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1974 DC COMICS FAMOUS FIRST EDITION LIMITED COLLECTORS GOLDEN MINT SERIES UNGRADED. |
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Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.0 |
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1974 D.C. COMICS FAMOUS FIRST EDITION / LIMITED COLLECTORS GOLDEN MINT SERIES. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A REPRINT OF THE #1 1938 SUPERMAN WAS RELEASED. TO THE DELIGHT OF MANY COLLECTORS MANY MORE FOLLOWED IN THE YEARS AFTER THIS ONE. AFTER ALL, IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME COLLECTORS COULD ACTUALLY AFFORD A COPY OF THAT FIRST ELUSIVE ISSUE. IT WAS PRINTED EXACTLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL DOWN TO EVERY DETAIL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN OUTER COVER ON THICK GOLD PAPER WITH THE IMAGE OF THE ORIGINAL SUPERMAN IN THE CENTER W/ FAMOUS FIRST EDITION PRINTED ALONG THE TOP, & ALSO A LARGER COMIC SIZE. THIS COMIC MEASURING 13.5 INCHES LONG BY 9.5 INCHES WIDE INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL 10 X 7 SIZE. THESE ARE PRINTED EXACTLY AS THE ORIGINAL & CAN FOOL MANY PEOPLE IF THAT GOLD OUTER COVER IS REMOVED THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE SIZE THINKING THEY HAVE A REAL #1 SUPERMAN.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE FINDING A COPY IN MINT CONDITION WITH FEW PROBLEMS IS NOT AN EASY TASK. THE LARGER SIZE MAKES IT A PRIME TARGET FOR NICKS, TEARS, DINGS, SPINE CREASES AND CORNER BENDS ADD TO THAT THE WAY THEY WERE ALWAYS HANDLED AND HIGH-GRADE COPIES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND. FINDING THIS COMIC IN A 9.8 WILL BE A CHALLENGE. IT COULD BE THE ONLY ONE OR ONE OF VERY FEW AT MOST TO GRADE 9.8.
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1976 ACTION COMICS REPRINT 9.8 FREE SAFEGUARD ISSUE. TOP OF COMIC CUT CLOSE.
SAFEGUARD ISSUE. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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THIS IS ONE OF TWO REPRINTS FROM 1976 THE FREE SAFEGUARD ISSUE THE OTHER BEING THE 10c COVER PRICE ISSUE. THIS YEAR HAS A SURPRISING LARGE CGC CENSUS POPULATION IN HIGH GRADES OF 9.8. MY PHILOSOPHY IS NOT MANY PEOPLE SENT IN THE SAFEGUARD SOAP LABELS TO GET THE COMIC. THAT LEFT THE BULK OF THE COMICS IN PRISTINE CONDITION SITTING ON SHELVES UNTOUCHED FOR DECADES. OVERTIME THEY HAVE BEEN FILTERED INTO THE HOBBY. THIS IS MY THEORY WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PRISTINE COMICS GRADING 9.8. CANT CONFIRM THIS BUT FEEL IT IS A SOLID HYPOTHESIS.
ALTHOUGH HIGH GRADE IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE TOP IT LOOKS AS IF IT HAS BEEN CUT OFF. THIS ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM PRINTING THIS ISSUE. WHAT IS MISSING ON THE TOP IS ACTUALLY MADE UP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE IMAGE AND IS A TYPICAL PRINTING ERROR. THE BOTTOM of COVER IMAGE PRINTED IS LONGER THAN ON OTHER ISSUES OF THIS YEAR. THE MAN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER HAS A LITTLE MORE OF HIS BODY SHOWING THAN COMICS NOT CUT SO CLOSE. THIS WAS NORMAL NOT THE CASE OF SOMEONE TRYING TO CUT OFF THE COMICS IMPERFECTIONS FOR A BETTER GRADE. YOU CAN SEE THE PRINTERS PAGE CUTTING LINE ON THE REVERSE BOTTOM OF THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. HAVE SEEN A FEW OTHER GGC ISSUES GRADED 9.8 "EXACTLY" LIKE THIS ONE. QUESTIONED THE HIGH GRADE BECAUSE THE TOP OF THE WRITING OF SAFEGUARD IS CUT SLIGHTLY ALONG THE TOP REVERSE. THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE WHEN CGC GRADED IT AND WAS ACCEPTABLE IN THEIR GRADING PRACTICES. MANY 1976 9.8 HIGH-GRADE COPIES CURRENTLY HAVE "ASKING PRICES" OVER $1000, OTHERS $450 AND UP. I STILL FEEL THOSE PRICES ARE BY UNINFORMED SELLERS NOT KNOWING THE TRUE VALUES. THE SAFEGUARD ISSUE IS MORE COMMON THAN THE 10c ISSUE. ITS TRUE RETAIL VALUE IS REALLY IN THE $275 - $350 RANGE BUT SELLERS WITH STUPID ASS ASKING PRICES GOOD LUCK FINDING A TRUE VALUED COPY FOR SALE.
THERE ARE 55 COPIES GRADED 9.8 AT THIS TIME AND THAT NUMBER RISES DAILY. A COPY GRADED 9.4 SIGNATURE SERIES IS CURRENTLY ON EBAY @ $1500 OFFER, PERFECT EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER STUPID ASS SELLER TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE UNINFORMED BUYERS. NO WAY IS THAT ASKING PRICE CLOSE TO ITS ACTUAL VALUE. A 1976 SAFEGUARD 9.4 CGC GRADED IS $100 AT BEST...SIGNED MAYBE $300 "TOPS". & NOT WORTH THE $1500 ASKING PRICE. THE TWO ISSUES FROM 1976 ARE THE TWO YEARS MOST EVERY SELLER IS ALWAYS OVERPRICED..
