Man of Silver and Bronze
Action Comics 419

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Action Comics #419 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0700478019
Owner: Brandon Shepherd

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Man of Silver and Bronze
Date Added: 2/28/2008
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

"The Most Dangerous Man on Earth!"
Cover Date: December, 1972

Cary Bates and Len Wein stories
Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson and
Carmine Infantino art, Neal Adams cover

First appearance of the Human Target (Christopher Chance).
Partial photo cover.

Human Target: "The Assassin-Express Contract!"

Grade Date: 03/29/2006
Acquired: 05/18/2008 - won on eBay for $192.55

This piece first caught my eye as an eBay <b>Buy It Now</b> listing in 2006 or 2007. The price kept dropping and I kept waiting. Then one day the item was no longer listed. Other 9.8 copies popped up here and there but there was always something distracting, like off-white pages or a miswrapped cover.

A few years later a 9.8 copy with white pages and a perfectly centered cover surfaced on eBay. It turned out to be the copy I missed out on originally. I am so pleased to have gotten a second chance to add this piece to my collection. This was also one of my first early Bronze Age examples, purchased during the first few years of my CGC collecting.

I use terms like "classic cover" and "key" conservatively when it comes to comics books. I'm wondering if this cover could be designated as a true Bronze Age classic cover. The cover has been reproduced on t-shirts, posters and appears in several Superman related books showcasing various comic covers. The Human Target backup story is reprinted in <b>Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman the Deluxe Edition</b> by Various, 2018.
  
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