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Cover: Joe Shuster

Action Comics #10

Mar 1939 · DC · 0.10 USD
📊 ~80,751 copies sold its debut month
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In "Superman Goes to Prison," Superman investigates the brutal conditions of the Coreytown Chain Gang after Clark Kent interviews a former inmate, uncovering a system built on cruelty and neglect. Written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Joe Shuster, this early tale sees the Man of Steel stepping into the shadows of a corrupt prison system, with Shuster’s iconic art and Paul Lauretta’s lettering bringing the story to life. The cover by Joe Shuster captures the tension of the moment, a 10-cent comic from 1939 that marks one of Superman’s earliest forays into social justice.

Contains 8 stories
Superman Goes to Prison
13 pp · Superhero
Walter CraneGovernor BixbySuperintendent Wyman
The Lefty Larroway Gang, Part 2
6 pp · Adventure, Crime
Lefty Larroway (villain)Mace (villain)Stoop (villain)Scoop's editor
The Intercity Basketball Tournament
6 pp · Adventure, Sports
Charley Allenthe coach
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Rex (a dog)
Episode 10
4 pp · Adventure, Historical
Nicolo PoloUncle MaffeoRajah Dahghis daughter ShelaGura KwasIshar
Shanghaied
10 pp · Adventure
Captain DevoeDebbyUncle Chester
The 4-G Gang, Part 10
6 pp · Western-Frontier
SlugButchTrigger
The Treasure of Ghenghis Khan
12 pp · Adventure, Superhero
a geniiGurraKyama

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $5,909
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $77,738*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $42,570*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $29,877*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $23,822*
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CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $20,607*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $17,315*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $12,210*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $11,394*
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $11,394*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $9,600*
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $5,101*
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 5 in census $3,348*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Cast · 15 characters

Bob DaleyChuck DawsonFranklin D. RooseveltGeorge TaylorGeorge WashingtonLois LaneMarco PoloPep MorganRusty JamesScoop ScanlonSupermanTex ThomsonTigressTongZatara

Full credits

writer Jerry Siegel
artist, inker Joe Shuster
inker, letterer Paul Lauretta
cover pencils, inks Joe Shuster

Reprints

Reprinted in Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1 (1998), Clásicos DC #6 (2005), The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013), Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 #[nn] (2015), Superman: The Golden Age #1 (2016), DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero #[nn] (2025)

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