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1976 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 9.8 FREE SAFEGUARD ISSUE. WITH TOP CUT PROPERLY.
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Action Comics 1 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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SECOND COPY OF THE 1976 FREE SAFEGUARD ISSUE. BEAUTIFUL COMIC / WELL PRINTED / WELL PRESERVED VIBRANT COLORS & REVERSE HAS ALL OF THE WRITING OF "SAFEGUARD" NOT CUT CLOSE LIKE FIRST COPY. BOTH EXAMPLES SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE OF PRINTING FOR THIS YEAR. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THIS COPY HAS LESS OF THE MANS BODY SHOWING BOTTOM LEFT CORNER THAN THE FIRST COPY CUT CLOSE. OVERPAID FOR THIS ONE TO SECURE IT FOR THE SET, PRICES NOW DROPPING. AS OF 10 -15 - 2016. THERE ARE 55 COPIES OF THIS 1976 FREE SAFEGUARD ISSUE GRADED 9.8 BY CGC. THE 10c COVER IS MUCH MORE SCARCE WITH ONLY 33 9.8 COPIES. THIS COMIC 40 YEARS OLD HIGH GRADE of 9.8 AND STILL MORE COPIES KEEP BEING FOUND SENT INTO CGC AND GRADE 9.8 THE POP #s KEEP GOING UP. MOST SELLERS ARE CLUELESS ON ACTUAL REAL VALUES & THEIR PRICES ARE WAY OUT OF LINE FOR BOTH COMICS FROM 1976 THE SUPERMAN REPRINT. THERE CURRENTLY IS A COPY ON E-BAY THAT BID TO $274 SOLD WITH A $13 SHIPPING FEE. THIS IS MUCH MORE IN LINE TO ACTUAL VALVE. WHEN COMICS DONT HAVE RESERVES ON THEM 99% OF THE TIME THEY SELL FOR WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY WORTH NOT SUFFERING THE STUPID ASS SELLERS ASKING PRICE SYNDROME. WHEN WILL E-BAY SELLERS REALIZE THEIR PRICES OVER $799 + IS STUPIDLY RIDICULOUS.
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1976 Action Comics #1 SUPERMAN Reprint 9.8 10c
Sleeping Bag
Reverse Cover Issue.
RARER OF TWO 1976 ISSUES PRINTED. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1976 10c Action Comics #1 Reprint / with the Sleeping Bag on Reverse. This reprint is 99% of the time always overpriced by all sellers. Asking prices start at $795+for graded and ungraded issues. I waited for a long time to find this sleeping bag issue reasonably priced. Sellers are clueless about its "true" value. These 1976 comics are not worth those high asking prices. Its a key comic to this set. Persistence paid off waiting for the right one and have only seen one other that was semi-close to what I paid for this one since buying it. CGC pop was 33 last time checked....not rare but a scarce issue...difficult to find under a $700 asking price..
1 / 30 / 2018 there are 85 total CGC graded copies of this 1976 Sleeping Bag issue comic, not many have been graded 9.8 since 2015.
UPDATE 2 / 24 / 2019
Damn made an error last update of 1 / 30 /2018, looks like when I entered the total quantity of the CGC 9.8s I used the Safeguard pop census #s at that time which was 85 total 9.8s. Those are now 111, so that has increased by 26 comics, whereas the 10c issued price with sleeping bag reverse is @ 42. So not positive how many more 9.8s in just over a year have been graded 9.8. I am sure it is very few if any. Wish I would have entered the correct amount. Still, 42 copies since CGC has been encapsulating comics is a very low quantity. Not 100% positive but I remember there being 35 9.8s about 3 - 4 years ago. The Safeguard issue CGC pop census has over twice as many grading 9.8. This sleeping bag comic prices are still @ $795 + on the low side with most sellers asking over $1000 each. Right now there is a 9.8 sleeping bag issue 2 / 24 / 2019 that is on eBay for $485. Very reasonable IMO, it was listed about 4 weeks ago @ $600 with no sale, then lowered to $550, also a no sale now is at $485. Has 29 days to go in the auction, I would be surprised if it still is a no sale at the end of the auction. Thinking of making the purchase myself for an additional copy for this set, buy low $$$ available makes that decision iffy. Hard to pass this one up...these do just not come up at these lower prices and I have been looking for years. Crazy but thinking of justifying the addition to the set using the old case for this copy and new case if I decide to buy the one now listed on eBAY.
