circumstances Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 7:43 AM, CWill2021 said: Perhaps, THIS is the real Poor Man's Action Comics #1... Much closer! Okguy, Krydel4, Terry JSA and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 9/29/2022 at 8:08 PM, aardvark88 said: Action #2 Good $13k (most affordable). AND the best cover of the entire run! aardvark88, IngelsFan and Okguy 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 8:19 AM, Forbush-Man said: I consider Wonder Comics #1 (1939) the "Poor Man's Action #1"; You get the first Superman imitator with Wonder Man's first & only appearance (the 2nd super powered hero ever), it's unique, scarce and very undervalued considering it's place in history. JMHO. Well, I guess this one here should be the winner since it has already been tested and "proven" in a court of law, although I am not sure if a poor man can in fact afford a copy of this Wonder Comics 1. Okguy, Forbush-Man, aardvark88 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) My "Poor Man's Action 1" is the Brazilian Action reprint that can be found in 1938 Gazetinhas comics. I unfortunately don't have any of the Superman pages, but I have the full Zatara, Chuck Dawson, Pep Morgan, & Sticky Mitt Stimson stories in Gazetinhas 446 - 473 (each issue has 1-1/2 pages of each story) , plus the last page to Action 1 found in Gazetinhas 456. Some come with nifty covers like the Zatara & Pep Morgan shown here. Stack em all up and you have..... a "Poor Man's Action 1" Edited October 1, 2022 by gadzukes Mmehdy, Okguy and sfcityduck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 4:07 AM, Buzzetta said: You are wrong! Since I own a copy of 33, THAT'S the poor man's Action 1... I agree Okguy, Buzzetta and Shazam500 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okguy Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) Hi - oh yes Whiz #1 is very valuable - I love Captain Marvel - Shazam. Wished I owned this book! So, "Poor Man's" version of whatever is just a figure of speech / nomenclature to describe a lower priced alternative to a high priced item. These other books... Action Comic #33 and Superman #19, and Whiz #1 are similar in visual characteristics to Action Comics #1 but, more reasonable priced alternatives to the very high price of Action Comics #1. Edited October 1, 2022 by CWill2021 ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 9/29/2022 at 11:33 PM, sfcityduck said: I'll take this seriously. I'd say no. The reason Action 1 matters is not the cover image, its the first appearance and origin of Superman. Some people say Action 7 is the poor man's Action 1 (really upper middle class these days), but the only reason is that it is the second Superman cover. That's not a big enough tie to the true significance of Action 1 for me. After all, Action 2 is the second Superman story. No, I'd say what we should be looking for are Superman's origin story. And Superman 1 is not a poor man's anything. So I have two candidates: (1) is More Fun 101 (1945) - which fleshed out Superman's origin by telling us about his adventures when he was a boy (1st Superboy) and providing new details about Krypton: (2) is Superman 53 - the detailed origin story put out for a 10th anniversary issue: And both are affordable for normal income people. They could both work. Supes 53 could be the working poor man's Action 1, and More Fun 101 could be the skid row bum's Action 1. sfcityduck and Okguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I always thought the poor man's Action #1 was FFE #1 Larryw7 and gadzukes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 THIS is the Poor Man's Action #1 Larryw7, Forbush-Man and aardvark88 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 12:15 PM, pemart1966 said: THIS is the Poor Man's Action #1 I don't think poor people can afford those. I understand that some dealers have been getting six figures for trimmed copies that are missing the outer cover, so I can only imagine what a pristine copy would be worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BitterOldMan Posted October 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2022 Picked up hobo’s Action 1 at my LCS last week. Hoping to get a 9.8. Krydel4, Tri-Color Brian, Primetime and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) On 10/1/2022 at 3:32 PM, jimbo_7071 said: I don't think poor people can afford those. I understand that some dealers have been getting six figures for trimmed copies that are missing the outer cover, so I can only imagine what a pristine copy would be worth. If that's the case, we'll go with the $6.99 version in the post above... Edited October 1, 2022 by pemart1966 Okguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 9/29/2022 at 8:33 PM, sfcityduck said: I'll take this seriously. I'd say no. The reason Action 1 matters is not the cover image, its the first appearance and origin of Superman. Some people say Action 7 is the poor man's Action 1 (really upper middle class these days), but the only reason is that it is the second Superman cover. That's not a big enough tie to the true significance of Action 1 for me. After all, Action 2 is the second Superman story. No, I'd say what we should be looking for are Superman's origin story. And Superman 1 is not a poor man's anything. So I have two candidates: (1) is More Fun 101 (1945) - which fleshed out Superman's origin by telling us about his adventures when he was a boy (1st Superboy) and providing new details about Krypton: (2) is Superman 53 - the detailed origin story put out for a 10th anniversary issue: And both are affordable for normal income people. On 9/29/2022 at 8:40 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: Well, since Superboy and Superman are different characters (one is just a boy and the other is a MAN), my vote would be for #53...since I own it... Superman #53 is one of those books I’ve never not had at least 1 copy in my collection once I got my first copy. It’s just a great cover regardless of price. It’s a poster that sums up the whole damn character in one drawing…. sfcityduck, CHASEnBLUE, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post sfcityduck Posted October 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) On 10/1/2022 at 10:55 PM, N e r V said: Superman #53 is one of those books I’ve never not had at least 1 copy in my collection once I got my first copy. It’s just a great cover regardless of price. It’s a poster that sums up the whole damn character in one drawing…. For me, the comic cover which sums up the core of the Superman concept is this: Edited October 2, 2022 by sfcityduck GreatCaesarsGhost, Tri-Color Brian, Primetime and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post woowoo Posted October 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2022 This the only poor man's Action 1 and I have it in Poor condition Primetime, Okguy, Tri-Color Brian and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 10:24 AM, woowoo said: This the only poor man's Action 1 and I have it in Poor condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okguy Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) - Edited October 2, 2022 by CWill2021 ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 4:48 PM, CWill2021 said: - All you have to do to delete a post is click the three dots top right and click hide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 9:40 PM, woowoo said: All you have to do to delete a post is click the three dots top right and click hide I clicked the 3 dots on your post, but all it said was "report" or "share"...so I clicked "report". What does that do? Superman2006, GreatCaesarsGhost, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
