A13-G
Action Comics 775

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Action Comics #775 Signature
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 1275669009
Owner: 13

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: A13-G
Date Added: 4/12/2019
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

ACTION COMICS # 775 CGC 9.8-SIGNATURE SERIES

SIGNED BY LEE BERMEJO

MARCH 2001

1ST PRINTING! 1ST APPEARANCE OF JUSTICE LEAGUE ELITE. WRITTEN BY JOE KELLY;ART BY DOUG MAHNKE, LEE BERMEJO AND MARLO ALQUIZA; COVER BY TIM BRADSTREET Extra-sized issue! Has Superman become outdated in our modern world? A new aggressive team of metahumans called the Elite certainly thinks so, and they're about to wreck the Man of Steel's truth, justice and American way! And if a lot of innocent bystanders get killed in the process, so be it! Cover price $3.75. In the classic one-off story, “What’s So Funny about Truth, Justice & the American Way?” by Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke, Lee Bermejo and a platoon of inkers, Kelly set Superman up against analogues of the “Authority,” a popular comic book series of the time which featured characters who used extreme measures in their fights. Here, Superman is viewed as outdated by the new heroes, The Elite, even as they end up accidentally killing many people despite being “good guys.” Superman seemingly goes dark himself to defeat them, but it turns out that he secretly stopped them with tricks designed to make it look like he was killing them, illustrating to the Elite what it felt like. The leader, Manchester Black, became an important villain in the Superman titles, and Joe Kelly later tried to redeem the Elite, installing Black’s sister as their new leader.
  
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