COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Action Comics 397 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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Twin Cities
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Certification #:
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0915492003
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Owner:
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Brandon Shepherd
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
“The Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman!”
Cover Date: February, 1971
Leo Dorfman story
Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson art
Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson cover
1971 calendar pin-up.
Robot cover.
"Untold Tales of the Fortress" story - “The Super-Captive of the Sea!”
Grade Date: 09/29/2011
Acquired: 03/11/2018 - 1 of 3 in 9.8 when purchased.
A sad cover published at the twilight of the Silver Age, with many visual elements that have that "vintage" comic book feel, from the defunct robots in the closet to the futuristic cityscape in the background, all true the era’s concept of how the future was visualized. Cover artist Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson are great together, and having the Twin Cites copy of this issue is a plus. Speaking of the Twin Cities collection, this piece does not have the distracting distributor markings bleeding through the top or back cover (still visible on the top page edges) like so many other examples from the collection. The yellow and red title logo really shine with vibrancy, I also won this book five days after I won the Pacific Coast copy Action Comics #398.
The book was graded in 2011, the inner well of the piece had a big distracting dimple in the back, with several distracting scuffs on the front. I sent it for a ReHolder in November of 2018, thankfully it came back free of Newton Rings and now displays much better, well worth the ReHolder fee.
From MySlabbedComics.com
Twin-Cities Pedigree
The unfortunate death of collector Gary Dalhberg of Minneapolis, MN in a 2010 house fire brought to market his extensive collection that was dubbed the Twin Cities pedigree. The condition conscious Dalhberg had accumulated extensive runs of Marvel, DC and other publishers from the Silver Age and above. The collection of over 6000 comics includes many top census copies of Silver Age comics and the books were consigned through Heritage Auctions
From HA.com
Dahlberg, who passed away in July 2010, was a meticulous collector who also had the advantage of working at a bookstore as a high school student in the early 1960s, with the opportunity to buy new comics from the store owner before they were put out on the stands.
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