maggin story
Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger art
Nick Cardy cover
100 page issue.
Green Lantern, Flash, Batman and
Green Arrow appearance.
Grade Date: 11/29/2017
Acquired: 02/07/2018 - 1 of 2 in 9.8 when purchased.
For years the lone 9.8 in the census for Action Comics #437 was the Pacific Coast copy, that changed in November of 2017. In February 2018 my dream of having this 9.8 WHITE page grail became a reality.
The coloring is vibrant, thanks to a flat, clean glossy cover. The cover alignment is perfect also, with a clean back white cover. Love it! Let's not forget the dark cover edges, always unforgiving of defects. Speaking of covers, I love the appearance of all the other DC characters bursting out.
Another grail of mine was Action Comics #443, the only other 100 page issue in the Action Comics run. After basking in the glow of finding my first grail I told myself that I now needed Action Comics #437 in 9.8, five years to the month of getting Action Comics #443, I got to hold both books side by side.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
"Magic is Bustin' Out all Over!"
"The First Frogman!"
Reprinted from Showcase #28 (September-October, 1960).
"The Sea Devils vs. the Octopus Man!"
Reprinted from Sea Devils #1 (October, 1961).
"DC Cover Gallery"
Contains original covers of four issues reprinted within this issue:
Sea Devils #1, Mystery in Space #85, Western Comics #77 & My Greatest Adventure #3.
"Riddle of the Runaway Rockets!"
Reprinted from Mystery in Space #85 (August, 1963).
"The Barbed Wire Barricade!"
Reprinted from Western Comics #77 (October, 1959).
"Chief Hot Foot"
"I was King of the Daredevils"
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure #3 (May, 1955).
"The Man who Returned from the Dead!"
Reprinted from Doll Man #13 (Summer 1945).
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