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1976 ACTION COMICS REPRINT #1 SUPERMAN 6.0 10c ERROR SLEEPING BAG ISSUE. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 6.0 |
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1976 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 10c COVER PRICE "PRINTING ERROR" WITH TWO COMICS STAPLED TOGETHER AT THE BINDING SEAM. THIS TYPE OF ERROR IS RARE, SURPRISING IT HAS SURVIVED INTACT OVER 40+ YEARS NOT BEING SEPARATED. THE SLEEPING BAG COMIC IS ALSO THE RARER OF THE TWO COMICS PRINTED IN 1976. THE SAFEGUARD FREE ISSUE IS MUCH MORE COMMON THAN THE 10C ISSUE. DIFFICULT TO TELL BUT THIS IS MOST LIKELY THE ONLY 1976 WITH TWO COMICS STAPLED TOGETHER STILL INTACT. CGC LUMPS ALL THE COMICS TOGETHER IN THE CENSUS, THIS COPY WAS FOR SALE UNGRADED ON E-BAY DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME AT THE TIME TO HAVE IT GRADED. SOMEONE SENT IT TO CGC & RELISTED AS A RARE COMIC MONTHS LATER, BUT WAY OVER PRICED, SELLER WAS ASKING $1500. WEEK BY WEEK THE SELLER KEPT LOWERING THE PRICE TO WHERE IT WAS REASONABLY PRICED @ $150.I WAS HAPPY IT WAS LISTED AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS A RARE FIND. ONLY GRADES 6.0 BUT AN ERROR WITH TWO COMICS STILL STAPLED TOGETHER FROM THE MANUFACTURER IS TRULY A FANTASTIC FIND & ADDS TO THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS SET. PRICE CONTINUALLY DROPPED / A RARE ERROR / OF A SCARCE ISSUE / PERFECT ADDITION TO THIS SUPERMAN REPRINT SET.
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1983 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN 9.8 REPRINT. RARE COMIC |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1983 ACTION COMICS # 1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 10c ISSUE COVER PRICE. UNBELIEVABLE FOR A RECENT ISSUED COMIC HOW RARE 1983 IN THIS SERIES & SO DIFFICULT TO FIND IN HIGH GRADE. NOT MANY PEOPLE SAVED THIS ISSUE IN HIGH NUMBERS AND THERE JUST WERE NOT A LOT OF THESE COPIES PRINTED. EVEN NOW 30 + YEARS LATER THIS IS A COMIC THAT ONLY HAS FIVE COPIES GRADED 9.8 AND SIX COPIES GRADED 9.6. WITH ONLY ONE SIGNATURE SERIES 1983 GRADED 9.4. THERE ARE ONLY 11 COPIES TOTAL GRADED 9.6 OR HIGHER FOR THE ENTIRE 1983 YEAR. THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS NEAR IMMACULATE GRADING 9.8. AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF THIS YEAR AND VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN HIGH GRADE. THERE ARE VERY FEW UNGRADED ISSUES AND THE BULK OF UNGRADED COPIES HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMATIC ISSUES. HIGHLY UNLIKELY THERE WILL BE MANY IF ANY MORE GRADING 9.6 AND HIGHER OF THIS 1983 REPRINT ISSUE. FIVE COPIES GRADED 9.8 IS RARE...( SO FAR )...& COULD EASILY STAY THAT WAY. THIS COPY IS A HOLY GRAIL REPRINT FOR THIS SET. BEAUTIFUL COPY AND RARE CONSIDERING ALL FACTS THERE ARE ONLY 11 TOTAL GRADED 9.6 OR HIGHER. THESE FACTS MAKES THE FIVE 1983 9.8 COPIES ONE OF THE RAREST LOW QUANTITIES GRADED FOR THIS ENTIRE SET. AS OF 12 / 31 / 2016 TWO MORE COPIES WERE GRADED OF THIS 1983 REPRINT, ONE GRADED 9.8, ONE GRADED 9.6. THE 9.8 COPY GRADED IS ACTUALLY A 1987 BUT CGC MISSED THAT AND HOLDER-ED IT 1983. IT HAS THE NESTLES QUICK BUNNY ON THE REVERSE / EASY WAY TO TELL IT IS NOT 1983 BUT ACTUALLY A 1987 COMIC BECAUSE THE NESTLE BUNNY WAS ONLY USED IN 1987. THAT MISS HOLDER-ED 1987 / 1983 COMIC IS IN THIS SET.
THIS SPECIFIC COMIC WAS LISTED ON E-BAY WITH THE ASKING PRICE AS OF $699 / OFFER ( 1 / 16 / 2017). SELLER ACCEPTED OFFER...ASKING PRICE WAS ON THE HIGH SIDE AS MOST THE SUPERMAN REPRINTS STILL SUFFER SELLERS OVER ASKING PRICE SYNDROME. NOT FAR OUT OF LINE IF THE COLLECTOR INTEREST WAS IN LINE WITH THE ASKING PRICES. JUST NOT THE CASE, TOO MANY SELLERS ARE CLUELESS ON TRUE VALUES, THIS 1983 YEAR ALONG WITH THE TWO COMICS PRINTED IN 1976 ARE ALWAYS OVERPRICED. ONE OF THE 9.8 COPIES MISS LABELED ACTUALLY IS 1987 COMIC. YOU CAN SEE PROOF THE CGC MISS HOLDER-ED COMIC IS IN THIS SET. THERE ARE ONLY FOUR 1983 COPIES CGC GRADED 9.8 TOTAL NOT AS THE CGC CENSUS STATES OF FIVE.
12 / 10 / 2018,
ANOTHER COPY HAS BEEN GRADED 9.8 IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN BUT THE CGC CENSUS FOR 9.8 COPIES NOW IS 7. UPDATE 2 / 8 / 19 THE CENSUS NOW READS 6 AGAIN, NO IDEA WHY IT WAS REMOVED, MAYBE THE NEW OWNER SAW IT WAS 1987 LIKE THE ONE I BOUGHT FOR THIS SET? MAYBE CGC MADE ANOTHER MISTAKE AND CORRECTED IT. RIGHT NOW 12 / 10 / 2018, ANOTHER COPY IS ON EBAY THAT COULD BE THIS NEWEST ONE TO GRADE 9.8. WITH THE CENSUS BEING CHANGED IT CANT BE THE ONE LISTED @ $1499.00 BEST OFFER. AGAIN DUMB ASS SELLERS WITH STUPID ASS ASKING PRICES.
