My Introduction to Comic Collecting
Adventures of Superman 496

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Adventures of Superman #496 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 1024355016
Owner: Brandon Shepherd

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: My Introduction to Comic Collecting
Date Added: 2/10/2011
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

“Truth and Consequences”
November, 1992

Jerry Ordway & Dennis Janke story
Dennis Janke art
Tom Grummett & Dennis Janke cover

Mr. Mxyzptlk & Lex Luthor apperance.
Doomsday cameo on last page.

"Somewhere else... Doomsday is coming!"

Around early 1994, when I discovered the Death and Return of Superman storyline and the world of Superman comics, I started looking for issues prior to Doomsday. I remember the four Superman titles dated November, 1992 with the Doomsday teasers on the last pages were difficult to track down (at least in my area). I even asked my older brother who lived in a different state at the time to check a huge comic shop near him for this particular issue; they had every issue expect this one.

I remember seeing this cover in a price guide magazine around the same time, I became interested in what the story behind the cover was, and the search began. I enjoyed the Mr. Mxyzptlk story from Superman #11 (Nov. 1987), especially the game he played with Superman. In 2003, while home from college, I finally found a copy. After nine years, and several trips to various shops across the country, I finally got to read the story! I still look for this issue out of habit when I go to comic shops and shows, I've only come across a few copies. After 17 years I have a graded copy, I don’t know if I would call this piece a Holy Grail, or if the book is actually that hard to find, but I now have a sense of closure - the 12 year old inside of me is ecstatic.

Won on eBay: 2/6/2011 - $49.00

Grade Date: 12/23/2010

This issue has a second printing and the last page (Doomsday teaser) is reprinted in The Death of Superman (1993) and Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013).
 
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