Set Description:
Synopsis: I am still laughing about the fact that nobody has built one of these sets, as obvioulsy several collectors out there have all these books. In 2022 we started buying Supes from the 1960s when so many high-grade examples came on the market. Our books start around Jan 1960-at least that’s the intent-before this set begins, and will end about December 1969. Since DC did not publish this book on a monthly basis in the 60s, there are less than 100 issues in our intended set. As of this writing, our set here is a little over two-thirds complete with five single highest graded examples.
Background: I am not a big Superman fan, in fact, I rarely bought these books as a kid. To me, Superman was too powerful and therefore could never have a worthy adversary. I much preferred the Marvel characters and some of the more vulnerable DC characters. I also don’t feel they are some of the more interesting covers.
With that said, I have started buying some highest graded 60s book just to have a little Superman in our collection since he is an original member of the JLA and an important character in comic book history. I do like a few of the covers, but there are too many weak silly stories for my liking. With that being said, while by no means a priority, we may continue to expand this one as the opportunity arises and finances permit. I like this time range and the books are not too inflated, relatively speaking. But for us, this title remains somewhat of a sideshow.
2023 Update: We have started adding some lower graded (9.4) books in this range when the opportunity arises and the price is right, just to fill some slots. This set still has a very long ways to go, but we have now filled over two-thirds of the slots.
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