The Zabra Collection-PRIMARY SET
Action Comics 351

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Action Comics #351 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Pedigree: Boston
Certification #: 0038862006
Owner: Zabra

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The Zabra Collection-PRIMARY SET
Date Added: 6/3/2010
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

ACTION COMICS #351 CGC 9.6-THE BOSTON PEDIGREE

This cover along with Action Comics #353 were inspired by a real-world conflict: the circulation war between Superman and his once-fiercest newsstand competitor, Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel-a caped champion who invoked the powers of the mythological gods by shouting the word "Shazam!" Though the good Captain was forced into retirement in 1953, depriving millions of younger readers of the chance to see Superman and his rival duke it out for the championship title of "World's Mightiest Mortal," Action Comics provided the next best thing in 1967: a battle royal between the Action Ace and the thinly disguised "Zha-Vam." To no one's surprise, Superman won. By all accounts, he accepts no substitutes, whether they be the villainous Zha-Vam or Captain Strong from Action Comics #421, who was strong to the finish, 'cause he ate his "alien seaweed," which gave the squinty-eyed, pipe-smoking captain the bulging biceps of another, more famous sailor man. Metropolis, apparently, had room for only one True Blue-SUPERMAN.

Cover Date: June 1967
On Sale Date: April 27, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger
Cover Penciller: Curt Swan
Cover Inker: George Klein

Stories:
Superman : "Zha-Vam the Invincible"
Supergirl : "Jimmy Olsen Marries Supergirl"
  
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