Action Comics (1938) #298

DC 1938–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Mar 1963

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 #298 (1938) is issue #298 of DC's Action Comics (1938–2011), with a cover date of March 1963. Written by Henry Boltinoff and Leo Dorfman and drawn by Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney and Curt Swan.

Creators

Writers: Henry Boltinoff, Leo Dorfman
Pencillers: Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan
Inkers: Henry Boltinoff, George Klein, Jim Mooney
Letterers: Henry Boltinoff, Milt Snapinn
Cover artists: Sheldon Moldoff, Curt Swan

The stories

“Clark Kent, Coward!”

A hot air balloon accident in the mountains strands Clark, Lois, and Jimmy in the hidden city of Mystri-Lor, where the queen decides she wants Clark as a husband.

“The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!”

Luthor teams up with the escaped Phantom Zone villains, who give him super-powers, but they eventually turn on him and try to expose him, Supergirl, and Superman to Gold Kryptonite. In the end, Luthor helps to defeat the villains and then surrenders so that Superman can save his sister Lena from being trapped in Kandor.

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