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The story described a scientist on an unnamed doomed planet placing his infant son into a hastily designed spaceship and launching it toward earth. It should be noted that dave fleischer, the animation lead on the project, actually collaborated with joe shuster on the look of superman, thus seamlessly blending in supermans original comic. Others might say these dirty comic books were simply a sign of the times. The item original comic art pages superman issue 90 pg 12 signed joe rubinstein 1994. Lois lane 87 f 1968 neal adams dc comics superman comic books, dc. Nov 17, 2017 rare superman 1st appearance comic to be auctioned. These files will help new and old readers understand what s happening to the man of steel. While its not an impressive introduction since hes more of a redheaded mad scientist it is significantly rare. The year superman first comic book appearance answers. Original encyclopedia of comic book heroes, volume 3.
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Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist. The clown princess of crime would finally join the dc universe proper in 1999, getting her own oneshot during the nowclassic batman storyline. The auction house says the comic is in its original condition and has been rated in finevery fine condition. Supermans first appearance comic book at auction daily. Unrestored copy of first superman comic book for sale. For example, a story that represents the first appearance of a super power might also contain the first mention of a weakness. Death of superman comic book value price guide comics. Kind of a bummer but for a dollar you cant go wrong. It contained alloriginal stories as opposed to reprints of newspaper strips. The duplications bother me a tiny bit, but not enough to cut my rating. What is supermans origin story and how has it changed over. Superman was the first story in the book, and was 12 pages long. Kall was the original superman who debuted in 1938 and worked in the daily star and. Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics.
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I was hoping to come across the original ads in the comic book, but they. The comic book named batman first came out in 1940, however that wasnt batmans first appearance. Rare comic showing superman s 1st appearance to be auctioned 2 years 4 months 4 weeks ago friday, november 17 2017 nov 17, 2017 november 17, 2017 10. Her next major comic appearance would be in the elseworlds series batman.
The episodes were initially 15 minutes long, but after 1949 they were lengthened to 30 minutes. Comic s buyer has secret identity and would rather remain that way there are thought to be 50 to 100 copies of action comics. Superman the dark side of apokolips is a book that is part comic and part chapter book about superman who, in addition being super strong and able to fly, has some interesting powers, like ice breath. It is referred to as the holy grail of comics and this is the finest graded copy to exist with perfect white pages. Get the best deals on silver age superman comics when you shop the. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own selftitled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with the cover date summer 1939. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. This comic features not only the first appearance of superman, clark kent and lois lane, but this comic began the entire superhero genre that has followed during the 76 years since. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman. If you want to read the original origin story and that is it, it is a great purchase. Exact sales figures for the early decades of superman comic books are hard to find because, like most publishers at the time, dc comics concealed this data to deny competitors, but given the general market trends at the time, sales of action comics and superman probably peaked in the mid1940s and thereafter steadily declined.
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The original comic book, coverdated june, 1938, hit the newsstands sometime during the late spring of that year. He leads a rebellion against an evil villain, darkseid, who enslaved the people of planet apokolips. New listing superman dc comic book lot of 15 run reign bizzarro annual. Superman complete set of 3 mnh us postage stamps scotts. Here is a list of the fifteen most appeared superheroes 1. After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original action comics no. Comics buyer has secret identity and would rather remain that way. The best of supermans many comic book origin stories.