COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Action Comics 1 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1213958001
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Owner:
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Superman 9.8
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
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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