ACTION COMICS (1938-2011) #242
CGC VF: 8.0
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Monday, 12/12/2016 1:55 PM
$14,000
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: crm/ow pgs; Mohawk Valley Copy
Curt Swan cover; origin & 1st app. Brainiac; 1st app. of the shrunken city of Kandor; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)
Marc Lasry Collection
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Curt Swan cover; origin & 1st app. Brainiac; 1st app. of the shrunken city of Kandor; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)
Marc Lasry Collection
DESCRIPTION
crm/ow pgs; Mohawk Valley Copy
Curt Swan cover; origin & 1st app. Brainiac; 1st app. of the shrunken city of Kandor; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)
Marc Lasry CollectionBrainiac makes his first appearance in Action Comics #242 as a brilliant alien android with penchant for shrinking cities and storing them in bottles. That also explains why the shrunken Kryptonian city of Kandor make its own debut in this important chapter of Superman lore. Brainiac is now hotly rumored to finally make his big-screen debut in the upcoming Superman: Legacy—with the fannish anticipation helping to ensure that Brainiac's early appearances remain great investments!
The first appearance of Brainiac in issue 242 is notoriously tough to find in nice shape. The cover is awash with rich purples and, with a solid background, all flaws are apparent, not to mention the infamously low-grade paper quality of DC's early Silver Age output. Thus, this 8.0 copy is simply stunning to behold, clean and with few flaws exposed, with eye appeal way beyond its unusually high grade.ÿýÿý
ÿýÿýOverstreet Guide 2016 VF (8.0) value = $4,000.ÿýÿý
ÿýÿýWe realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MOREÿýÿý
Artists Information
Swan was a house artist at DC working on titles like Tommy Tomorrow, he began gravitating towards Superman and his related books, Superboy, World's Finest and Jimmy Olsen, he would eventually leave DC thanks to his personality issue with Editor In Chief Mort Weisinger. He would eventually return and go on to be the artist that defined the look of Superman in the Silver Age, eventually becoming the editor of the title, but after thirty years of keeping up standards of all things Superman, Swan was given the boot in favor of John Byrne's Superman reboot, Swan's comic work began to taper off after this dismissal and he eventually retired, but will forever be recognized as the Silver Age Superman's finest artist.
James Noel Mooney was an American comics artist best known for his long tenure at DC Comics and as the signature artist of Supergirl, as well as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books. He sometimes inked under the pseudonym Jay Noel.
Curt Swan cover; origin & 1st app. Brainiac; 1st app. of the shrunken city of Kandor; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)
Marc Lasry CollectionBrainiac makes his first appearance in Action Comics #242 as a brilliant alien android with penchant for shrinking cities and storing them in bottles. That also explains why the shrunken Kryptonian city of Kandor make its own debut in this important chapter of Superman lore. Brainiac is now hotly rumored to finally make his big-screen debut in the upcoming Superman: Legacy—with the fannish anticipation helping to ensure that Brainiac's early appearances remain great investments!
The first appearance of Brainiac in issue 242 is notoriously tough to find in nice shape. The cover is awash with rich purples and, with a solid background, all flaws are apparent, not to mention the infamously low-grade paper quality of DC's early Silver Age output. Thus, this 8.0 copy is simply stunning to behold, clean and with few flaws exposed, with eye appeal way beyond its unusually high grade.ÿýÿý
ÿýÿýOverstreet Guide 2016 VF (8.0) value = $4,000.ÿýÿý
ÿýÿýWe realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MOREÿýÿý
Artists Information
Swan was a house artist at DC working on titles like Tommy Tomorrow, he began gravitating towards Superman and his related books, Superboy, World's Finest and Jimmy Olsen, he would eventually leave DC thanks to his personality issue with Editor In Chief Mort Weisinger. He would eventually return and go on to be the artist that defined the look of Superman in the Silver Age, eventually becoming the editor of the title, but after thirty years of keeping up standards of all things Superman, Swan was given the boot in favor of John Byrne's Superman reboot, Swan's comic work began to taper off after this dismissal and he eventually retired, but will forever be recognized as the Silver Age Superman's finest artist.
James Noel Mooney was an American comics artist best known for his long tenure at DC Comics and as the signature artist of Supergirl, as well as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books. He sometimes inked under the pseudonym Jay Noel.