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

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman #75 Signature
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 1240360021
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Date Added: 4/23/2018
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

I like the tombstone/monument feel of this cover. It's worth noting that there is no credit given for the cover art on this book. According to a couple different sources the cover was computer animated by Eric Kachelhofer. I have tried reaching out to him to confirm this but have had no response. I submitted this information through the CGC forums by starting an <i>Ask CGC</i> topic which you can check out here:

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/471210-superman-75-poly-bagged-and-platinum-edition-cover-artist/?tab=comments#comment-11262550

I received this reply when following up later:

<i>Yes, your information was sent over to the graders and they will review. The graders don't provide updates on things like this so if they do decide to change the wording on the label you would just see that change going forward. If you have a specific book you want to send in, you can always put a note on the packing slip as well as a sticky note on the comic bag for the graders to review or consider adding or changing the wording but again, this final determination is up to them and a request does not guarantee they will put what you want on the label.</i>

So we will wait and see if this starts popping up on labels going forward... because this is such an iconic cover I think it would be really cool for the artist to receive proper credit, so I personally hope this information is added.

This was the first Signature Series book I added to this set when I was barely beginning to build it. There was a point that I was striving for all Universal Label books just so they would all match. That idea actually seems pretty crazy at this point. I had this book reholdered in February 2021 but did not attempt to get anything changed on the label. I was so stressed when sending that batch of reholders off that I just wanted them back as soon as possible so didn't attempt anything that may cause a delay. If I see a Universal 9.8 for sale cheap I may pick it up just to try to get the cover artist information added to the label... if sources are correct I think Mr. Kachelhofer deserves it!

Instead of showing the back of this book I included an image of another fairly rare item from this story. This is an uncut sheet of the four spectra etch foil cards from The Death of Superman trading card set. I was on a long bicycle ride many years ago while living in North Carolina when I steered into a Comic Book Store and spotted this. It was a huge pain to carefully put this in my backpack and get it miles to home without ruining it. I really enjoyed all of the Skybox card sets throughout the early/mid '90's but lost interest when Fleer bought Skybox. The non-sport card industry never felt the same to me after that. I also have an uncut sheet that has three of these uncut sheets on the same sheet.
  
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