Cpt Kirk

Many thanks to Bryan. He sold me his spare error copy of Adv of Superman Platinum, so it is now being added to the slide show. There is only a very subtle color difference between the error copy and the non-error copy. You might not be able to discern it from the photos, but my collection now includes this error copy. You the man, Bryan! Here's a side by side comparison of the platinum error and non-error copy (the error copy is the signed one). You can see the color difference between the two copies. The non-error has a deeper silver color to it. regards, Kirk

Thanks and I'm glad you liked it! Kirk

thanks. That's interesting. How did you find it?

Bryan -- thanks for the great scans. I'm having trouble seeing the difference between the error copy and the regular platinum copy. What is the difference. p.s. I don't think anyone who collects these variants has seen a SM 499 2nd printing yet. Some people think it exists but I've never seen it. regards, Kirk

thanks for the quick reply. I'm still in the process of loading all those photos into photobucket. I hope you get a chance to go through them.

I have assembled all variants, crossovers, extra printings, and newsstand copies of all comic books associated with the Death of Superman and Reign of Superman. There are approximately 160 comic books shown here. It is hard to believe that more than 20 years have passed since the conclusion of that epic story line. Note that I have included photos of all the newsstand issues. Superman 75 is probably one of the only DC comics that had newsstand versions of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th printings. On the 2nd printing, DC had to slap a newsstand bar code over the direct sales copy and send it out to the hungry newsstand audience. The 3rd and 4th newsstand printings were also printed as newsstand copies. Why post photos of the newsstand issues? Because I'm a completionist nut, that's why! Just try to find a NM newsstand copy of the white Superman 73 cover. I believe the hardest comics to find in this run were the ones with DC Universe in the UPC box on the covers, especially Action 686, SM: MOS 20, Superman 77 and Adventures of Superman 499. If anyone can think of an issue I missed, please chime in. I didn't include photos of the trade paperbacks that were associated with this story line because they are not comic books. I hope you enjoy my posting. Kirk Ticknor Here's the link to the photobucket slideshow showing all the 1st printings and variants (approx. 160 comics) http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/kwticknor/slideshow/death%20of%20superman%20and%20reign%20of%20supermen Here's a link to closeup of the newsstand version of Superman 75 2nd print: Here's a link to closeup of Action 686 2nd printing: Here's a link to closeup of Adv of Superman 499 3rd printing (I've never heard of anyone who has seen a 2nd printing): Here's a link to closeup of Action 686 2nd printing: Here's a link to closeup of Action 686 2nd printing:

that is really cool. I have been looking for Superman 77 III, Superman 499 III, Action 686 II, and Man of Steel 20 II for a long time. If anyone has any extras of those, I would gladly pay $50 for each. I can be reached at kwticknor at aol dot com. Update: I finally found all 4 of these. Paid $30 for the Action, and $100 each for the other three.

your posting is really cool. I've been looking for a long time for Action 686 II, Superman 77 III, Man of Steel II and Superman 499 III. If you ever get bored of these and want to sell them, I would gladly pay $50 for each. I can be reached at kwticknor at aol.com