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Action Comics 397

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COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Action Comics 397 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Pedigree: Twin Cities
Certification #: 0915492003
Owner: Brandon Shepherd

SET DETAILS

Custom Sets: This comic is not in any custom sets.
Sets Competing: Man of Silver and Bronze  Score: 240
Man of Action  Score: 240
Research: See CGC’s Population Report

Owner's Description

“The Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman!”
Cover Date: February 1971
On-Sale Date: 12/31/1970

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.

Superman is in despair in this cover published in the twilight of the Silver Age. What a "vintage" comic book vibe with the defunct robots in the closet and the futuristic cityscape on the left. 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.



 
 
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