My Introduction to Comic Collecting
Action Comics 685 Second Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Action Comics #685 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0290717001
Owner: Brandon Shepherd

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: My Introduction to Comic Collecting
Date Added: 10/14/2016
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

"Funeral For A Friend - Part 2: Re:Actions"
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.

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.

Purchased raw: 5/8/16 - $2.75

Grade Date: 07/28/2016


I purchased this book raw at Aamazing Fantasy Comics in Littleton, Colorado. I was in the area visiting some childhood friends so I researched shops nearby on the Collectors Society boards. A large collection of high grade DCs had just been acquired and I picked out several books. I submitted this along with Superman #75 Fourth Printing for grading at the 2016 Denver Comic. This book carries a good memory of my visit with childhood friends, going to the Denver Comic Con for the first time, and was also apart of my first submission to yield 9.8 grades. I also think that the red and whit logo variation compliments the cover art on the second printing more so than the dark red and blue logo coloring of the first print.


This issue has three printings and is reprinted in World Without A Superman (1993) and Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013).
 
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