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Action Comics #389 Oakland

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

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"The Kid Who Struck Out Superman!"

Cover Date: June, 1970

Cary Bates and Leo Dorfman stories

Curt Swan and Win Mortimer art

Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson cover

Rogues Gallery by Murphy Anderson.

"The Mystery Legionnaire!"

Writer: Cary Bates

Penciler: Win Mortimer

Inker: Jack Abel

Grade Date: 08/26/2002

Acquired: 04/05/2015 - 1 of 5 in 9.8 when purchased.

I've always liked this cover, true Americana, also true Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson. This book is very sharp, with vibrant colors - the inks on the title logo look as if they are still drying. This newsstand fresh piece exemplifies everything my Action Comics run is all about: great covers from before my time with superb preservation. I first tried unsuccessfully for another 9.8 example of this issue on ComicLink in 2013, the final bid was $405, my max bid was $300. A few years later I got the Oakland copy on ComicConnect for only $175.

From MySlabbedComics.com:

Oakland Pedigree

This collection of 4000+ mostly superhero comics and surfaced at the 1998 Wondercon show. The collection, which spanned roughly 1967 to 1972, was accumulated in Oakland, CA by a collector who had first crack at the new offerings and handled the comics with extreme care.

From comicepedigrees.com:

The Oakland collection came to be in 1998 after the original owner brought samples to the Wondercon Convention and struck a deal with Vincent Zurzolo and Mike Carbonaro, who proceeded to drive the collection from California to New York. In it were over 4,000 comic books, primarily between the years of 1966 and 1974, accumulated as the owner was paid in comics by a liquor store in return for stacking shelves. He was very meticulous when handling his books, evident by the very high grades and page quality assigned to the collection over time. The books were sold as Oakland copies, although none of the copies have identifying marks on their covers.

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GA Collectibles
on 4/21/2015 at 6:58 AM

Nice first uploads! This one is posted as Featured Slab of the Day on the MySlabbedComics Facebook page, Like/Share the page if you can!

Brandon Shepherd
on 4/21/2015 at 10:12 AM

Thank you! This was a nice surprise!

bomber-bob
on 4/21/2015 at 1:14 PM

Old label, 9.8 Pedigree. It doesn't get any better than this. Awesome looking book, so newstand fresh.

Glad to see you are listing your collection here. Looking forward to more !

Title:	Action Comics #389 Oakland
Label Desc:	CGC - Universal (Blue) Default
Degree of Restoration:	Unrestored
Grade:	9.8
Pg Quality:	White
Pedigree:	Oakland
Grading Comments:
Signatures:	None
For Sale:	NFS
Views:	1655
Comments:	3
Posted:	4/20/2015
Assigned To Archive:	DC's Action Comics Issue 389; June 1970 view

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