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Action Comics #419

Collection: Action Comics: Collection 1 - Silver/Bronze (1968-1975)

"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 Buy It Now 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 believe this cover should be designated as a classic cover by CGC. This 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 Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman the Deluxe Edition by Various, 2018.

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Rune Rasmussen
on 6/24/2017 at 5:25 AM

This is one of my favorite Superman covers of all time, Neal Adams truly shines here. Also the iconic cover is perfectly centered and the book has pure white pages - it simply doesn't get any better. Can't believe this gem is nearly 45 years old, it looks like being printed yesterday!

The original art cover can be seen here: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=464156

Brandon Shepherd
on 6/24/2017 at 12:38 PM

I've had this piece for the better part of a decade now. I first saw this slab on eBay as a BIN listing, the price was high and my $200 offer was politely rejected. The listing disappeared but reappeared several months later as a no reserve auction, then it was finally mine for a lower price. This was one of my more expensive books at the early stages of my CGC collecting journey, this was also a time when 9.8 examples prior to 1975 were still thought of as freaks.

I believe CGC should designate this as a "classic cover" on the label, just like Batman #251! I'm amazed to see the price range this book goes for in the various online auction houses, from $100 to $500 in 9.8! Even non-Superman fans look at this and go, “neat cover!"

Title:	Action Comics #419
Label Desc:	CGC - Universal (Blue) Default
Degree of Restoration:	Unrestored
Grade:	9.8
Pg Quality:	White
Pedigree:
Grading Comments:
Signatures:	None
For Sale:	NFS
Views:	736
Comments:	2
Posted:	4/21/2015
Assigned To Archive:	DC's Action Comics Issue 419; December 1972 view

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