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Someone's being taken for a ride..

Under the rest. Sounds legit.

Currently each of these has just been a variation. Which is usually referred to as whatever the logo . Bullet Logo Bat Symbol Zero Hour WB Reading Logo ( Warner Brothers Reading Logo) DC Universe Logo (DCU Logo) Star Trek Logo. (Couple Variations) And now this Superman Logo. Not all of them are marked as second prints or collector's pack edition. Although there have been some that are. They can usually be distinguished by the indica. Like this one from Star Trek ( no roman numerals on cover ) and this superman DC Universe Logo has two versions one that the indica call it a Collector's Pack Edition. The other without. (CGC recognizes these )

Should have known.. I have a few of this pack and I have opened 1 before. Guess I just disregarded it as it looked like those direct editions.

Some of the packs did have a mix. Where they have been known to have DC Universe Logo , Bat Symbol, direct edition books. There have been 2 packs that have a mix as well. Which is why I suspect this came from a pack. So far I have seen some of the superman symbols on books that came from these packs, however those were just direct editions like the aforementioned Superman Wedding Album.

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Originally that was my thought, however this one is just a little different, in that is wasn't pre DCU. By late 1996 the DCU were tapering off and there really were not many printed after.( that have been found) which is one of the things that makes this one a little interesting. Although I do agree the most plausible explanation for how this came to be distributed was more than likely the same process of multi packs.

While this may have the same Logo in the box. This is not the same . The adventures of superman 457 only has two versions. Newsstand and direct . Which the direct has that Logo. There is not a 3rd version. This is similar to the way some of the Bat Symbol was originally used in the later 80's books, but then is used again for the multi pack books which actually have 3 versions (Newsstand, Direct, Bat Symbol ) That is what led me to believe that the book the OP posted was from these packs. What I find interesting about this is that his is from 1996 which is more towards the end of the multi packs , where most of the others (zero hour , bat symbol ) are near the beginning or prior to the DC Universe Logo books. Another example of this Logo being used as a Direct during the same time that the DC Universe Logos were made was on the Superman Wedding Album. Again there are 3 versions of this book Newsstand, DC Universe Logo, and Direct, but the regular direct is this Superman Logo.

Maybe he could get a Bill Sienkiewicz cover up tattoo..