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The Zabra Collection-PRIMARY SET
Action Comics 459
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COMIC DETAILS
Comic Description:
Action Comics #459 Universal
Grade:
9.6
Page Quality:
WHITE
Certification #:
1260301003
Owner:
Zabra
SET DETAILS
Winning Set:
The Zabra Collection-PRIMARY SET
Date Added:
3/13/2017
Research:
See CGC's Census Report for this Comic
Owner's Description
ACTION COMICS #459 CGC 9.6-THE CHARLESTON COLLECTION
THE CHARLESTON COLLECTION
This wonderful new collection was unveiled by Metropolis Collectibles at the 2014 Javits Special Edition ComicCon in June 2014. The Charleston Collection is named after the West Virginia capital near where the collector once hailed, this incredible find boasts exhaustive runs of some of DC Comics' rarest and most collectible titles. From the Golden straight up through to the Copper Age, including extremely scarce war and horror issues that otherwise never come to market, and some of the scarcest Wonder Woman issues of the Golden Age, this collection is a real find!
The gentleman who built this run was a DC fanatic. He was such a huge fan of the publisher that he became a regular on the letters pages of several DC titles, and was determined to build as complete a run as he could of his favorites. Starting his buying off the newsstands in the mid-1960s, the dedicated fan soon searched out back issues of Golden and early Silver Age issues to complete his run -- not an easy task in those pre-comic-shop days. What's impressive is that he was building a run of rare Golden Age and tough 1950s DCs during the mid-60s, when it was nearly impossible to find a lot of this stuff, since cons and comic shops weren't even really a thing yet outside of major cities. But somehow he did it, including tracking down some of the toughest of Wonder Woman issues and early DC war issues that are really, really scarce. It's was a true labor of love for this collector.
Cover Date: May 1976
On Sale Date: February 26, 1976
Cover Price: $0.30
Page Count: 32
Circulation: 232000
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Cover Penciller: Ernie Chan
Cover Inker: Robert Oksner
Stories:
1.Superman : "Superman's Big Crack-Up"
2.Superman : "Two for the Taxi"
Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino (layout) and Ernie Chan, inks by Bob Oksner. "Twinkieless Gotham City" Hostess snack cakes ad, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. "Superman's Big Crack-Up!", script by Elliot Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; Universal Broadcasting Company creates the superhero Blackrock, hoping to increase their ratings against rival WGBS. "Two for the Taxi!", script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; Clark Kent solves the mystery of a kidnapped boxer. Statement of ownership: Average 232,000 for the last year. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.
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