This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of superman s appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. Ungraded books are worth less esp if youre trying to sell. Lois lane is captured, leaving superman to find her and bring an end to the conflict. On the front cover features superman laying down, with luthor inspecting. I thought the cover meant they reproduced the entire comic and all the stories from the cover included. If youve been collecting comic books since you were a kid, now is the time to list. So glad i got this for my fiveyearold son last christmas by matthew bosley. You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. Chances are you stumbled upon this article looking for the value of the death of superman comic book you have or are interested in buyingselling. Another local store sold its entire supply of copies before noon. Other superman rare comic books are listed lower down this page.
I read the previous answers and in no way were they accurate so although ive answered this in the past, ill answer this again. The death of superman was mostly acknowledged as a comic book companys gimmick of killing its superhero to garner sales a line of thinking that i guess came from bitter comic book value speculators. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. Now, it all depends on which death of superman issue you are referring to, so we have values for the most common and valuable issues below. Lois and clark and the final days of superman first in that order. Most comics that say 30c or higher on the cover are of later vintage and have limited value. Ongoing titles featuring superman in a starring role action comics. Any bs talk about him being in a deathlike coma is exactly that, 100% b. Remembering the death of superman superworld comics. The latest installment in the dc animated universe is superman. Or like a kid playing with action figures, brought. This comic, like the other animated style books, is not part of the same continuity used in the other superman or jla comics.
Regular people were hedging that it said comic book would get value, whereas regular collectors knew there would be multiple reprintings and anyone who wanted said comic book in 1st printing was going to get it. Chris viveiros of boston holds his copy of the comic book in the background. This drives the price up during an otherwise pretty average early 1950s. If you want to sell them, take the time to track down a copy of the current wizard magazine possibly at your local public library. Thats where the real value is in comics entertainment first, last and always. If you do chose to read it, then ill quote threeandtwentyletter read superman. One of the toughest of these was the graphic novel the death of superman, a series which shook the convictions of many silver age comic book fans to their very core. Buy products related to superman comic book products and see what customers say about superman. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings. This has dual appeal, because batman collectors will want a copy of this superman comic book, as well as superman fans. Red son, an animated film based on the awardwinning comic book miniseries from 2003 by mark millar kickass, civil war, kingsman. Death of superman comic book value price guide comics watcher. The photo below is for reference, its not the same one that sold.
The death of superman brought in curious non comic book readers to speculate and buy the comic books thinking that these copies would someday be worth something, but they got it wrong. Four new series set in the world of the vertigo classic. Death of superman comic book value price guide comics. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. And that was just for the comics, not to mention the other comic book art and other items that brought him over 5 million dollars. Its not as valuable as other superman comics but would cost as. Superman is one of the strongest rebirth titles but is more centered on the family clark, lois and jon.
The continuity was going to be wiped out anyways, so dc had moore write the final superman story. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. How much is the original death of superman comic worth. What encounter was so sad that it moved superman to tears. A few months ago, one turned up in an auction lot, confirming its existence. This is also the last 10cent issue, the next issue would cost 12 cents. Tomasi is a new york times bestselling author known for his current work on superman and previous projects batman and robin, superman wonder woman, batman detective comics, and batman arkham knight, along with other commercially successful books, green lantern coprs, brightest day, emerald warriors, and nightwing. With the popular krypto the superdog animated series running on cartoon network, dc comics published a 6issue tiein comic book by the same name, which ran from november 2006 to april 2007.
However, some issues are considered among the rarest of all dc comics. It wasnt the first time, or the last but for one moment in the early 1990s, the. The one time superman hopeful put his collection up for auction and pulled in a cool 1. We look at the 10 rarest superman comics of all time and let you know. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. During its evolution from a funnies comic into a superhero title, via the transitional title new adventure comics, this dc title became very popular with buyers at the time. For those of you keeping track at home this collects a four issue story arc with superman fighting the ultrahumanite as it has taken over smallville, a single issue doneinone with superman facing bizarro and a story about a mysterious being giving normal humans extraordinary powers. When i first heard about dcs plans to kill superman, i immediately called dc.
Take actor nicolas cage, a selfproclaimed comic book fanatic. These include the later 10 cent issues and all 12 cent issues. The titles are quite clearly stated on the covers of the books. Tdos actually had a lot to do with crashing the comic book collectors market because of awesome stories like yours above. Its told from the future, where lois lane looks back upon the final days of superman years earlier. How to identify valuable comics and some of the superman. Quick ways to tell if you have a comic worth moneyplus some of the old superman comics i got at the last sale in alpena michigangolden age comics.
The valuable ones will have 10c, 12c, 15c, 20c, or 25c on the cover. The death of superman and of comics michael davis, from. Both superman and tribunal prime receive their final punishments, and superman returns to earth and lois. Superman, national comics publishing canada, superman, simcoe canada, superman, whitman usa close please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database.
Most of the early issues didnt have superman on the cover, so this comic isnt worth as much as others. Superman comics values and price guide heritage auctions. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own selftitled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Drawn by practically eternal superman artist curt swan and inked by george perez, its worth reading, as a historical curiosity, and its not a completely terrible final superman story, but in. It looks like a real comic and can be read papge by page. What made the death of superman promotion so much different than all the rest of the specious comics marketing schemes cooked up during the early 1990s was that it was aimed at the general public. It has long been part of the record of comic book history that jerry siegel and joe shuster sold the rights for superman to detective comics, inc the company which was to become dc comics, of.
Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist. Geoff johns and gary frank bring the dc and watchmen universes together. Almost all comic books have the retail cover price at the time of publication on the cover. We monitor the fire hose of online comic book sales across various marketplaces and report on the sales of cgc and cbcs graded books in our comics price guide. The trial of superman, part 12 of 12, script by karl kesel, pencils by stuart immonen, inks by jose marzan, jr superman and his allies return to tribunal world and debate superman s and mopes sentences one last time.
How did superman return to life after his original death. The silver age of comic books was a special time of relative innocence, an innocence which often gets rattled by the more brutally realistic concepts of modern comics. This is a list of comic books featuring superman and related characters. Lois on the other hand now knowing superman needed metallo kryptonite heart to keep himself constantly powered up, decides to join superman. Death of superman promotion of 1992 mile high comics. Well also make a cash offer for your superman comic books, should you wish to sell.
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