For This Is the Day… That a Superman Died
Superman: The Man of Steel 19 Third Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman: The Man of Steel #19 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 2010732001
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set:

For This Is the Day… That a Superman Died
Date Added: 5/14/2019
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

<i>"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney</i>

I would consider this book one of my first major successes as far as my own submissions go. This being my favorite cover <i>art</i> I was really driven to get all three printings graded 9.8. I wasn't so sure it was going to happen though! I bought this raw for $18.00 from a Comic Book Shop online after winning a couple of their other raw books on eBay and being pretty pleased with them. When I got this book though it didn't look like it would come back 9.8 so I just bagged/boarded it and set it aside. I then ended up winning a 9.6 on eBay, which I thought I would get pressed and resubmitted hoping to upgrade to 9.8.

In the meantime I obsessed over this copy, taking it out of the bag/board often and looking it over, trying to make a decision on it. I was convinced that the best I'd expect back was 9.6, but I decided to send it to CCS for pressing and forwarding to CGC anyways. I liked the book so much that even if it didn't get a 9.8 at least it would be safe inside a slab where I could no longer handle it! Five months later I got the grades and this book, as well as my two Green Lantern 46 second printings, got 9.8's! I love having all three printings displayed side by side. I'm really glad that I sent this copy to CCS and gave it a chance!

The second picture is how I display all three printings with my Prime 1 Doomsday statue. If you know this statue you will notice that the cape is not original. I made this cloth cape myself to better represent Superman 75.

You can check out how I made the cape here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHW6o0IDaZA
  
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