EVEN WITH THIS YEAR BEING SO DIFFICULT TO FIND IN HIGH GRADE AND IT IS RARE, THE $1499 PRICE IS RIDICULOUS. INTERESTING ALSO ABOUT 8 - 10 MONTHS AGO ANOTHER COPY WAS LISTED ON EBAY @$799, NOW ANOTHER LISTED @ $1499. ITS A POSSIBILITY THIS COPY WAS BOUGHT BY THE NEW SELLER WHEN LISTED @ $799 / THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD / WOULD MAKE A HEFTY PROFIT AND RELISTED IT @ $1499 ITS AN OPINION CANT VERIFY NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE CERT # WHEN LISTED FOR $799. $1499 won't EVER HAPPEN, I PASSED ON THE $799 PRICE WHEN FOR SALE AND STILL THINK EVEN WITH THE RARIETY ITS $600 TOPS, $800 TO SOMEONE THAT HAS TO HAVE IT.
UPDATE 2 / 21 / 2019
ANOTHER 1983 HAS BEEN GRADED BY CGC, THE POP CENSUS NOW READS 7 9.8 COPIES. THE NEWLY GRADED COPY IS LISTED ON EBAY FOR $499 OFFER W/ FREE SHIPPING. THAT IS ACTUALLY A VERY REASONABLE PRICE. I SHOULD JUMP ON IT TO ADD IT TO THIS SET. FUNDS ARE TIGHT SO THE PURCHASE IS BAD TIMING. TO RESELL IT THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO MAKE MUCH OF A PROFIT. LISTING FEES @ 17% CUT INTO THE RESELLING, SO ITS A MATTER OF HAVING ANOTHER COPY FOR THE SET. DIFFICULT DECISION KNOWING HOW RARE THEY ARE AND SHORT OR $$$$. THE TOTAL IS NOW 7 9.8s and 5 9.6s 12 TOTAL 9.6 & HIGHER. 7 9.8s WOULD BE COOL OWNING 3 OF THE 7. WITH THE ONE MISGRADED COPY IN THIS SET, THAT MEANS THERE ARE REALLY ONLY 6 ACTUAL CGC COPIES @ THE 9.8 LEVEL OR 4 TOTAL. VERY LOW # AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR A 1983 COPY.
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1983 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 9.8 RARE COMIC. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1983 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 9.8 A RARE COMIC. SCORE!!!! SEARCHING THROUGH EBAY STUMBLED ACROSS THIS 1983 REPRINT AND ACTUALLY WAS A BIT SURPRISED WHEN I FOUND IT FOR SALE. WASNT REALLY LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CGC 9.8 COPY BECAUSE ALL THAT ARE FOR SALE ARE ALWAYS OVERPRICED. HAD TO LOOK TWICE TO MAKE SURE IT REALLY WAS 1983. CLICKED ON THE IMAGE AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS A REAL 1983. THIS YEAR IS THE RAREST REPRINT OF THE ENTIRE SERIES OF ACTION COMICS # REPRINTS. IT IS ALSO THE "SEVENTH" COPY CGC HAS GRADED TOTAL AND WAS RECENTLY SLABBED. ONE POPPED UP ON THE CENSUS AND A FEW DAYS LATER REMOVED THEN ADDED AGAIN. IM 100% CERTAIN THIS IS # 7. AFTER LOOKING AT THE AUCTION LISTING AGAIN SURPRISED ONLY HAD A $499 OFFER ASKING PRICE WITH FREE SHIPPING. THIS WAS GETTING BETTER BY THE SECOND. THAT ACTUALLY WAS A VERY REASONABLE PRICE. DIDNT NEED ANOTHER FOR THE SET BUT ONE OF SEVEN, AND THE LAST 9.8 GRADED WAS IN DECEMBER 2016. SO VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THESE IN HIGH GRADE, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND WORTHY COPIES TO BE GRADED.
$$$$ ARE TIGHT SO THE EXTRA EXPENSE? WORTH IT NOW? I HAVE PASSED ON ANOTHER COPY FOR THAT EXACT REASON AND HAVE BEEN KICKING MYSELF EVER SINCE WHEN WAS OUTBID IN THE $260 RANGE. ADDING ANOTHER 9.8 COPY WOULD BE WORTH IT IF THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT DECIDED TO GO FOR IT WITH A LOWER OFFER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. LOOKED OVER THE SELLERS OTHER LISTINGS AND COMPLETED LISTINGS AND AGAIN SURPRISED NOT A TRUE COMIC BOOKSELLER. HAD ALL KINDS OF OTHER LISTINGS AND FEW COMICS. THAT WAS A HUGE PLUS COMICS WERE NOT THE MAIN LINE OF SALES. THOUGHT FOR SURE THEY DIDNT KNOW HOW RARE THIS COMIC ACTUALLY IS. BINGO! OFFER IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED! THIS DAY JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER. ONE OF SEVEN COPIES KNEW YEARS AGO THERE WOULD NOT BE MANY MORE GRADED...100% CORRECT ON THAT PREDICTION. ONLY TWO 9.8s GRADED IN TWO YEARS. SURPRISED MY OFFER ACCEPTED MORE THAN $200 LESS THAN HIS ASKING PRICE, REALLY NEED ANOTHER COPY, NO / BUT NOW OWN 3 OF THE CGC 9.8 COPIES, ONE MISLABELED, COOL FOR THE SET. GREAT FIND EVEN IF IT IS ANOTHER ONE...ITS A COOL AND RARE ONE.
