My Introduction to Comic Collecting
Superman 75 Fourth Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman #75 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0290717002
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

“Doomsday!”
January, 1993

Fourth Printing

Dan Jurgens story
Dan Jurgens & Brett Breeding cover & art

The “Death” of Superman.
Gatefold back cover.

Purchased raw: 5/26/16 - $3.75

Grade Date: 7/28/16

I had a 9.8 copy of this printing previously; I got lost in the excitement of finding these later printings in 9.8 grade, so I paid more than I really should have. I also had a few copies of this fourth printing as a kid, so I remember this iconic cover with the green title logo more than the first print. I got these from the various collectors' packs I scored at Toys "R" Us as an 11 to 12 year-old. One pack I had contained the seven issues that made up 'Doomsday', the first part of the Death and Return of Superman saga. The flimsy cardboard box the issues came in had a large window, displaying the waiving cape and the green 'Superman' logo, the cover of the 4th printing to Superman #75. There were also many two packs with a flimsy cardboard divider separating the issues, showing many 4th prints for #75. I sold my first 9.8 copy to help accommodate the purchase of a really special book, but I kind of missed it.

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 Action Comics #685 Second Printing for grading at the 2016 Denver Comic. This book not only replaces my previous graded copy, this also carries a good memory of my visit with childhood friends, going to the Denver Comic Con for the first time, and was also apart my first submission to yield 9.8 grades.


Superman #75 has four printings, a poly-bagged collector’s edition and a platinum edition. Superman #75 sold around three million copies and is reprinted in The Death of Superman (1993) and Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013).
 
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