Someone should buy this Action #24...

[nearmint]

I'm only buying war covers, so it's not in my focus, but this Action #24 has been listed on eBay several times with no takers. Looks VERY nice for a 4.0. Just thought some of you might want a heads up...

 

Action Comics #24

[SuperBird]

methinks the F- range price has something to do with the lack of takers...

 

though it looks much better than a 4, doesn't it?

[nearmint]

How could $699 be the F- price? VG is $600 and FINE is $900. At $699, he's even shy of the VG/F price of $750. And that's assuming you hit the BIN. If you wait out the auction and end up the only bidder, you get it for $649.

 

Hey, it's no skin off my teeth, but if this book was within my collecting focus, I'd be all over it.

[SuperBird]

(as matt puts down his 2003 price guide and picks up PointFive's 2005 price guide...)

 

Sorry, VG+ range price, now that I look at a more current book!

[Silver Surfer]

Why are Action's so cheap in comparison to really any early Timely issue, especially Marvel Mystery.

[Durden08]

You'll notice someone did hit the buy it now but did not pay (see the sellers feedback left for others).

 

I collect war covers too, but am also interested in Actions under issue 40. However issue 24 has always been one of the least appealing covers to me for some reason.

[Point Five]

However issue 24 has always been one of the least appealing covers to me for some reason.

 

I was thinking the same thing, Durden, & I think that accounts for at least part of why this copy hasn't found a buyer. If you think about the #21-26 run, for instance, #21, 22 & 25 all have more dynamic & eye-catching Superman poses, plus color schemes with healthy doses of red & blue which give the covers a lot of eye appeal. #23 & #26 are dark-covered books which also have nice eye appeal, plus #23 is the first Luthor. And in terms of composition, Supes is too small on the cover of #24 and the figures in the foreground are too big. It's all subjective of course, but if I were going to binge on an early Action, this probably isn't the one I'd choose.

[nearmint]

True, it's certainly not the most dynamic cover in the run.

[The Less Blob]

seems like a reasonable price on what looks like a nice 4.0, although I'd like more and larger scans before I laid out $650 (I'm one to talk though, I still can't get decent scans, though mine are large...). It'll probably sell once someone out there's bonus check clears and they have some extra loot.

[nearmint]

True about the scans, but the seller is well known and very reliable.

[Durden08]

I believe I saw this book sold at a Heritage auction not too long ago. Anyone looking for a larger scan may want to check the Heritage archives.

[nearmint]

Must've been a while ago. Midnightshadow has probably offered this book a half a dozen times with no takers.

[Durden08]

Here is a bigger scan of the book from an August Heritage auction. It does look pretty nice for a 4.0. Not a bad deal really.

 

[The Less Blob]

is that a spine split on the bottom with the white microwhatever paper popping through? is there a huge chunk missing out of the back or something?

[nearmint]

I've never cracked a slab. Would the micro chamber paper be inserted right up to the spine?

[The Black Hand ®]

I've never cracked a slab. Would the micro chamber paper be inserted right up to the spine?

 

Yes.

[PovertyRow]

I've never cracked a slab. Would the micro chamber paper be inserted right up to the spine?

 

The microchamber paper has a habit of kind of going to where it wants to go. I have seen it top, botom, left, right and all manner of iteration of same. There is no true dependency for where the microchamber will ultimately (if such a thing is possible) lay.

[tth2]

However issue 24 has always been one of the least appealing covers to me for some reason.

 

I was thinking the same thing, Durden, & I think that accounts for at least part of why this copy hasn't found a buyer. If you think about the #21-26 run, for instance, #21, 22 & 25 all have more dynamic & eye-catching Superman poses, plus color schemes with healthy doses of red & blue which give the covers a lot of eye appeal. #23 & #26 are dark-covered books which also have nice eye appeal, plus #23 is the first Luthor. And in terms of composition, Supes is too small on the cover of #24 and the figures in the foreground are too big. It's all subjective of course, but if I were going to binge on an early Action, this probably isn't the one I'd choose.

Aren't there any Superman collectors out there who just want to fill up their Action run?

[buttock]

I'm only buying war covers, so it's not in my focus, but this Action #24 has been listed on eBay several times with no takers. Looks VERY nice for a 4.0. Just thought some of you might want a heads up...

 

Action Comics #24

 

Does it have a 1.5 inch spine split at the top?

[SuperBird]

Aren't there any Superman collectors out there who just want to fill up their Action run?

 

 

That's actually one of my favorite covers. It seems to come around pretty often, though, and I'm working on my run from the top down. (Top being 10-20 for me...)