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Both the foot and the 10cent thing don't seem very reliable. I think it's easiest to tell by the overall canary yellow brightness of the cover, but if you want an easy thing to look at, check out the white streaks of the block letters in the logo "Superman" - specifically the "uper" part. On the reprint, they are very wide, long white streaks, on the original they are much thinner and don't go all the way to the end.
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The Complete New Adventure Run, At Long Last
Crowzilla replied to RareHighGrade's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Peter such a wonderful and beautiful run, many thanks for sharing with us. As a side note, am I the only one who looked at the pictures of the Church Adventure #s 26, 29, and 30 and imagined the copies of Action #1, 3, and 4 sitting in the original stacks next to them and in similar conditions? -
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in 2011 when the Hulk #181 sold prices were on their way down to $10K (from a peak of around $15K two years prior), but the pool of 9.8 graded copies at the time was just over 30. The pool of 9.8s copies of GSX #1 is 60% greater than the number for Hulk #181 (249 copies vs 157 copies), so the potential of another 9.9 coming forward one day seems to be much greater - but until it happens, who knows. If the 9.9 Hulk was a 15x multiple of the 9.8, I'm not sure I see why the GSX should be a 30x multiple (and certainly not a 50x multiple).
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Correct. The October part is blacked out and then at the end of the indicia the November 1939 copyright is added
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CGC will reholder the Superman #1 for $50 and note which version it is.
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Yes the Church copy = Mile High copy, and is owned by "The Dentist" (at that level, you aren't just a dentist, but THE dentist). The Dentist also owns the nicest known copies of Detective #27, Superman #1, Batman #1, Whiz #1, and Pep #22, along with the next couple of dozen issues of Action Comics from the Church collection, the original 1966 Batmobile (#1 and #2), and a host of other GA/SA and OA treasures. A true collector who loves the books and the hobby, and is unlikely to be motivated to sell anytime soon. Both 9.0 copies of Action #1 are owned by the same person (Ayman Hariri) who also has a bunch of other really nice books, is in an even better financial position than The Dentist and also unlikely to have a motive to sell for the foreseeable future.
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I can guess. 100 x $50 reholder fee is $5000. But unless you know your copy is an "On sale June 2nd" copy, there is little incentive right now to reholder.
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Crowzilla reacted to a post in a topic: SUPERMAN #1 different printings
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Not safe to say at all. We don't know if the 2nd prints were printed on May 22nd (after the weekend when newstands were all reporting being sold out) and still had carried the June 2nd date. The only thing we can safely say is that copies that have the "On Sale June 2nd" ad are not 3rd prints, and that copies that have the "On Sale Now" ad are not first prints. CGC just needs to note on the label which ad is inside, no need to try and declare what print number it is.
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I used to argue that sales reports couldn't be fast enough back then, but we know that Goodman got sales reports back for Marvel #1 very quickly - and was so impressed he ordered a print run that was 10x the initial print run (which still sounds crazy - he ordered a print run of 800,000 copies, when Superman was the best selling/most recognizable character already and they did three printings over 8-10 weeks to reach a similar number). There are also reports that Superman #1 was the first comic that people lined up at the newstand for when it was released. That would be a good and quick indication that maybe they needed more copies. Maybe a good research project for SFDuck if he can determine where that information was first published. Wouldn't it be strange if we found out that the "On sale now" variation was printed for people who mailed .25¢ in for a copy of World's Fair 1939 so that they didn't get a book that looked stale by having an old ad in it.
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I think it is a very big leap to assume that copies from the three print runs have survived in anywhere near equal quantities. Just too many reasons for that not to be true. Submitters will need to start requesting for CGC to note which version it is on the label for there to be any change. And/Or willing and able buyers will have to hold firm saying I won't buy unless I know it to be X.
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Holy mackerel! They'll let anyone on these boards now! What a blast, was talking about you with someone else recently. Hope all is well