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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title
Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1
Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1
There are three copies known to exist:
One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault
One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000
One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000
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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title
Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1
Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1
There are three copies known to exist:
One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault
One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000
One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000
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16-page promotional comic given away with the purchase of Safeguard deodorant (1976)
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16-page promotional comic given away with the purchase of Safeguard deodorant (1976)
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16-page promotional reprint with sleeping bag advertisement on back cover
$0.10 cover price
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16-page promotional reprint with sleeping bag advertisement on back cover
$0.10 cover price
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16-page reprint of Action Comics #1
Obtained by mail after submitting two labels of peanut butter branded with Superman as a spokesman
Celebration of Superman's 45th anniversary
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16-page reprint of Action Comics #1
Obtained by mail after submitting two labels of peanut butter branded with Superman as a spokesman
Celebration of Superman's 45th anniversary
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 with a Nestle advertisement on the back cover and a $0.10 cover price
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 with a Nestle advertisement on the back cover and a $0.10 cover price
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Newsstand edition with $0.50 cover price
16-page reprint of Superman's first appearance from Action Comics #1
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Newsstand edition with $0.50 cover price
16-page reprint of Superman's first appearance from Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Superman's first appearance in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Superman's first appearance in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 with black background $0.50 cover price
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 with black background $0.50 cover price
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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1
$1.00/$1.35 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page
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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1
$1.00/$1.35 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page
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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1
$0.10 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page
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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1
$0.10 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 distributed in 1998 by the US Post Office commemorating 50 years of Superman
Scarce issue, sealed with a book of Superman stamps
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 distributed in 1998 by the US Post Office commemorating 50 years of Superman
Scarce issue, sealed with a book of Superman stamps
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 in it's 68-page entirety
Distributed by Loot Crate
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 in it's 68-page entirety
Distributed by Loot Crate
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Superman Day 2025
Golden Age-sized facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1
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Superman Day 2025
Golden Age-sized facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1
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Progressive insurance promotional comic featuring Flo and Jaime
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Progressive insurance promotional comic featuring Flo and Jaime
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Facsimile foil reprint, limited to 1,500 copies
2022 NYCC exclusive
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Facsimile foil reprint, limited to 1,500 copies
2022 NYCC exclusive
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Silver foil, limited to 800 copies
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Facsimile foil reprint
2025 Superman Day
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Limited to 300 copies
Gold Foil edition.
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Facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman
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Facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman
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Reprint of Action Comics #1
Mini-comic distributed with DC Direct '1st Appearances' Superman action figure
22-pages, measures 1.3 in. x 1.9 in.
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Reprint of Action Comics #1
Mini-comic distributed with DC Direct '1st Appearances' Superman action figure
22-pages, measures 1.3 in. x 1.9 in.
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