DECIDED TO USE ORIGINAL PICTURES FROM THE SELLER`S AUCTION FOR THIS COMIC, KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE BAD PICTURES HELP GET A GREAT PRICE...THIS COMIC WAS NOT LISTED FOR SALE FOR VERY LONG ON EBAY, DIDNT HAVE MANY OTHERS WHO EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO BUY IT...GREAT SCORE AGAIN!
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1983 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 9.8 MISLABELED. ACTUALLY IS A 1987 COMIC LABELED 1983 ON HOLDER. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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THIS IS A MISLABELED ACTION COMICS SUPERMAN #1 REPRINT. THIS SUPERMAN REPRINT IS ACTUALLY 1987 IN A 1983 LABELED HOLDER, CGC MISSED THE CORRECT COPYRIGHT DATE WHEN IT WAS ENCAPSULATED. THE EASY WAY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE 1983 HAS A SUPERMAN W/ THE PEANUT BUTTER ON THE REVERSE. 1987 HAS THE NESTLE QUICK BUNNY. THIS SPECIFIC COPY HAS THE NESTLE QUICK BUNNY, THAT REVERSE IMAGE WAS ONLY USED ON THE 1987 COMIC. THE 1983 SUPERMAN REPRINTS ARE RARE, ONLY FIVE COPIES TOTAL HAVE GRADED 9.8. TWO COPIES RECENTLY GRADED (9- 28- 2016) AND IM 100% POSITIVE THIS IS THE 4TH COPY GRADING 9.8. BUT IS NOT 1983 IS ACTUALLY 1987. ANOTHER GRADED 9.8. AND IS CORRECTLY LABELED ON THE HOLDER. THIS MEANS THERE STILL ARE ONLY 4 TOTAL CGC 9.8 COPIES. CGC WOULD CORRECT THIS BUT I HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE IT AS IS, A MISLABELED ODDITY FOR THIS SET. I AM 100% POSITIVE THIS IS THE 4TH EVER CGC 9.8 GRADED FOR 1983 WITH THE WRONG YEAR ON HOLDER. INTERESTING PIECE AND ADDS UNIQUENESS TO THIS SET.
THIS REPRINT IS IN CGCs NEWER HOLDER. 1983 & 1987 COMICS ARE EASILY MISTAKEN, WHEN READING THE COPYRIGHT MANY FAIL TO READ 1987 ON THE SAME LINE SHORTLY WORDED AFTER 1983 EVEN CONFUSING CGC. FLIP THE COMIC, REVERSE, SUPERMAN PEANUT BUTTER 1983, NESTLE QUICK BUNNY1987.
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1983 ACTION COMICS REPRINT 9.6 SUPERMAN PEANUT BUTTER REVERSE. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.6 |
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1983 ACTION COMICS # 1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 10c ISSUE COVER PRICE. RARE PEANUT BUTTER SUPERMAN REVERSE COVER. THESE 1983 COPIES ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND IN HIGH GRADE. NOT MANY PEOPLE SAVED THIS ISSUE IN HIGH NUMBERS AND THERE JUST WERE NOT A LOT OF THESE COPIES PRINTED. KEPT THIS COPY FOR THE SET AFTER FINDING A RECENTLY GRADED 9.8 COPY. THERE ARE ONLY 10 COPIES TOTAL GRADED 9.6 OR HIGHER FOR THE ENTIRE 1983 YEAR. THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS NEAR IMMACULATE AND GRADED 9.6. AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF THIS YEAR AND VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN HIGH GRADE. THERE ARE VERY FEW UNGRADED ISSUES AND THE BULK OF UNGRADED COPIES LOOK TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMATIC ISSUES. HIGHLY UNLIKELY THERE WILL BE MANY IF ANY MORE GRADING 9.6 AND HIGHER OF THIS 1983 REPRINT ISSUE. FOUR COPIES GRADED 9.8 IS RARE. 1983 9.8 COPIES ARE ONE OF THE RAREST LOW QUANTITIES GRADED IN THIS ENTIRE SET. AS OF 12 / 31 / 2016 TWO MORE COPIES WERE GRADED OF THE 1983 REPRINT, ONE GRADED 9.8, ONE GRADED 9.6. I DONT THINK THE CGC WILL INCREASE MUCH BECAUSE OF THE RARITY OF THESE 1983 COMICS.
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1987 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT 9.8 10C ISSUE. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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VERY NICE CGC 9.8 HIGH-GRADE EXAMPLE OF THE 1987 SUPERMAN # 1 REPRINT. 1987s ARE NOT EASY TO FIND IN HIGH-GRADE BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY 11 COPIES GRADING 9.8. THAT NUMBER WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE BECAUSE THERE ARE 2 MORE 1987 9.8 ISSUES IN THIS SET THAT ARE MISLABELED ON THE HOLDER, A 1983 AND 1988. THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE I SENT TO CGC AND WAS ONE OF THE COMICS THAT STARTED ME LOOKING FOR THE VARIANTS, SWIPES, & HOMAGE COVERS BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST COMIC I SENT TO CGC THAT RECEIVED A 9.8 GRADE.
