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Superman#nn "This Island Bradman" CLUB

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Neeidea

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1 x CGC 9.8

2 x CGC 9.6

4 x CGC 9.4

2 x CGC 9.0

2 x CGC 8.5

2 x CGC 8.0

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13 graded out of 200 printed (but only ?? surviving).

 

I originally had one of the 8.0's, which I sold, but upgraded to this one. The 9.4 is one from the batch Mr Bradman received (not one of the DC file copies, which left the building :) )

 

 

 

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Neeidea

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Where is the 8.0 on this list, the one you posted earlier ?

 

Ah sorry yes it was an 8.0 not an 8.5 (corrected the post); got the CGC list out of kilter as well (really must wear my glasses but I'm in middle age denial).

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Where is the 8.0 on this list, the one you posted earlier ?

 

Ah sorry yes it was an 8.0 not an 8.5 (corrected the post); got the CGC list out of kilter as well (really must wear my glasses but I'm in middle age denial).

 

lol You and me both brother

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Super Rare Superman Issue Sold at Blastoff Comics

Local comic book dealer Jud Meyers unloads an issue that may have no more than 100 copies in existence.

 

By Arin Mikailian March 8, 2013

 

NoHo’s sole comic book store recently sold a copy of what may be the most obscure issue of Superman ever printed.

 

The story goes that in the late 1980s, British property tycoon Godfrey Bradman's 13-year-old son was a huge fan of the Man of the Steel as he approached his bar mitzvah.

 

So in typical millionaire fashion, Bradman reached out to DC Comics staff and requested a custom issue that had his son woven into the story. The price tag: $18,000, according to Recalled Comics.

 

Drawn by late comic book artist Curt Swan himself, it’s believed only about 100 copies of the issue were published.

 

But even the most extreme cases of rarity are never a challenge for Jud Meyers, owner of Blastoff Comics at 5118 Lankershim Blvd.

 

Meyers, who's owned two other comic book shops in the San Fernando Valley before selling their shares, specializes in hard-to-find titles in addition to selling current issues.

 

He said he got an unexpected email from Bradman not too long ago.

 

“[bradman] said I happen to have one of these in my closet in the box it came in when DC Comics sent it to my son,” Meyers said.

 

So Meyers made the buy and eventually sold the copy of the “Superman Bradman” for $5,000 to a French collector.

 

“It’s stuff like that that is fun and different,” he said. “Sure you can have an X-Men #1 or an Avengers #1, but there are other people who have it. I don’t know of any store I’ve seen [the Bradman issue] in.”

 

Transactions like that are common for Meyers, who caters to collectors and lately, investors.

 

Meyers says he has a number of well-off customers that treat the paper pages of a rare comic book like solid gold.

 

“Since 1962, the collectable comics industry has never gone down,” he said, adding: “It’s a great thing to put your money into. … The less there is of something, the more people want it.”

 

 

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Wow, I think they (Blastoff) have had at least three copies as they also had a couple from Mark Waid (acquired from DC's filing cabinets). I think one was a CGC 9.6 sold for $2,495 and a CGC 8.5 sold to a boardie on here.

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dgarthwaite-migration

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If my pappy bought me this present for Christmas or my birthday, or whatever, I would have preferred to be drawn into cherry poptart.
Speaking of Cherry Poptart, I have been seening a lot of A vs.X #1 "blank cover" con sketches on ebay and there is a Cherry Poptart con sketch AvsX#1 that has gotten some bids.

Is that yours :baiting: .

Nope. Just imagining being a 14 year old drawn into an adult comic. That would've been cool, to quote Buthead.

 

You have to go a step further and imagine your dad being arrested. Even drawings of children engaging in sexual activity can be a violation of child pornography laws.

 

DG

 

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Just looking at the page here...

 

http://www.recalledcomics.com/SupermanBradman.php

 

...and clicked through to the ebay link and there is a Superman Bradman on ebay !! ...but only available on ebay.com in the US :(

 

It's in pretty good shape and the price is looking very cheap at the moment at $152.50 but I'm sure it will go for a lot more...maybe $650...less than 3 days left :popcorn:

 

$216.00 and 21h 59m to go... :popcorn:

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Just looking at the page here...

 

http://www.recalledcomics.com/SupermanBradman.php

 

...and clicked through to the ebay link and there is a Superman Bradman on ebay !! ...but only available on ebay.com in the US :(

 

It's in pretty good shape and the price is looking very cheap at the moment at $152.50 but I'm sure it will go for a lot more...maybe $650...less than 3 days left :popcorn:

 

$216.00 and 21h 59m to go... :popcorn:

 

Unless I'm missing something, the entire listing was pulled. It was up to around $350 with several hours left last I saw.

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Just looking at the page here...

 

http://www.recalledcomics.com/SupermanBradman.php

 

...and clicked through to the ebay link and there is a Superman Bradman on ebay !! ...but only available on ebay.com in the US :(

 

It's in pretty good shape and the price is looking very cheap at the moment at $152.50 but I'm sure it will go for a lot more...maybe $650...less than 3 days left :popcorn:

 

$216.00 and 21h 59m to go... :popcorn:

 

Unless I'm missing something, the entire listing was pulled. It was up to around $350 with several hours left last I saw.

 

Sold for $919! :o

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Wow, I think they (Blastoff) have had at least three copies as they also had a couple from Mark Waid (acquired from DC's filing cabinets). I think one was a CGC 9.6 sold for $2,495 and a CGC 8.5 sold to a boardie on here.

 

 

Blastoff gets them directly from the family that produced the com8c. They have hundreds of copies

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