COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Superman: The Man of Steel 18 Signature
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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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4123095001
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Owner:
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Iconic1s
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
I enjoy the color choices that were made on the various printings of this book. I won my original copy of this book, a Universal 9.8, on eBay BIN for $72.24, not too bad. Much later I added this Signature Series copy signed by Dan Jurgens.
I had originally been looking for this printing for awhile and finally found the first copy for a fair price. I then searched pretty aggressively to find all of the subsequent printings of this book and get them into this set in a fairly short period of time. I sold a Marvel book I had to get a couple of the printings of this book, which I mention in their slots. It was nice to upgrade this slot a little bit with this current Signature Series copy...
...adding this Signature Series book was quite an ordeal! I first noticed it auction style on eBay for $249.00 I think for 30 days. At the time I was super disillusioned with the hobby because of a few things going on with DC Comics, WB Movies, Instagram Trolls, and QC issues with some of my submissions. This book would’ve provided just a small bump to my set; that, the price, and my blaise attitude at the time allowed me to let it slip my mind. Plus, I didn't really need another book signed by Dan Jurgens. It ended without selling and was re-listed for five days... I was sort of getting back into it but didn't feel like dealing with an auction so asked the Seller to just let me BIN for $250.00 to get it over with... he wanted to let the auction play out and wished me luck so I blew it off once again. A couple weeks later I saw it listed again auction style for $249.00 for five days... this time I decided I'd wait it out and snipe it, if it worked out, great, if not then whatever... this is where it gets interesting! The night of auction end came and there were still no bids... with three minutes left I suddenly seriously had to take a crap... it was a force of nature... I rushed to take care of business and probably set a world record for fastest defecation... I washed my hands because I'm not disgusting and got back to my couch where my wi-fi/cellular is the strongest. My hands still slightly damp, I decided to snipe this bad boy with around three seconds left... I typed in my bid and waited to confirm it, when I hit confirm my phone would not respond, I think maybe because of my damp finger!!! The auction ended with zero bids! Arrrggghhh!!! I immediately messaged the Seller and explained the phone malfunction (not my massive and expedient dump) and again offered to do this for $250.00... probably pretty sick of me by then I didn't hear anything back from the Seller. About a week later he re-listed it for $240.00... this time I made sure to go to the bathroom well before auctions end and low and behold here it is! I was the only bidder! A nice little addition to this set and my overall collection of these books!
Having all five printings of this book in 9.8 felt like hitting a major milestone in the original process of building this set. I later upgraded the first printing to a 9.9 thanks to the 'NO ONE CAN KILL SUPERMAN!' collection, even better! The book in the second image slot also came from that collection!
Speaking of the book in the second image slot... when the entire Doomsday, Funeral for a Friend, and Reign of the Supermen storylines concluded we still didn't have any idea where the creature that came to be known as Doomsday had come from! In 1994 the three part Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey did an amazing job of not only giving Doomsday an origin story but it also concluded (sort of) the story of Superman v Doomsday. Later, in 1995 this Doomsday Annual 1 even further elaborated on what Doomsday had been up to his first year after pulverizing Bertron back on a primitive Krypton... so so so COOL! This is one of only four 9.8's, three of which are Signature Series, and mine is signed by Dan Jurgens. I'm happy to show it here with the first full appearance of Doomsday also signed by Dan... with these two books we get to see the monster fully in his containment suit in the first image slot, and then in his birthday suit in the second slot... CRAZY!
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