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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1240895023
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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 9.8. 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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