For This Is the Day... That a Superman Died
Action Comics 684 Second Printing
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Action Comics 684 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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2028182023
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Owner:
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Iconic1s
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"There can be only One..." The Kurgan - Highlander
...at least for now. This was the first Action Comics 684 second printing graded, and it is a 9.8! This was also my first experience having a one and only book from this set. I spotted this on eBay and worried over it for five days until the auction was about to close. I had been looking for raw copies and was watching about half a dozen different ones when this popped up for sale. It seems relatively easy to find raw but one can never tell the condition until it arrives in the mail. Needless to say, I felt that paying a premium for this book was worth alleviating myself from the continued search for a raw example that may or may not grade at 9.8. I ended up bidding what I thought was a ridiculous price thinking it would sell for around $120.00 - $160.00. I ended up winning it at $304.01... worth it!
Books like this confuse me. When I started this collection I only intended to collect the Doomsday storyline from the cameos up to Superman 75 (all editions but not the later printings), as well as the Adventures of Superman 500 (all editions) and the Platinum TPB. When I had those, I registered my set only to find out it also included the Funeral for a Friend and Reign of the Supermen books as well as the later printings. I could not bear to look at all those empty slots and that's when I realized I had only just begun to collect this set! My confusion is that I have a hard time understanding how, after all these years, that at least one each of all of these books hadn’t already been graded. It also blows my mind that a book like this ends up being graded with the sole purpose of being sold, rather than being kept in a collection for at least for a little while. That's just wild!
Whether I'm confused or not, I do know I'm really happy to have the first 9.8/graded copy of this book in my collection!
On this same note, I had the privilege of being the first person to submit a copy of Justice League America 70 third printing and also had it come back 9.8. That was a very rewarding experience, please check out that book's slot to learn more!
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