Action Comics (1938) #177

DC 1938–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Feb 1953

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

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About this issue

Action Comics #177 (1938) is issue #177 of DC's Action Comics (1938–2011), with a cover date of February 1953. Written by Henry Boltinoff and Jack Miller and drawn by Henry Boltinoff, Bob Brown, Jim Mooney and others.

Creators

Writers: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller
Pencillers: Henry Boltinoff, Bob Brown, Jim Mooney, Al Plastino, Ed Smalle
Inkers: Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Al Plastino, Ed Smalle
Letterer: Henry Boltinoff
Cover artist: Al Plastino

The stories

“Anti-Superman Weapon”

The General uses weapons designed by the Nazis but never completed to conduct daring robberies.

“I Rode with the Outlaw Cameleers”

Bill captures a group of caravan raiders by using kittens to frighten their camels.

“The Children from Space!”

Tommy and Brent find a ship's lifeboat floating in space, containing four children abandoned by their parents. They claim to be from Zura, but no such planet is known. Thinking it a misremembering by the children, the Planeteers try a number of planets to no avail. The kids prove to be great scientific inventors and Tommy eventually tricks them into making a truth-confession machine. Under its influence their home world is revealed to be in another star system.

“Five Bandannas for Vigilante”

Ambushed whilst he and Stuff are visiting some ancient cliff dwellings, Vigilante loses his bandanna. He is desperate to regain it before the outlaws see his true face.

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