Superman # 1 1974 - 2017 1938 Reprints / Swipes / Variant / 9.8
1988 ACTION COMICS #1 REPRINT BAR CODE DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.6.
COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #: |
0314266025
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Owner:
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Superman 9.8
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
1988 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.6. THIS IS ANOTHER INTERESTING ISSUE IN THIS REPRINT SERIES. 1988 IS THE ONE YEAR OF REPRINTS THAT HAS THE MOST COPIES ON THE CGC CENSUS. THERE WERE TWO COPIES PRINTED THIS YEAR ONE WITH A GARBAGE CAN WITH THE 50 YEAR LOGO BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, THE OTHER A DIRECT SALES EDITION WITH A BAR CODE IN PLACE OF THE GARBAGE CAN. FEWER COPIES OF THIS ISSUE WERE PRINTED THUS THE REASON FEW TO BE FOUND IN HIGH GRADE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THESE COPIES WAS AT NEWSTANDS, OR STORES SELLING MAGAZINES. BECAUSE THE DIRECT SALES EDITIONS, SALES HAD FALLEN OFF SO DRASTICALLY FOR THE COMIC BOOK COMPANIES THEY REDUCED THE QUANTITIES AVAILABLE FOR DIRECT SALE IN MANY CASES BY 90%, AND JUST NOT MANY WERE PRINTED. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE HANDLED THAT REDUCED MANY SURVIVING IN HIGH GRADE. THERE IS NO PROBLEM FINDING A 1988 REGULAR SALES EDITION IN HIGH GRADE OF 9.8. VERY EASY TO FIND. BUT THESE DIRECT SALES COPIES ARE A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
I HAVE LITERALLY LOOKED FOR YEARS AND MADE THE MISTAKE EARLY ON NOT BUYING A 9.8 COPY WHEN IT WAS FOR SALE ON EBAY FOR $110 + SHIPPING. IM ALMOST 100% POSITIVE THAT 9.8 COPY IS HIGHLY LIKELY ONE OF TWO ONLY 9.8 CGC GRADED COPIES. NO WAY TO BE CERTAIN BECAUSE CGC LUMPS THE TWO YEARS TOGETHER, BUT IT IS THE ONLY COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN UNTIL TODAY WHEN I FOUND ANOTHER 9.8 COPY AND I PURCHASED THAT ONE IMMEDIATELY. DOSENT MEAN THERE IS ONLY TWO, BUT JUST FEELING I HAVE THAT THE EST IS CORRECT. I MISSED THE CHANCE TO ADD THAT COMIC TO THIS UNIQUE COLLECTION, WILL JUMP ON ANY COPY IF I EVER SEE A 9.8 AGAIN, AND DID TODAY. 10 / 24 / 2017.
THIS 9.6 COPY IS THE ONLY 9.6 DIRECT SALES EDITION ALSO ONE OF TWO COPIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT WAS FOR SALE FOR MONTHS AND I PASSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE ASKING PRICE WAS TOO HIGH. BUT IN REALITY, IS PROBABLY ONLY ONE OF A FEW 9.6 CGC GRADED DIRECT SALES COPIES. THEY JUST DONT COME UP OFTEN. PRICE WAS MORE THAN WANTED TO PAY BUT NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE, AND A COPY NEEDED FOR THIS SET. WITH THE CHANCE IT COULD BE ONE OF LESS THAN 5 DECIDED TO ADD IT TO THIS COLLECTION, EVEN THOUGH NOT MY COVETED 9.8 GRADE.
STILL, A VERY DIFFICULT COMIC TO FIND, MORE SO IN HIGH GRADE, IS A SLEEPER IN THIS SET AS THE 1988 CGC CENSUS MAY CONFUSE MANY THAT DONT KNOW ABOUT THE DIRECT SALES EDITION MADE IN MUCH FEWER QUANTITIES. SO EVEN AFTER FINDING A 9.8 COPY AFTER LOOKING FOR ONE FOR A LONG TIME, ONLY SEEING ONE OTHER 9.6 DECIDED TO KEEP THIS 9.6 IN THIS SET.
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