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Action Comics #39
Cover AMarket Value
- Graded copies for sale
- $380 - $4,061
- 20 graded copies listed, as of Sep 29, 2026
CGC Census
81
Total Graded
0
9.8 NM/MT
4
8.0 VF
Reprinted 5x
A disaster at Chalmers Laboratories involving radium kills Brett Bryson. His bosses are tried for negligence but acquitted. A hooded figure later robs a jewelry store, leaving a watchman dead of radium burns. Superman is implicated, and he must clear his name before Sgt. Casey arrests him.
Cover Date
August 1, 1941
On Sale Date
June 20, 1941
Pages
68
Cover Price
$0.10
Editor
Mort Weisinger
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Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; District Attorney Tom Spaulding; May Bryson; The Ghost [Brett Bryson] (villain, introduction, death); Frank Chalmers (villain); Davis (villain)
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