THE 1987 ISSUE IS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR THE 1983 BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO MUCH ALIKE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REVERSE IMAGES. 1983 PEANUT BUTTER SUPERMAN REVERSE 1997 NESTLE QUICK BUNNY. THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE IS A 10c COVER PRICE I HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS TIMES OF A 50c 1987 COVER PRICE BUT NEVER HAVE SEEN ONE HONESTLY DONT THINK IT EXISTS AND IS MISTAKEN INFORMATION.
THERE IS ONLY ONE 1987 CGC GRADED 9.8 AS A SIGNATURE SERIES ON THE CENSUS. KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THAT COMIC IF IT EVER POPS UP FOR SALE. FEW 1987 COPIES ARE EVER FOR SALE ASKING PRICES ARE USUALLY IN THE $250+ RANGE. UNGRADED COMICS HAVE ALSO BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND AS MORE TIME GOES BY COLLECTORS ARE BUYING UP THE NICE ONES..
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1988 ACTION COMICS #1 Superman 9.8 actually is a 1987 mislabeled comic. 1987 LABELED 1988 ON HOLDER. |
| Item Description: |
Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1987 #1 Superman Action Comic reprint 9.8 mislabeled 1988 on the holder. Another comic with incorrect information and wrong comic not matching what the holder reads.1987 comic mislabeled as printed in 1988 but no 10c 1988 comics were printed with 10c cover price, they were only printed with 50c. 1987 Nestle Quick Bunny reverse, 1988 comics started being printing with glossy paper not the newspaper printing as earlier issues like this 1987 reprint. Another unusual comic for this 9.8 reprints/variant set. This comic printed in 1987 & as of 4/1/ 2016, there are only 12 copies graded by CGC making this a very scarce comic. This comic may be 1 of 1 the only 1988 mislabeled with a 9.8 mixed in with the 1988 census #s. Total 1987 CGC Superman #1 Reprints of this issue is now 13.
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1988 ACTION COMICS REPRINT 9.8 50C ISSUE. 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY COPY. YEAR WITH MOST 9.8s GRADED. |
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Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1988 SUPERMAN FIFTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE...THIS COMIC HAS 192 COPIES GRADED 9.8 MORE THAN MOST ALL OTHER YEARS COMBINED. ( est that # of copies was around 4 - 1 - 20160. SIX COPIES ALONE HAVE GRADED 9.8 IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. (as of 10 - 7 - 2016 there are 220). PRICES OF THIS ISSUE ARE ALL OVER THE BOARD RANGING FROM $125 + SHIPPING TO $400 +. PERSONALLY THINK ITS WORTH $80 SHIPPING INC. NO PROBLEM FINDING 9.8 GRADED COPIES OF THIS YEAR. MANY COPIES ARE "WAY" OVER WHAT THESE COMICS ARE WORTH. SEEING SELLERS WITH THE ASKING PRICE OF $299 + FOR THIS ISSUE DRIVES ME NUTS! ITS TRULY ONLY WORTH $75 TOPS. "GET A GRIP PEOPLE QUIT TRYING TO SCREW EVERYONE". AS OF TODAY 9 -18 - 2016 THERE ARE ONLY TWO COPIES GRADED 9.9. ONE OF THOSE TWO IS IN AN E-BAY AUCTION CLOSING IN TWO DAYS. THE PRICE IS CURRENTLY @ $792.NOT SURE AT THIS POINT IF I WILL BID TO WIN OR LET THAT ONE SLIDE BY. JUST CHECKED THE PRICE LITERALLY FIVE MINUTES AGO PRICE BID UP TO $820 NOW. IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS SET, BUT NOT POSITIVE IT WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT AS THIS IS THE ONE YEAR IN THE REPRINT SERIES THAT HAS THE MOST COPIES GRADED 9.8. IT IS THE ONE YEAR MOST LIKELY TO HAVE A 9.8s GRADED, AND AT CURRENT VALUES OF THE 1988 YEAR, WORTH ABOUT $110 SHIPPED, THE 9.9 MAY NOT BE WORTH SUCH A HUGE PREMIUM FOR THAT TENTH OF A GRADING POINT. WILL SEE IF I ENTER THE BIDDING RACE UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONE OF TWO COPIES GRADED 9.9. NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE UNTRAINED EYE TO SEE ANY DIFFERENCE TO JUSTIFY THE PRICE DIFFERENCE. THE COPY OF THE 9.9 SOLD FOR $1231 MIXED EMOTIONS IF UNDER PRICED OR OVER PRICED / UNCERTAIN IF IT A GOOD OR BAD INVESTMENT. HAVE BOUGHT LOW CGC POP COMICS FOR MUCH LESS WITH LOW POPULATION NUMBERS. THIS WOULD BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PURCHASE FOR A LOW QUANTITY GRADED. ONE OF THE EASY WAYS TO TELL THIS REPRINT FROM OTHER REPRINTS IS THE GARBAGE CAN ON THE COVER BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. MOST REPRINTS HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR THAT GIVE CLUES TO THE YEAR IT WAS PRINTED. THE GARBAGE CAN ON THIS ONE MAKES IT EASY TO SPOT ITS THE 1988 FIFTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE. THIS YEAR ALSO HAS COPIES SOLD AS A DIRECT ISSUE WITH A BAR CODE IN PLACE OF THE GARBAGE CAN. THAT ISSUE IS MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND IN HIGH GRADE FEWER PRINTED AND DIFFICULT FINDING CGC GRADED COPIES FOR SALE. HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BUY ONE OF THE 9.8 BAR CODE COPIES FOR $110 + SHIPPING AND LITERALLY OVER THOUGHT IT AND IT SOLD...THAT WAS A GOOD DEAL NOT MANY CGC COPIES, MISSED A GOOD COPY FOR THIS RARE SET. 1988 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THE COVERS WERE PRINTED WITH A GLOSSY STOCK PAPER ON THE FRONT COVER. THE 1974 WAS AN OVER SIZED EDITION WITH A LARGE GLOSSY OUTER COVER. THE 2 1976 ISSUES, THE 1983, AND THE 1987 COVERS WERE ALL PRINTED IN THE NEWSPAPER PAPER ON THE FRONT COVERS. NO ISSUES AFTER 1987 HAVE BEEN PRINTED WITH THE NEWSPAPER THAT IS ONE WAY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THE EARLY REPRINTS OF THIS ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT. 1988 ANNIVERSARY ISSUE HAS 220 9.8s GRADED WITH A HUGE POSSIBILITY OF MORE 9.8s COULD BE GRADED IN THE FUTURE A BIG REASON PASSED ON THE 9.9 ON E-BAY. IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT YEAR 100% PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BID TO WIN. SO EVEN THOUGH THE 9.9 WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS SET NO BIG DEAL MISSED THAT COMIC FOR THE SELLING PRICE OF $1231 NOT ADDED TO THIS SET.
