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Action Comics 411

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COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Action Comics 411 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Pedigree: Winnipeg
Certification #: 0042519007
Owner: Brandon Shepherd

SET DETAILS

Custom Sets: This comic is not in any custom sets.
Sets Competing: Man of Silver and Bronze  Score: 320
Man of Action  Score: 320
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

“The Day They Sold Superman’s Fortress”
Cover Date: April, 1972

Leo Dorfman story, Nick Cardy cover
Curt Swan, John Calnan and Murphy Anderson art

Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) appearance.
Origin of Eclipso reprinted.

Grade Date: 01/22/2002
Acquired: 10/30/2011 - 1 of 5 in 9.8 when purchased.

I first saw this exact piece on the wonderful site ComicPedigrees.com, I thought to myself how I would love to have this piece in my collection. Several months later it was listed on eBay, it had to be mine. This piece originally came in a vintage first generation CGC holder, which I would have loved to have kept intact for historical purposes but the holder bore several scars and a crooked label - no way to show off a beautiful piece such as this. I had the holder replaced in January, 2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

"Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself" reprinted from House of Secrets #61 (August, 1963)

"The Girl Who Worshiped Clark Kent"

Other great Action Comics covers featuring the exterior of the Fortress of Solitude:
#241 (June, 1958)
#336 (April, 1966)
#407 (December, 1971)
#511 (September, 1980)

From MySlabbedComics.com
Winnipeg Pedigree

Sold in a few different lots this Marvel collection that spans the 1960s to Copper Age. A large portion were brought to market by Showcase New England during the late 1990s. Known for having the owner's name written on the top of the cover of the pre-1965 issues, there are many high quality examples of this pedigree, and there have been rumblings that these may just be the under copies of the original owner's collection!



 
 
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