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CHURCH COPY ACTION COMICS #1

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Aman619

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Few collectors or dealers have actually seen it. And not for many years. But. Fischler for one remembers it 9.2ish. Its not one of the perfectly solid unblemished Church 9.8s... but its still the nicest Action #1 ever found to date. I have seen the next best few copies amd they have their flaws, while being very very nice looking books especially being Action #1s.

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Harvey Dude

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Few collectors or dealers have actually seen it. And not for many years. But. Fischler for one remembers it 9.2ish. Its not one of the perfectly solid unblemished Church 9.8s... but its still the nicest Action #1 ever found to date. I have seen the next best few copies amd they have their flaws, while being very very nice looking books especially being Action #1s.

 

In the mid eighties, I had the fortunate experience of holding that book in my hands. Grant it that I am not an expert on grading, I did not see any problem with the book. I would have rated it a 9.4. cloud9.gif

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The picture is from an article by Tom Andrae in Overstreet 18. Since it appeared with a caption & article talking about the original, and since the author usually knows what he is doing, I assumed it was the real thing. I'll know to double check the next time I post something from the guide.

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BradleyX2

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Few collectors or dealers have actually seen it. And not for many years. But. Fischler for one remembers it 9.2ish. Its not one of the perfectly solid unblemished Church 9.8s... but its still the nicest Action #1 ever found to date. I have seen the next best few copies amd they have their flaws, while being very very nice looking books especially being Action #1s.

 

 

Here's probably the nicest copy of Action Comics #1 you'll ever see:

 

 

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Unfortuantly, it's a fake. frown.gif

 

 

 

Here's the nicest *real* copy I could find online:

 

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Now that's nice! cloud9.giftakeit.gif

 

 

 

And cause it's so infamous, he's probably the one in worst condition you'll ever see:

 

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The famous "Moldy" copy. foreheadslap.gif

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The picture is from an article by Tom Andrae in Overstreet 18. Since it appeared with a caption & article talking about the original, and since the author usually knows what he is doing, I assumed it was the real thing. I'll know to double check the next time I post something from the guide.

 

There are two tell-tale signs of the reprint. One is that the two large rocks to the right of the car's front grill are missing. The other is that the light reflection on the car's fender is missing.

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