For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Superman: The Man of Steel 19

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman: The Man of Steel #19 Signature
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 2551929008
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Date Added: 12/27/2020
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

<b>This is my favorite comic book cover art of all time, <i>bar none!</i></b>

You can really feel the struggle between good and evil with the close up image and seeing the strain on Superman's face. This image really drives home that this might not turn out the way we are used to!

I think that is blood on Superman's face but due to the Comics Code Authority it had to be black instead of red. If I am wrong someone please let me know. If this is correct, it is crazy what is on the covers of books today!

For this book, I have shown both the direct and newsstand editions in the gallery even though I did not intentionally set out to own both. A Universal 9.8 direct edition was one of my original books in this set. I had that for awhile when the 9.8 newsstand edition came up for sale really cheap so I figured why not have both to show. In general, I don't care whether a book is a direct or newsstand edition when I am hunting it down though. I am happy to pay whatever I think a book is worth, regardless of the type of edition. If all things were equal though I would probably go for the direct edition because I enjoy the text in the boxes much more than I do the bar code. The whole rationale of newsstand books being handled rougher, pulped, etc, and therefore being more desirable in high grade just doesn't play in my mind enough to make a difference, and I can't imagine a case where I would hunt down a newsstand book just for the sake of it. I enjoy these books not only for the story inside, but also for their appearance and in my opinion the direct editions are just much more appealing to look at. Nothing against the newsstand fans out there but to me, the bar code gives the cover a cold feeling whereas the direct edition has life. They are both shown here so you can judge for yourself. I upgraded my first 9.8 copy to this Signature Series book when this set was already at 100%.
  
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