Superman # 1 1974 - 2018 1938 Reprints / Homage / Swipes / Variant / 9.8
1988 ACTION COMICS #1 REPRINT BAR CODE DIRECT SALES EDITION 9.6.
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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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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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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 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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