Oh wow! Is that Dean Cain? I haven’t seen him in anything since he starred as Clark Kent in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman!
Here he is in a somewhat amusing video advertisement for Internet Explorer 8.
Images of the actual Action Comics #1 issue up for auction
February 27, 2009 @ 9:12 pm
ComicConnect has exclusive images of the very rare unrestored first issue of the 1938 Action Comics (the same issue that introduced Superman to the world) on their website.
As you already know from yesterday’s post, this particular issue up for auction is special because it is one of the few remaining copies of the issue that introduced Superman. And not only is it rare, it is also unrestored, whereas most of the other ones known to exist have been artificially retouched and restored. According to comic collector Stephen Fishler, this is the “holy grail” of comic books, so that gives you a sense of how unique this item is.
At the moment, the price is currently at $200,200 with 36 bids. Bidding ends at 7PM on March 13, 2009 and some say the issue could reach a selling price of up to $400,000.
Check out the gallery below of the actual comic book for sale and see the astonishing quality for yourself.
Rare first comic that launched Superman up for auction
February 27, 2009 @ 1:49 am
A very rare version of Action Comics issue #1, known famously as the issue that launched Superman, is up for auction starting Friday (Feb. 27) and is expected to fetch a bidding price of $400,000. The particular issue up for auction is an “unrestored” version of the comic and is worth considerably more than the remaining Action Comics #1 that are known to exist. There are only about 100 known copies left of the original 1938 comic which sold for only 10-cents when it first came out, but about 80% of those are said to have been restored.
The owner of this issue reportedly bought the comic 12 years after it was released for 35-cents and has since kept it in excellent condition.
If you want, you can read the entire issue here, but know that this isn’t the same copy up for auction.
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