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Adventures of Superman 500
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Adventures of Superman 500 Modern
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Grade:
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9.9
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3789740015
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Owner:
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Iconic1s
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This is the second 9.9 that joined my collection of these books!
I was able to add this book thanks to fellow CGC board member Dmac538… ROLL TIDE!
When I added this book there were a total of 317 graded; 146 were 9.8’s, and only two were 9.9.
The first 9.9 had been in the census forever and I had it included in my WTB post along with my last 9.8. I honestly didn’t think that the 9.9 of this book would ever show up but as long as it was out there, I had to keep trying. I did my weekly bump of the post on Friday, 28 May 2021… the next week was going to be the one year anniversary of starting it so I tried to be funny and made a comment about the upcoming anniversary; whaddya say we do something special, and find this book! It might have worked! Not long afterwards, onlyweaknesskryptonite tagged me in a post in the This Week Back From CGC topic where Dmac538 had posted a picture of this book with one word... BAM!!!... and yes, I think this grade on this book deserved every one of those THREE exclamation points! I immediately got a hold of Dmac538 and we were able to make a deal for the exact amount I had been offering in my WTB post for nearly a year... I was very happy; I think we both were.
The book’s grade date is 19 May 2021... that means it spent 28 years in the wild and still graded 9.9! Thank you Dmac538 for taking care of this book, submitting it, and accepting my offer! Thanks also to onlyweaknesskryptonite for wasting no time tagging me!
This is my third copy of this book; the first was a Universal 9.8, followed by a Signature Series 9.8, and finally this 9.9. My original intent with this collection was just to collect the Doomsday storyline (first printings) as well as the Platinum Editions and Adventures of Superman 500 (all editions). Of those books, this book was the toughest for me to find in 9.8 at the time. It seemed like there was a dry spell for a while. I watched eBay and several other sites and it just didn't seem like one was ever going to pop up for sale.
When I finally did find the Universal 9.8 copy it cost me $60.00. It was at that point that I added pictures and really started working on the descriptions. The Universal copy stayed in my competetive set until it reached 100 percent completion. When I only needed two more 9.8’s I started replacing some of my existing Universal 9.8’s with Signature Series 9.8’s as they became available (and to keep busy). I ended up replacing the Universal with a very nice Signature Series book signed by Jerry Ordway at that time! I had that book reholdered in February 2021, and it stayed in my competitive set until being replaced by the beautiful 9.9 you see here now. All are now in my Custom Set!
I’m so happy to have added this book graded 9.9 to my collection...
Check out the second picture...
BAM!!! BAM!!!
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