JoeyClarkKent

Nice find! I'm not familiar with this issue having 3 covers, can you give some more detail/explanation/backstory on this? Thanks!

Hey fellow Supes fans, hope you're all having a great Friday! I wanted to check to see if anyone had any CGC 9.8s from the Doomsday/Funeral For a Friend/Reign of Superman set either for sale or trade? If so shoot me a message and I'll let you know if you have any that I need! Also, if anyone needs any of these, they are my duplicates that I am open to either selling or trading: Action Comics 683 Newsstand CGC 9.6 Action Comics 684 Newsstand CGC 9.8 Action Comics 686 2nd Print CGC 9.4 Adventures of Superman 498 4th Print CGC 9.4 Superman 73 2nd Print CGC 9.2 Superman 74 2nd Print CGC 9.6 Superman 74 2nd Print CGC 9.8 Superman 75 4th Print Newsstand CGC 9.4 Superman 75 4th Print Newsstand CGC 9.6 Superman 77 3rd Print CGC 9.6 Superman 80 CGC 9.4 Superman: The Man of Steel 19 Newsstand CGC 9.8 Superman: The Man of Steel 20 Newsstand CGC 5.5 (I will actually throw this one in for free if you buy any other ones listed, or if we make a trade) Superman: The Man of Steel 26 CGC 9.8 Thanks in advance!

Wow, what an intense 24 page thread! As an outsider (up until this post, of course) I can say that I’m actually impressed that the discussion didn’t go completely off the rails, as unfortunately it often does. One bit of information I’d like to add as the thought occurred to me while journeying through this thread, is that from 1987 until around 1990 or so I exclusively purchased off the rack (newsstand) comic books, and while I “took care of my things, ie baseball cards, toys, comic books, etc” much better (like light years better) than any of my peers of the time, the comics I was getting from say 7-11 or Great Scott or K-Mart for example, were not backed and boarded in any sense of the term, and are therefor not in as good of condition as the direct editions I started purchasing from comic shops (which almost exclusively became where I was purchasing comics from) until 1996 or so when I stopped collecting in my adolescence. All direct edition books I had purchased were immediately backed, boarded, and stored in a comic book box which is where they remain today as I write this. I’d add that I have never sent in any of those books in to be graded, nor have I ever sold any which could have then been graded. I point this out as I believe there could possibly be a decent amount of people similar to myself. My gut feeling is that there are probably way more direct editions sitting in peoples houses which could grade out as a CGC 9.8s than there are newsstand editions sitting in a .50 cent bin at a comic shop bins, warehouses, or people’s attics (combined) that would grade a CGC 9.8. And while I know parts of this thread pertained to initial print run or one thing or another, this aspect of “newsstand scarcity” is what interested me and this brought me here. Please excuse any typos or grammatical errors, I’m typing this from my phone and haven’t gone back and proofread what I’ve just now written. 😀

Omg I need so many of those if they come back a 9.8! Please send them and give me first attempt to buy!

Only 13 left! Anyone have any from my list that aren’t crossed off yet in CGC 9.8 that you’re willing to sell or trade???

Anyone need either of these? Superman The Man Of Steel 17 2nd Print or Action Comics 684 (Newsstand). They are both duplicates which is why I am selling or willing to trade.

Thank you!

Damn!!!!

Getting mixed signals from the responses to my post so thought I’d come out and just ask what are your guys thoughts on the 3 I just bought and what are your thoughts on what the going price should be for each? Thanks in advance for the feedback!

Just grabbed this one too. Enough for one day!

Going for the entire Doomsday collection in CGC 9.8s. Will move to Funeral For a Friend and then Reign after. Heres where I stand so far!

Just bought these two bad boys!!!