For This Is the Day… That a Superman Died
Superman: The Man of Steel 20 Second Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman: The Man of Steel #20 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 2000470006
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set:

For This Is the Day… That a Superman Died
Date Added: 12/24/2019
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

<i>This is the first copy of this book to be graded and it is a 9.6.</i>

The consensus on the CGC forums seems to be that this is the rarest of the DC Universe logo books from this set. I got this book off of eBay when I had one submitted for grading. The one I had submitted was definitely not a 9.6. It had someone's initials on the back cover and quite a few spine ticks. When I submitted it I was just going to be happy to have the book graded at all.

Although this may indeed be the rarest of the <i>DC Universe logo books</i> from this set I do not personally think that it is the rarest of <i>all the books</i> in this set. I think that distinction goes to the Legacy of Superman second printing. I am basing this opinion on the amount of time I spent looking for these books. I have seen several copies of this book available. They all may not have been 9.8 candidates but they existed nonetheless. Try looking for a second printing of Legacy of Superman and see how that goes; I spent a lot of time looking for that book and wasn't able to unearth even a single raw copy, or find anyone that said they had one. The only copy of that book anywhere was in <i>the 'NO ONE CAN KILL SUPERMAN!' collection</i> and it is now in this set.

This book was listed on eBay one morning and I considered it for a couple hours, asked my Wife what she thought, and then said <i>what the heck</i> and went ahead and bought it. It also helped that once I watched it, the seller sent me an offer within 15 minutes. I ended up paying $400.00 for this book. Yes, that is a lot of money for a 9.6, and of course I would prefer a 9.8, but it is pretty cool to have the first copy of this book ever graded in this set and a 9.6 after all, is really good for a book like this! I included an image of the census when I added this book in the second picture slot.

I'm glad to have this book in this set. I doubt that I will ever find a better raw copy of this book but I might send this book in for CPR someday if I ever get the nerve. I've looked it over pretty well and don't see anything that would keep it from having a shot at being graded 9.8.

When I first added this book the Registry did not even have comic scores for this book and I had to ask for them to be created.

<i>The copy I submitted was graded 9.2 and is now the second book to hit the census.</i>
 
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