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Here is an overview of superman s comic book career, since writer jerry siegel 19141996 and artist joe shuster 19141992 invented him while still teenagers. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Man finds firstedition superman comic hidden in his wall. Superman comic found in wall could fetch record price bbc news. Of steelvintage comicstoy storefirst worlddc comicspop culture comic books. If youve been collecting comic books since you were a kid, now is the time to list them on ebay. In 1939, dc comics agreed to publish superman as a storyline in action comics. Continuing the trend of iconic comic books selling for houseinthehamptons levels of cash, a nearly perfect copy of action comics no.
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He leads a rebellion against an evil villain, darkseid, who enslaved the people of planet apokolips. A man finds a copy of the most important comic book in the history of comic books stuffed in the wall of his new fixerupper. Aug 15, 2014 first superman comic book now up for auction on ebay. A collector who likes dc comics in general might have several coffee table books about dc and its characters or back issues of the companys the amazing world of dc comics.
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Bidding ended sunday evening, with 48 bids received. After that, i still tried to keep up with current superman storylines but i really just grew out of comics as i got older. Action comics 1 this is the book that started it all. Siegel and shuster introduce the world to superman. It is widely considered to be both the beginning of the superhero genre and. Last week, superman was working for the fuhrer in one. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of supermans appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. I havent seen one of these in so long id probably embarrass myself by hugging it. Due to supermans popularity, dc comics developed a superman comic. In the first stories from the 1930s, superman relied primarily on his superhuman strength. For anyone who is curious, i collected comic books from 1987 to 1996.
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