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[Guest]

Two early Superman covers.. no where near the market value of Action Comics #1..  but still valuable and worthy early Superman appearances!  Might they be considered to be "The "Poor Man's Action Comics #1"  ??  

(Note: "Poor Man's ____"  is just a figure of speech.  It is an expression that reference a more cost effective alternative to a high priced item.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 2, 2022 by CWill2021
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[tth2]

No.

[Guest]

I'm thinking Yes. 

 

[circumstances]

Why?

 

He's touching automobiles?

[tth2]

Is this going to be one of those threads where the OP has a meltdown after no one agrees with him?

[Guest]

My vote is for Action Comics #33.. and followed by Superman #19.

Edited October 2, 2022 by CWill2021

[Guest]

A meltdown over this. Seriously? 

 

Edited September 30, 2022 by CWill2021
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[Funnybooks]

negative

 

[Guest]

Anyway..  there are some striking resemblances between these early Superman covers.. they are clearly inspired by Action Comics #1.  Just 100x more affordable. 

[Yorick]

On 9/29/2022 at 7:14 PM, CWill2021 said:

 

Well, the premiere issue there is Superman vs Bad Guys.  That's what everyone wants on a hero cover, right?  The AC33 has too small an armored car - oh wait, that is just a GIANT Superman!  And the S19...  Superman does not have time to go fly a family to their vacation.  Take a plane.

Yes, Superman is posed similarly.  That won't necessarily translate into value.

[Tri-Color Brian]

OK, since I own #19 I will agree that it's a poor man's Action #1...

And, I'll tell you something funny about #19, well maybe not funny as in Ha Ha, but funny as in making DC look less than intelligent:

When DC published Superman #183, the cover showed 3 stories (see below).  It told how rare they supposedly were, and what collector's will pay for a perfect copy, but the top 2 stories are both in #19... and I got my copy of #19 that year for $10...

 

Edited September 30, 2022 by Tri-ColorBrian

[Buzzetta]

 

On 9/29/2022 at 11:02 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

OK, since I own #19 I will agree that it's a poor man's Action #1...

And, I'll tell you something funny about #19, well maybe not funny as in Ha Ha, but funny as in making DC look less than intelligent:

When DC published Superman #183, the cover showed 3 stories (see below).  It told how rare they supposedly were, and what collector's will pay for a perfect copy, but the top 2 stories are both in #19... and I got my copy that year for $10...

 

You are wrong!

Since I own a copy of 33, THAT'S the poor man's Action 1...

[aardvark88]

On 9/29/2022 at 7:39 PM, Yorick said:

 That won't necessarily translate into value.

Action #1 Overstreet Good about $263k

Superman #1 reprints Action #1 Superman pages, Good about $126,500

Action #7 Good $40k

Action #2 Good $13k (most affordable).

[Tri-Color Brian]

On 9/29/2022 at 8:07 PM, Buzzetta said:

 

You are wrong!

Since I own a copy of 33, THAT'S the poor man's Action 1...

Let's have a debate...

[Buzzetta]

On 9/29/2022 at 11:09 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Let's have a debate...

In traditional CGC forum rules.

"You're wrong and I am going to hump the button."

I would have a FDQ announcement that I am leaving this thread for good but I will wait until tomorrow as it will be Friday.

Oh and "Calamerica" 

[Tri-Color Brian]

On 9/29/2022 at 8:11 PM, Buzzetta said:

In traditional CGC forum rules.

"You're wrong and I am going to hump the button."

I would have a FDQ announcement that I am leaving this thread for good but I will wait until tomorrow as it will be Friday.

Oh and "Calamerica" 

You have carrots growing in your ears...

Edited September 30, 2022 by Tri-ColorBrian

[Buzzetta]

On 9/29/2022 at 11:16 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

You have carrots growing in your ears...

That’s it!!! I’m blaming moderation.  Let’s argue in the Water Cooler until one of us is banned. 

[Tri-Color Brian]

On 9/29/2022 at 8:22 PM, Buzzetta said:

That’s it!!! I’m blaming moderation.  Let’s argue in the Water Cooler until one of us is banned. 

I never go there...

[Buzzetta]

On 9/29/2022 at 11:25 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

I never go there...

That’s one way to do it.

 

It’s not the cgc way… but it might be the right way. 

[sfcityduck]

On 9/29/2022 at 6:50 PM, CWill2021 said:

Two credible early Superman covers, yet no where near the market value of Action Comics #1..  yet still valuable and worthy early Superman appearances..  Might they be considered to be.. "The "Poor Man's Action Comics #1"  ??  Hmmm....  

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll take this seriously. I'd say no. The reason Action 1 matters is not the cover image, its the first appearance and origin of Superman. 

Some people say Action 7 is the poor man's Action 1 (really upper middle class these days), but the only reason is that it is the second Superman cover. That's not a big enough tie to the true significance of Action 1 for me. After all, Action 2 is the second Superman story. No, I'd say what we should be looking for are Superman's origin story.  And Superman 1 is not a poor man's anything.

So I have two candidates:

(1) is More Fun 101 (1945) - which fleshed out Superman's origin by telling us about his adventures when he was a boy (1st Superboy) and providing new details about Krypton:

(2) is Superman 53 - the detailed origin story put out for a 10th anniversary issue:

 

And both are affordable for normal income people.