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Cover: Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye

Action Comics #84

May 1945 · DC · 0.10 USD
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In "Tommy Gets a Zero!", a quiet suburb's sudden tree plantings hide a dangerous secret: a factory producing a plant-growing substance worth more than platinum. When a gang steals a tree to burrow beneath it, The Vigilante and his partner Stuff race to stop them—only to find the stolen chemical unleashing monstrous, rapidly growing vegetation in their wake. Written by Joe Samachson and illustrated by Mort Meskin, with a cover by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, this 1945 Action Comics tale blends suburban mystery with explosive, overgrown chaos.

Contains 5 stories
Tommy Gets a Zero!
12 pp · Superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]Tommy AllenMiss MentorLame Brain LooieDapperMr. Kimberley
The Sign That Wasn't There!
5 pp · Humor, Detective-Mystery
Hayfoot Henry
Jackals of the Jungle!
5.67 pp · Adventure, Jungle
Congo BillHarperRed ButchZukogie
Tree's a Crowd!
10 pp · Adventure, Superhero
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]Stuff, the Chinatown KidBundySwaffer

In "Tree's a Crowd!", a quiet suburb’s sudden rows of trees hide a dangerous secret—beneath the surface, a gang digs toward a factory churning out a plant-growing substance worth more than platinum. When The Vigilante and his ally Stuff uncover the scheme, they arrive just as the crooks flee, leaving behind a trail of rapidly expanding vegetation fueled by the stolen chemical.

Day of Wishes!
8 pp · Adventure, Fantasy
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]Jerry

In "Day of Wishes!" from Action Comics #84 (1945), Zatara aids his friend Jerry when a fur theft threatens to ruin him, but when Jerry hesitates to accept the magic’s gift, he suggests that small wishes could be shared with others. Zatara warns that even minor desires can have unexpected consequences—like a man who wishes to be as calm as a vow becoming one, or a man who laments his poor memory turning into a living book.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $137
CGC 9.2 · 4 in census $2,415
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $1,680*
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $1,172
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $819
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $743
CGC 7.0 · 6 in census $729
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CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $509
CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $445
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $392
CGC 5.0 · 4 in census $353
CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $332
CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $249
CGC 3.5 · 5 in census $235*
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $208*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $169*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $144*
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 2 in census $72*
* 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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Full credits

artist, inker Mort Meskin
cover pencils Wayne Boring
cover inks Stan Kaye

Reprints

Reprinted in Special Edition, Action Comics #6 (1945), Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 (2007), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2017)

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