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Action Comics 685 Second Printing
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Action Comics 685 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0290717001
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Owner:
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Brandon Shepherd
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Funeral for a Friend Part 2: “Re:Actions"
Cover Date: January, 1993
Second Printing
Roger Stern story
Jackson Guice & Denis Rodier art
Jackson Guice cover
Action Comics #1 cover homage.
Supergirl (Matrix) and Guardian (Jim Harper) appearance.
Parasite (Rudy Jones) and Toyman (Winslow Schott) cameo.
Purchased: 05/08/16
Grade Date: 07/28/2016 (Unpressed)
I purchased this book raw for $2.75 at Aamazing Fantasy Comics (yes, two a’s) in Littleton, Colorado, a place I discovered thanks to the Collectors Society forum. I was in the area visiting some childhood friends, and the shop had just gotten in a large collection of high grade DCs, I picked out several books. I submitted this book along with Superman #75 Fourth Printing, also form the same collection purchase, for grading at the 2016 Denver Comic Con. I also picked up a copy of Superman #75 Third Printing that day, which I sold to a friend, who submitted it for grading, and came back in 9.8.
Jackson Guice pays tribute to Superman co-creator Joe Shuster with this cover. Supergirl and others try to fill the void and help the citizens of Metropolis recover after Doomsday's deadly rampage. I’m sick of Action Comics #1 cover homages, but this one is alright in my book.
This book carries great memories of my visit with childhood friends, going to the Denver Comic Con for the first time, and for being part of my first CGC submission to produce 9.8 grades. This book was only 1 of 2 in 9.8 after grading, I think the red and white title logo variation compliments the cover art on this second printing more so than the dark red and blue title logo coloring on the first printing.
Story continued in Superman: The Man of Steel #20 (2/93).
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