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1988 ACTION COMICS REPRINT W/BAR CODE DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.8. |
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Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1988 ACTION COMICS #1 SUPERMAN REPRINT DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.8. 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.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THESE COPIES WAS AT NEWSTANDS, OR STORES SELLING MAGAZINES. BECAUSE THE DIRECT SALES, SALES HAD FALLEN OFF SO DRASTICALLY FOR THE COMIC BOOK COMPANIES THEY REDUCED THE QUANTITIES AVAILABLE FOR DIRECT SALES 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 VERY FEW 9.8 CGC GRADED. NO WAY TO BE CERTAIN BECAUSE CGC LUMPS THE TWO YEARS TOGETHER, AND IT IS ONE OF TWO COPIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. DOSENT MEAN ITS THE ONLY ONE, BUT JUST FEELING I HAVE IT IS ONE OF A FEW. 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. WITH LUCK ANOTHER 9.8 BARCODED COPY WAS FOUND 10/24/2017.
THIS 9.8 COPY IS THE ONLY OTHER 9.8 DIRECT SALES EDITION I HAVE EVER SEEN, PURCHASE WAS MADE IMMEDIATELY WHEN SEEN. A 9.6 COPY HAS BEEN FOR SALE FOR MONTHS AND I PASSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS OVERPRICED. IT WAS PROBABLY ONLY ONE OF A FEW 9.6 CGC GRADED 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. SO PURCHASED THE 9.6 ONLY LITERALLY TO FIND THIS 9.8 10 DAYS LATER. BUT STILL 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.
UPDATE 3 / 1 /2019
FOUND TWO MORE COPIES FOR SALE OF THIS BARCODE ISSUE ONE SOLD A WEEK AGO FOR A BIN PRICE OF $134.99 + $13 SHIPPING, THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT DEAL. THE CERT # FROM THAT SPECIFIC COMIC IS #1272472002. THE SAME SELLER FROM NEW YORK JUST LISTED ANOTHER CERT # 2014942001 FOR $199.99 + $13 SHIPPING, STILL NOT A BAD PRICE FOR A RARER ISSUE IN HIGH GRADE. I CAN CONFIRM 4 TOTAL I KNOW OF, UNSURE OF HOW MANY MORE THERE ARE BUT STILL FEEL IT IS PROBABLY LESS THAN 10, MAYBE 15 ON THE HIGH SIDE ESTIMATE BUT CAN BE CERTAIN.
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1988 ACTION COMICS #1 REPRINT BAR CODE DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.6. |
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Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.6 |
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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 DIFFICULT FINDING IN HIGH GRADE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THESE COPIES WAS AT NEWSTANDS. BECAUSE DIRECT SALES HAD FALLEN OFF SO DRASTICALLY DC COMICS REDUCED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE BY 90%. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE HANDLED THAT REDUCED MANY SURVIVING IN HIGH GRADE. NO PROBLEM FINDING A 1988 REGULAR EDITION IN HIGH GRADE OF 9.8, 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 ONLY TWO 9.8 CGC GRADED COPIES. NO WAY TO BE CERTAIN BECAUSE of CGC LUMPS THE TWO YEARS TOGETHER, BUT IT IS THE ONLY COPY I HAVE SEEN. ANOTHER 9.8 COPY SHOWED UP PURCHASED THAT ONE IMMEDIATELY. I FEEL THE EST AT THAT TIME 2 COPIES TOTAL WAS CORRECT. I MISSED THE CHANCE TO ADD THAT COMIC TO THIS SET, 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 I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT WAS FOR SALE FOR MONTHS AND I PASSED THOUGHT THE ASKING PRICE WAS TOO HIGH. IN REALITY, 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 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, 9.6 1988 DIRECT SALES EDITION IS A VERY DIFFICULT COMIC TO FIND, MORE SO IN HIGH GRADE, IT IS A SLEEPER IN THIS SET. THE 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. IT IS ALSO AN AMAZING EXAMPLE SHOWING ALL THE BOLD VIVID COLORS OF A FIRST PRINTING. AFTER COMICS ARE PRINTED THE INK IS NOT AS STRONG AND FADES A BIT, THE COLORS ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE ARE TRULY OUTSTANDING! BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE AND IT REALLY SHOWS WHEN HELD NEXT TO ANY OTHER COMIC ESPECIALLY ACTION COMICS # 1 REPRINTS.
