Action Funnies #1

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

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Key Facts

Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title 'Action Comics' and a way to prevent competitors from stealing a similarly named title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #10

The cover art was later used for Action Comics #3

Harry Donenfeld, the publisher of DC at the time also created ashcans with the title Double Action Comics and Triple Action Comics

There are three copies of the Action Funnies ashcan known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 8.5 sold in 2021 for $57,600

One ungraded sold in 2012 for $10,157.50

Issue Details

Publisher

DC

Cover Artist

Leo O'Mealia

Published

January 1937

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