For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Adventures of Superman 500

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Adventures of Superman #500 Universal
Grade: 9.9
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 3789740015
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Date Added: 5/29/2021
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

<b>This is the second 9.9 to join this set!

I was able to add this book thanks to fellow CGC board member <i>Dmac538</i>… ROLL TIDE!</b>

When I added this book there were a total of 317 graded; 146 were 9.8’s, and only two were 9.9.

The first 9.9 had been in the census forever and I had it included in my WTB post along with my last 9.8. I honestly didn’t think that the 9.9 of this book would ever show up but as long as it was out there, I had to keep trying. I did my weekly bump of the post on Friday, 28 May 2021… the next week was going to be the one year anniversary of starting it so I tried to be funny and made a comment about the upcoming anniversary; <i>whaddya say we do something special, and find this book!</i> It might have worked! Not long afterwards, <i>onlyweaknesskryptonite</i> tagged me in a post in the <i>This Week Back From CGC</i> topic where <i>Dmac538</i> had posted a picture of this book with one word... <b><i>BAM!!!</i></b>... and yes, I think this grade on this book deserved every one of those <i>THREE</i> exclamation points! I immediately got a hold of <i>Dmac538</i> and we were able to make a deal for the exact amount I had been offering in my WTB post for nearly a year... I was <i>very</i> happy; I think we both were.

<b>The book’s grade date is 19 May 2021... that means it spent <i>28 years</i> in the wild and still graded 9.9! Thank you <i>Dmac538</i> for taking care of this book, submitting it, and accepting my offer! Thanks also to <i>onlyweaknesskryptonite</i> for wasting no time tagging me!</b>

This is the third book to occupy this slot; the first was a Universal 9.8, followed by a Signature Series 9.8, and finally this 9.9. My original intent with this set was just to collect the Doomsday storyline (first printings) as well as the Platinum Editions and Adventures of Superman 500 (all editions). Of those books, this book was the toughest for me to find in 9.8 at the time. It seemed like there was a dry spell for a while. I watched eBay and several other sites and it just didn't seem like one was ever going to pop up for sale.

When I finally did find the Universal 9.8 copy it cost me $60.00. It was at that point that I added pictures and really started working on the descriptions in my set. The Universal copy stayed in my set until it reached 100% completion. When I only needed two more 9.8’s I started replacing some of my existing Universal 9.8’s with Signature Series 9.8’s as they became available (and to keep busy). I ended up replacing the Universal with a very nice Signature Series book signed by Jerry Ordway at that time! I had that book reholdered in February 2021, and it stayed here until being replaced by the beautiful 9.9 you see here now.

<b>I’m so happy to have added <i>this</i> book graded 9.9 to <i>this</i> set...

Check out the second picture...

<i>BAM!!! BAM!!!</i></b>
  
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