For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Superman 75 Poly-Bagged Platinum Edition

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman #75 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 1198036004
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Date Added: 3/8/2018
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

<i>From my original raw collection.</i>

"plat·i·num - noun - a precious silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 78. It was first encountered by the Spanish in South America in the 16th century, and is used in jewelry, electrical contacts, laboratory equipment, industrial catalysts, and awesome comic books!" Dictionary (with my own addition)

I owned this copy, and another, raw since the '90's. I remember picking one of them up at a Comic Book Store in Illinois for $300.00 around 1994 before the internet made them relatively easy to come by. That was a lot of money back then, and still is today for a raw book, but seeing one of these in the wild back then was like seeing a Unicorn so you had better not pass it up. I kept one in the bag and opened the other to see what it looked like. In 2013 I sent them both into CGC along with a Platinum Adventures of Superman 500 I had also had since the '90's. This copy came back 9.8 and the other 75 and the 500 both were 9.6. I kept this one and traded the 9.6 set for four of the other books in this set. I think the other guy got a better trade if you look at dollar value, but I got some books I needed so I think we were both happy. I really enjoy the fact that I hung onto this all those years, submitted it myself, and received a 9.8. I'm not sure if this is the one I opened or the one I kept sealed. I have more recently started hearing how many of these poly-bagged books were damaged by leaving them in the bags all those years so I wish I had kept track of which was which, just out of curiosity. I had this book reholdered in February 2021.

I’ve include a picture of my <i> The Death of Superman</i> Platinum TPB in the second picture slot (there is a lot of Platinum going on in this book's slot!). I wanted to include it because I think it is an important book regardless of not being a member of this set. This is one of the things that is so cool about being able to add two images for each book in sets... I can still add the image and flip through the gallery and enjoy this book alongside the others even if it's not an official member of the registry set. It's nice to have a place to show these different books, collector's packs/sets, and other collectibles. I hope anyone flipping through this set enjoys it.
  
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