For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Superman 73 Second Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Superman #73 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 2041066015
Owner: Iconic1s

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Date Added: 9/16/2019
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

<i><b>This book is from my own submission and was one of only two 9.8's in the census when graded.</b></i>

(I now have all four second printings of the Doomsday cameos in 9.8 but have decided to leave my descriptions unaltered to explain the progression of finding them.)

I love this book and searched really hard for a nice raw copy to submit. I submitted it with my first big submission of 20 books and was really happy when I got the grades and learned that this one earned a 9.8! I got this book for $6.79 raw on eBay but it was one of a few I had bought separately until I felt that this one was in good enough shape to <i>maybe</i> come back 9.8 after CCS pressing.

I have one more of the Doomsday cameo second printings to get in this set (AC 683) and I had two of them submitted when I got this one back... keep an eye on the AC 683 second printing slot for updates... hopefully there will be a 9.8 with white pages there if you look.

Update #1 - Of the two AC 683 second printings I submitted, one came back 9.6 and has been added to the set. I've since got my hands on three more raw copies which I'll send in with my next submission.

Update #2 - All three of the AC 683's second printings came back 9.8! Details are in that slot... <i>wow!</i>

Note - a third Superman 73 second printing 9.8 joined the census in April 2020 and was listed on My Comic Shop in May 2020 for $499.99. It was gone in less than 24 hours! That makes me very happy that I had success with my $6.79 raw copy shown here!

The item in the second image slot is a window cling from 1994 when <i>Superman Doomsday Hunter Prey</i> came out. I decided to put it with this book because Waverider played a pretty important part in that sequel. I have had this for years but had lost track of it through the course of several moves, things in storage, etc. I finally was able to locate it when going through boxes for about the fifth time... I was really happy to find it! It's not a super rare item or an expensive one but this one means a lot because it's been with me for a long time. It's made to cling inside the window so the image is reversed... I flipped this picture in photos so it would read correctly in the gallery.
 
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