Man of Action
Action Comics 398
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Action Comics 398 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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Pedigree:
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Pacific Coast
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Certification #:
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0147839011
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Owner:
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Brandon Shepherd
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
“The Pied-Piper of Steel!"
Cover Date: March 1971
On-Sale Date: 01/28/1971
Leo Dorfman story
Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson art
Neal Adams and Dick Giordano cover
Supergirl appearance.
"Untold Tales of the Fortress" story - “Spawn of the Unknown”
Grade Date: 01/07/2008
Acquired: 03/06/2018 - 1 of 2 in 9.8 when purchased.
I first noticed this pedigree piece on the CGC website gallery in 2008. A terrific Neal Adams cover from THE Silver Age pedigree with perfect cover registration and white pages, I had to have it. I wondered for several years if this book would ever come up for sale, or if it would remain locked away in a private collection, or worse yet, end up lost or damaged. I added “Action Comics #398 CGC 9.8 Pacific Coast” to several want lists online, I even put out a WTB posting on the CGC boards. I didn't just want any copy of this issue in 9.8 grade, I wanted the Pacific Coast copy. I also searched the other Action Comics sets in the CGC Registry for this piece and no one had it.
In December 2017 a ComicLink preview listed this piece along with two other Action Comics examples from the Pacific Coast pedigree, scheduled for auction in March of 2018. After a decade of dreaming I finally got my chance. In the end, the realized price was much less than I expected. Of course the condition of the book is phenomenal, a real treat to reward a decade of dreaming.
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