Price history & market evidence
PriceCharting guide history
Dated guide estimates for this edition, separate from completed sales.
1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #2347754
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $69,009.08 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1940-02-01 |
| 8.0 | $264,000.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1940-02-01 |
| 9.2 | $343,200.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1940-02-01 |
| RAW | $1,912.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1940-02-01 |
| 9.2 | $40,000.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 60 graded copies for More Fun Comics #52 (1940). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Spectre!
Detective Jim Corrigan apprehends members of Gat Bensons gang on the same night of his engagement announcement. His fiancée Clarice Winstons desperately waits for Corrigan to show up at her family estate but he does not make it. Corrigan successfully subdues the criminals but lands in the hospital due to his wounds. Clarice tracks Corrigan down and meets him at the hospital where he is released. The couple then leaves but they are captured and taken hostage but Benson's men. Corrigan is then stuffed into a Barrel that is filled with cement . He is then dumped into the river. The barrel plumets to the bottom and Corrigans soul rises out of its body. He hears a mysterious voice from above informing him that his mission on earth is unfinished. He is informed that he will be sent back with supernatural powers to battle crime. Corrigan then finds himself sitting at the bottom of the river but he does not drown and moves about very easily. He rises above the water and uses his supernatural powers to rescue his fiancée Clarice. Bullets pass through him and criminals drop dead as soon as they touch him. One of the criminals then shoots Clarice but Corrigan is able to heal her with his newfound powers. The police are summoned and the surviving thugs are apprehended. Corrigan then drives his fiancée home and informs her that their engagement is off with no explanation as to why. As he drops off Clarice, Corrigan comes to the sudden realization that he is not even breathing when he notices that he does not even leave an moisture as he sits next to the car window. Corrigan goes home and fashions a costume to fight crime as he comes up with the name of Spectre as his new identity.
Creative credits
Writers: Jerry Siegel, Tom Hickey, Albert Sulman, Jerry Siegel, Robert Hirsch, Paul Lauretta, Joe Donohoe, John Lehti, Bart Tumey
Interior art: Bernard Baily, Tom Hickey, Joseph Sulman, Martin Wheeler, Russ Lehman, Paul Lauretta, Joe Donohoe, John Lehti, Bart Tumey
Source records & attribution
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COMICBASE: comicbase:767229
GCD: 647
PANEL PROFITS: 2347754