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Men in Action 1

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Published April 1952 – December 1952
Issue Numbers 1 – 9
Total Issues 9
Continues To Battle Brady
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How much is Men in Action #1 worth? Current market pricing for Men in Action #1 shows a latest raw sale of GD/VG sold for $114 on February 6th, 2023, a latest graded sale of CGC 9.0 sold for $1,200 on December 19th, 2023.
Raw price ranges include Fair/Good $114 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 4.5 $94 (1 comp); CGC 7.5 $432 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated May 25th, 2026.

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Issue Information
Cover Date
April 1952
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Interstate Publishing Corp.
 
Cover Titles
Sweating It Out!
 
Cover Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils guess
Carl Burgos inks guess
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Men in Action #1 was published by Interstate Publishing Corp. in April 1952. It is part of the Men in Action series, which ran from April 1952 to December 1952.

Cover credits include Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "Snow." Indexed story credits include Paul Reinman and Dave Berg, among others.

Stories

Snow

Credits
Paul Reinman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # A-172
Pages 5
Type art

Death in the Dark!

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Job # A-2
Pages 2
Type text

Ticket Home

Credits
Dave Berg pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # A-171
Pages 4
Type art

Truce!

Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # A-170
Pages 5
Type art

Fairy Tale

Credits
Norman Steinberg pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # A-175
Pages 4
Type art

Sweating It Out!

Credits
Hank Chapman script signed Mac L. Pakula pencils signed Mac L. Pakula inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # A-146
Pages 5
Type art
Notes: Exclamation Mark on cover title, but not on story title.

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-25 15:21:00
Last Raw Sale GD/VG sold for $114 on February 6th, 2023
Last Graded Sale CGC 9.0 sold for $1,200 on December 19th, 2023
Reported Sources Heritage Auctions

Raw Price Ranges

Fair/Good $114 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 4.5 $94 (1 comp)
CGC 7.5 $432 (1 comp)
CGC 9.0 $1,200 (1 comp)
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Date
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GD/VG
$114
February 6th, 2023
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9.0
$1,200
December 19th, 2023
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$95.60
January 7th, 2007
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