For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Superman 76 Second Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman #76 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 2105011001
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Date Added: 4/28/2020
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

<i><b>This book is one of the first two Universal Label 9.8’s both graded on 24 April 2020, and both were submitted by me.</b></i>

This book was not an easy one to find! When I started the work on this set, I probably wasn’t as educated as I should have been about the later printings and where they came from. I initially set out to find this book raw and bought several copies, eventually submitting one that came back a restored 9.8… <i>ouch!</i> After this experience I bought a couple different jeweler’s loupes to help me uncover restoration and to better grade books (beware though… everything looks bad under a loupe!).

I am not a big CGC forum participant necessarily, but I do try to keep up with a couple different topics. While keeping up with threads related to the books in this set, I learned from a member named <i>onlyweaknesskryptonite</i> that this Superman 76 second printing came in the collector’s set that I show in the second image slot. At that point, rather than continuing to look for individual raw copies of this book, I decided to look for these sets unopened. They usually go for between $35.00 - $75.00 and I personally wouldn’t buy them unless I could get them for under $45.00 shipped. I ended up buying a total of <i>nine</i> of these sets through the course of my Superman 76 second printing hunt. One set had a first printing of this book and the others were all second printings. I submitted two copies of this book with a larger submission and then got my hands on this book, as well as the other 9.8, in sets that I received later in my search. These last two both looked <i>really</i> good so I submitted them for fast track pressing and grading and the results are seen here in this slot.

The other two that I had submitted eventually received a 9.6 and 9.2.

I am super happy to have this book, and plan on hanging onto the second 9.8 copy as well! Because it ended up being so easy to find the unopened collector's sets I have a hard time understanding why someone else hadn't already snatched them up until finding the 9.8's like I did... <i>I'm glad they didn't though!</i>

<i>This put my set at 91 of 98 books in at least 9.8!</i> Getting there!
 
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