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Cover: Fred Guardineer

Action Comics #9

Feb 1939 · DC · 0.10 USD
📊 ~88,796 copies sold its debut month
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Contains 8 stories
Wanted: Superman
13 pp · Adventure, Superhero
Detective Captain ReillyMortimer Snoop

In "Wanted: Superman," the Man of Tomorrow faces his first major public reckoning when his efforts to clear a slum for progress land him branded a criminal by the Chief of Police. Now on the run, Superman must outwit Detective Reilly—known for never missing a suspect—while proving that even heroes can be misunderstood.

The Lefty Larroway Gang, Part 1
6 pp · Adventure, Crime
Mace (villain)Stoop (villain)Logan (dies)Lefty Larroway (villain)Spud (villain)
The Ice Boat Race
6 pp · Adventure, Sports
Dickthe Professor
Untitled Domestic story
2 pp · Domestic
The Diddle Family
Episode 9
4 pp · Adventure, Historical
ShelaRajah Dahg
Dr. Kichung's Ape Army, Part 2
10 pp · Adventure
Alicia StocktonDr. Kichung (villain)Koyto
The 4-G Gang, Part 9
6 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier
Blacky (horse)
The Mad Lama
12 pp · Adventure, Superhero
JerbelLalla GorHenri

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $3,241
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $21,482*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $18,319*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $18,319*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $18,319*
CGC 4.5 none in existence
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CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $9,240
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $7,759
CGC 3.0 $6,639
CGC 2.5 · 6 in census $6,426
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 · 3 in census $3,571
CGC 1.0 · 3 in census $2,604
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $2,534*
* 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 · 13 characters

Bob DaleyChuck DawsonGeorge TaylorLois LaneMarco PoloPep MorganRusty JamesScoop ScanlonSupermanTex ThomsonTigressTongZatara

Full credits

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

Reprints

Reprinted in Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), The Comics Journal #187 (1996), 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 Golden Age #1 (2016), DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero #[nn] (2025)

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