Action Comics (1938) #43

DC 1938–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Dec 1941

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

Value history

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About this issue

Action Comics #43 (1938) is issue #43 of DC's Action Comics (1938–2011), with a cover date of December 1941. Written by Ken Fitch, Gardner Fox, Fred Ray and others and drawn by Bernard Baily, Chad Grothkopf, Mort Meskin and others.

Creators

Writers: Ken Fitch, Gardner Fox, Fred Ray, Jerry Siegel
Pencillers: Bernard Baily, Chad Grothkopf, Mort Meskin, Leo Nowak, Fred Ray, Joe Sulman
Inkers: Bernard Baily, Ed Dobrotka, Chad Grothkopf, Mort Meskin, Fred Ray, Joe Sulman
Cover artist: Fred Ray

The stories

“The Crashing Planes”

Several planes belonging to Skyway Airlines have mysteriously crashed and Perry White assigns Lois to investigate, all of which leads to peril facing Clark and Lois until Superman figures out the true culprit.

“Billy Gunn's Mine”

“The Adventure of the Ancient Airplane!”

“The Giant Puppets”

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.