2 / 24 / 2019
A 9.8 1988 BARCODE ISSUE SHOWED UP ON eBAY JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO WITH AN ASKING PRICE OF $134.99 WITH FREE SHIPPING. KNOWING HOW RARE THESE ISSUE`S ARE WAS VERY DIFFICULT NOT BUYING THAT COMIC. SELLER OBVIOUSLY HAD NO IDEA HOW RARE IT REALLY WAS, KNEW IT WOULD NOT LAST MORE THAN A DAY MAYBE TWO AT BEST. KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH ON BUYING IT BUT AGAIN BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING THE $$$ FLOW HAD TO PASS. THAT COMIC SHOULD BE SELLING IN THE RANGE OF $300ish +. AS EXPECTED IT SOLD EARLY ON THE SECOND DAY, IM SURE NEW OWNER KNEW HE GOT A GREAT DEAL AND HAPPY SEEING A RARER COMIC AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS SELLERS HAVE ON THESE REPRINTS IS BEING CLUELESS ON ACTUAL VALUES.
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1991 ACTION COMICS 50c BLACK BOX REPRINT EDITION 9.4. |
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Action Comics 1 Modern |
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CGC 9.4 |
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ACTION COMICS 1991 50c BLACK BOX REPRINT EDITION 9.4. EVERY FEW YEARS DC ISSUED THESE REPRINTS KEEPING INTEREST IN THE #1 SUPERMAN FROM 1938, & PEOPLE KEPT BUYING THE NEW RELEASES. EACH REPRINT HAD A SLIGHT VARIATION FROM PREVIOUS YEARS MAKING IT EASIER TO DISTINGUISH FROM OTHER YEARS PRINTED. THIS 1991 IS NO EXCEPTION. THE PRICE IS IN A "BLACK BOX" WITH A RETAIL PRICE OF 50c. MANY OF THE REPRINTS NOT ONLY DID THE COLOR AND SIZE OF THE BOX CHANGE SO DID THE PRICE. EXAMPLE: THE 1988 ANNIVERSARY REPRINT HAD TWO COMICS PRINTED THAT YEAR, ONE WITH A 50c COVER, AND ONE WITH A $1 COVER.
THE 1988 50c COVER WAS PRINTED WITH A WHITE BOX, WHEREAS THE $1 COVER WAS PRINTED WITH A BLACK BOX. THE $1 COVER HAD A GARBAGE CAN LOWER LEFT CORNER, WHERE THE 50c WHITE PRICED BOX COVER HAD A BARCODE IN PLACE OF THE GARBAGE CAN AND WAS A DIRECT SALES EDITION, SOLD ON NEWSSTANDS. THE DIRECT SALES EDITIONS ARE MUCH RARER IN HIGH GRADE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE HANDLED, AND FEWER COMICS PRINTED.
THIS YEAR OF 1991 THERE ARE ONLY FIVE GRADED COPIES ON THE CGC CENSUS,
ONE GRADED 3.5,
ONE GRADED 6.5,
ONE GRADED 9.0,
ONE GRADED 9.2,
AND THIS HIGHEST GRADED COPY 9.4.
UPDATE TO THE ABOVE INFORMATION, NOT SURE OF DATE BUT PROBABLY WRITTEN IN 2016ish, THERE SINCE HAVE BEEN THREE MORE COPIES GRADED...1 GRADING 9.8,& 2 GRADING 9.6. TODAY IS 9/20/2018 & I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THOSE FOR SALE ON EBAY. MOST GOOD FINDS USUALLY END UP BEING LISTED THERE. WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE LOOK OUT FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE COMICS WITH HIGH HOPES OF ANY OF THEM POPING UP FOR SALE. THEY ARE NOW CONSIDERED RARE GRADING THAT HIGH FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE AND THE 9.8 IS NOW THE RAREST ACTION COMICS #1 REPRINT OF THE ENTIRE SERIES. NO IDEA IF THE NEW LUCKY OWNER HAS ANY IDEA OF HOW RARE THAT 9.8 COPY ACTUALLY IS. WITH 3 GRADING THAT HIGH, BIG POSSIBILITY ALL SENT IN BY THE SAME PERSON, REASON I THINK THIS BECAUSE ITS VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE THREE GRADED RECENTLY AND ALL THREE ARE 9.6 AND HIGHER.
HUGE POSSIBILITY THE OWNER SAT ON THEM A LONG TIME WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO GRADE THEM KNOWING THEY WERE PRISTINE COPIES &.IT PAID OFF. WITH SOME LUCK THEY WILL BE LISTED WITH A "REASONABLE" BUY IT NOW, OR IN A TRUE AUCTION OF HIGHEST BIDDER WINS. ALL THREE ARE NOW HIGH ON MY WANT LIST WITH HOPES ANY OF THE THREE IS LISTED FOR SALE AND NOT ENDING UP ON A SHELVE SOMEWHERE. FINGERS CROSSED I SEE ONE SOON...I ALSO BELIEVE THESE WERE GRADED IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS TO YEAR.
VERY DIFFICULT FINDING 1991 IN GOOD ENOUGH CONDITION TO BE GRADED. ALL 1991s SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEMATIC ISSUES THAT WOULD KEEP THEM FROM GRADING HIGHER THAN THIS 9.4. WILL UPGRADE IF EVER FINDING A PRISTINE COPY BUT THAT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
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