For those who have an Action Comics #8 - You can solve the Mystery

[DarrenSmith]

I'm trying to identify when Action Comics went from having a combination of color and black and white pages, to being full color. I know #7 has a combination, so I am hoping my fellow board members who may have an early Action comic to check their copy(ies) and report in this thread if it is a full color issue or not.

 

Hopefully, this will narrow down the issue if not identify it.

 

Thanks

[nearmint]

I doubt there's any b&w in issues 21-50. If I had to guess, b&w stories probably ended in the early to mid teens.

[Point Five]

This will get you a little closer: I have coverless copies of #15 & #16 and they're full color throughout by then. I'll have to leave it to someone with a better collection to fine-tune between #8 & #14. What is the Superman story?

[DarrenSmith]

This will get you a little closer: I have coverless copies of #15 & #16 and they're full color throughout by then. I'll have to leave it to someone with a better collection to fine-tune between #8 & #14. What is the Superman story?

 

Thanks Point Five! You have narrowed it down quite a bit.

 

I have also changed the title of the post to reflect this.

[ecfanman]

I have a coverless #14 that is missing the two outer wraps. All of the pages are color. Since the missing pages are part of the Superman and Zatara stories, I would say the whole comic was color.

[Filter81]

I own an Action Comics 9 and 10. I've never gone through the 10 but the 9 is a low grade copy and it is color throughout.

[Point Five]

...hmm, so would that make it #8? Hey Darren, if you can tell us the content of the Superman story (and I'm curious at this point anyway), that will make it easy to look it up & confirm.

[DarrenSmith]

...hmm, so would that make it #8? Hey Darren, if you can tell us the content of the Superman story (and I'm curious at this point anyway), that will make it easy to look it up & confirm.

 

Actually, it would be #8 or #9

 

#7 is a combination of Color + Black & White

#8 still unknown

#9 is full color

 

So we need someone with a copy of Action Comics #8 to chime in. Anyone, Ian?

 

Point Five, I don't understand what you mean by what Superman story? For many years I have been wanting to know when Action Comics went to full color. Not sure how I would know what the Superman story is, if I don't know the issue.

[Elvis]

This thread is exactly why these message boards are the very best for collectors... I cant imagine finding out this kind of deep collector info even 5 years ago... You guys kick @$$.

[Point Five]

Point Five, I don't understand what you mean by what Superman story? For many years I have been wanting to know when Action Comics went to full color. Not sure how I would know what the Superman story is, if I don't know the issue.

 

Sorry Darren, I misunderstood...I thought you had a coverless early Action you were trying to identify, as is often the case when someone asks for clues like these. No worries.

[ecfanman]

According to the GCD (Grand Comic Book Database), Action 1-7 have two black and white stories. Action 8-13 have two stories that are red, black and white. Not having these comics I can't verify it, but I have other early DC's that have stories in red, black and white. They are not full color.

 

So, Action 7 appears to be the last issue with black and white stories, but #14 is the first issue with "full" color on all of the stories.

 

Does this make sense?

[esquirecomics]

According to the GCD (Grand Comic Book Database)

 

Excuse my ignorance, but what's this?

[Norrin_Radd]

According to the GCD (Grand Comic Book Database)

 

Excuse my ignorance, but what's this?

 

www.comics.org

 

 

 

It's a great resource. Almost 90,000 comics listed.