Superman Comic Books & Graphic Novels

Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane (1958) 92 CGC 9.0 Bethlehem

Paper: Off white to white

Bethlehem.

Label #4528238007

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Neal Adams. The Unbreakable Spell! [Part I], script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Mike Esposito; Lois is rescued by Comet the Super-Horse who then becomes human temporarily and tells Lois his origin. House ad for Superboy #156. Part II The Chestnut Mare Ain't What She Used to Be!; Maldor turns Lois Lane into a Super-Horse. House ad for Adventure Comics #380. House ad for Showcase #82, art by Joe Kubert. House ad for Detective Comics #387. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane (1958) 137 CGC 0.5

Paper: Off white to white

Page 9 & 14 missing.

Label #4724844005

Cover by Bob Oksner. Written by Cary Bates and John David Warner. Art by John Rosenberger and Vince Colletta. Lois is kidnapped by other-dimensional aliens using a vehicle that looks like a subway train in "The Stolen Subway!" by Cary Bates, John Rosenberger and Vince Colletta. Starring Lois Lane, Superman (Clark Kent) and Perry White. Plus: Lois and Melba help an elderly couple when a crooked developer is trying to drive them out of their home in "The Building is Dead" by John David Warner, Rosenberger and Colletta. Starring Lois Lane, Superman and Melba Manton. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) 127 CGC 4.5

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Label #4751698014

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Secret Slumlord of Metropolis!, script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Roussos; to bust a slumlord named Mr. Squeeze, Jimmy Olsen temporarily lives in a rundown tenement apartment. When Olsen Changed History!, script by Leo Dorfman, art by Pete Costanza; the second part of the Revolutionary War story from issue #126. Statement of ownership--average print run 713,000; average paid circulation 379,235. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) 128 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4751698011

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson. No Father for Jimmy!, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Pete Costanza; Superman helps Hal Rand, Mark Olsen, and Jimmy from afar (because of Gold Kryptonite). The Story of Superman's Souvenirs, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) 134 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3909691003

1st appearance of Darkseid (cameo). Cover art by Neal Adams. The Mountain of Judgement!, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby and Al Plastino (some Superman heads), inks by Vince Colletta; Superman defuses a bomb that was intended to destroy the Hairies, Jimmy, and the Newsboys. The Whiz Wagons Are Coming!, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) 135 CGC 8.5

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Label #4584116013

2nd appearance of Darkseid (cameo). Cover art by Neal Adams. Evil Factory!, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby and Al Plastino (Superman heads), inks by Vince Colletta; Superman leads Jimmy and the Newsboy Legion to The Project where the original Newsboy Legion work as scientists to crack the DNA code and create clones; Meanwhile, minions of Darkseid, Mokkari and Simyan, dispatch their own clone of Jimmy to The Project complex. The Hairies -- Super-Race -- Or Man's Second Chance article. Snoopy with Sopwith Camel plane--model ad from Monogram. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) 151 CGC 8.5

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Label #4753243001

First 20-cent cover price. Cover art by Bob Oksner. Attack of the Locust Creatures!, script by John Albano, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Bob Oksner; Jimmy Olsen, Percy and Meg rescue Superman from locust-like aliens and stop their invasion of Earth. Letter from Bob Rozakis. Carmine Infantino discusses the price change to 20 cents. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bob Rozakis. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

World's Finest Comics (1941) 184 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4753243013

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Mike Esposito. Robin's Revenge! starring Superman and Batman, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Jack Abel; After the Automator kills the Batman, Robin devotes the next ten years of his life to hunting down the killer. When the thief dubbed Golden Gloves starts operating using technology strikingly similar to the Automator's, Superman and Robin investigate and discover that Golden Gloves isn't the Automator, but a brainwashed Batman, who was actually teleported away ten years ago by the Automator, whom they finally bring to justice. Description of the first Batman story in Detective Comics #27. John Jones' Farewell to Earth starring the Martian Manhunter, art by Joe Certa; J'onn J'onzz meets a team of security officers from Jupiter who are seeking S'Vor, an escaped criminal on Earth. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

World's Finest Comics (1941) 198 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4630903002

3rd Superman/Flash race. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson. Race to Save the Universe! starring Superman and Flash, script by Dennis O'Neil, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Joe Giella; Superman and Flash run at twice the speed of light. Joanie Swift, Queen of Speed!--Editors' Round Table: Johnny Quick, art by Paul Norris. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Worlds Collide (1994) 1P CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Premium Edition.

Label #3982226023

Platinum Premium Edition. 52-page giant - Part 7 of 'Worlds Collide,' the 14-part DC/MILESTONE crossover event, continued from Blood Syndicate (1993) #16. Part 7 contains two chapters as, first, Static, Superboy and Rocket join forces against a mysterious villain of cosmic proportions. In the second chapter, all the heroes of Dakota and Metropolis must contend with this awesome being while Fred Bentson's power grows. Continues in Superboy (1994 3rd Series) #7. Written by Robert L. Washington III and Dwayne McDuffie, with pencils by Chris Batista, Mark Bright, Chriscross, Denys Cowan, Tom Grummett and John Paul Leon.