If we dont, add it to your want list and well notify you when its in stock. In 2005, shuster was inducted into the joe shuster canadian comic book creator hall of fame for his contributions to comic books. In the comic that was punished, superman won the battle, but thanks to marvel comics executive editor tom brevoort we now have an unused piece of comic artwork created by claudio castellini that gives us the version of the story where the hulk destroyed the man of steel, and i love it. Stories include the man who stole the sun, the origin of superman, and the man who bossed superman. The artwork, recognizably based on the powerfully rudimentary style of original superman artist joe shuster whos guilty of a couple of lackluster entries here, shows the strain of cranking out dozens of stories yearly for the various comic books featuring the phenomenally popular character. Unrestored copy of first superman comic book for sale cnn. The origin of superman is the story that relates superman s arrival on earth and the beginnings of his career as a superhero. This comic within the comic, titled tales of the black freighter has no impact on the story. It has been graded by mycomicshops experienced graders. Get the best deals on superman superman original opened comic book hero action figures when you shop the largest online selection at. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive the man of steel fights a neverending battle for truth, justice, and the american way.
In supermans krisis of krimson kryptonite storyline, mxyzptlk decides to skip pestering superman for a month after creating a chunk of powerstealing red kryptonite for lex luthor to harass superman with in his place, and goes to play with four. It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2004 eisner award for best limited series. Death of superman comic book value price guide comics. Three dimension adventures of superman 1953 original edition. One of dcs biggest stories is coming back to the comic book page, with a fresh creative a team and a much different angle than what we previously knew. In a feature looking at stories from when comic books werent political at all, csbg sees a superman story set in 2020 with white nationalist villains.
It features the first appearance of several comic book heroesmost notably the jerry siegel and joe shuster creation, superman and sold for. He leads a rebellion against an evil villain, darkseid, who enslaved the people of planet apokolips. Interestingly, different comic book stories indicate that the impossible man and mister mxyzptlk are both separate entities and the same person. Which is the most expensive superman comic of all time. The following products are expected to ship to comic book specialty stores this week, with all comics also available for digital download. Superman comic books available this week march 4, 2020.
Superman comic, old superman, superman family, funny superman, dc comic books, comic book covers, comic book characters, comic book heroes, comic superheroes noel darleen neill born november 25, 1920 is an american actress of film and television. A brief comic book history of the worlds finest super bros. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. Wonder woman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero wonder woman and occasionally other superheroes as its protagonist. The first are undoubtedly the new york worlds fair comics of 1939 and 1940. Hush at san diego comic con 2019, dc announced that the first dc universe movie of 2020 will be superman. Superman superman original opened comic book hero action. Feb 26, 2009 after being hidden away for years, a copy of the original action comics no. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as its main protagonist. Original encyclopedia of comic book heroes, volume 3. Writer and artist john byrnes successful landmark man of steel miniseries had rebooted superman s history, updating him for the modern comic book landscape, and as a result, drastic changes had. Original comic book art for dc comics inked by me sandra hope.
Jose luis garcia lopez signed 1980s superman original advertising art. Jim lees original penandink illustration of bizarro superman, one of 60 artworks he is auctioning off to help comic book shops stay in business during the covid19 outbreak. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Get the best deals on superman superman original opened comic book hero action figures when you shop the largest online. The first annual superman comic book was published in 1960. It contained all original stories as opposed to reprints of newspaper strips, which was a novelty at the time. There is a 1990s era reprint edition of this comic. Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. Siegel and shuster showed this second concept of superman to consolidated book publishers, based in chicago. Record price paid for first superman comic book voice of. From his blue uniform to his flowing red cape to the s shield on his chest, superman is one of the most immediately recognizable and beloved dc super heroes of all time.
Recent sales of this historic comic have shocked the world with incredible record prices, and the news media has. The seller is 585collectiblesandtech and is located in rochester, new york. The superman story that hindered the ku klux klan is finally. So im really thrilled to be able to do that, to bring this storyline back to his native media. You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. When it first hit newsstands in 1938 it sold for 10 cents. The original superman comic book series is the most popular series.
Kennedys assassination, cbr explores the ongoing saga behind a 1964 superman tribute story. Zack snyder reveals original plans for aquaman after batman v. The seller is curlykong and is located in valencia, california. Author mark millar created the comic with the premise what if superman had been raised in the soviet union. The item ardian syaf original art for batman superman 16 inked by sandra hope is in sale since tuesday, july 16, 2019. In a clever twist on superman s archetypal origins, kurt busiek sets his oneoff, noncanonical superman story in a world where superheroes only exist as fictional comic book characters. And other comic book legends revealed and why does batman carry shark repellent. It features the first appearance of several comic book heroesmost notably the jerry siegel and joe shuster creation, superman. See more ideas about superman, superman comic and comic book covers. Over the last decade comic book aficionados have argued and debated whether superman himself was also jewish, and whether he and subsequent superheroes were created in order to fulfill a hidden jewish desire to deliver a decisive victory over nazi germany. Death of superman comic book value price guide posted on by comics watcher 19 comments v chances are you stumbled upon this article looking for the value of the death of superman comic book you have or are interested in buyingselling. Death of superman comic book value price guide comics watcher. Rebirth deluxe edition book 3 collects superman vol. He has written two books about comics for penguinrandom house was superman a spy.
Some superman series are just one issue oneshots and others are longer series, such as adventures of superman. If youre looking for a hard to find back issue, we probably have it. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own self titled comic book, the first for any. While dcs logic would dictate that the series most recent issue, superman vol. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of superman s appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939.
Collectible original comic interior pages for sale ebay. The story has been through many revisions through decades of publication in comic books and radio, television and film adaptations. This item is in the category collectibles\comics\original comic art\other original comic art. When superman saves a runaway boy from being run over by a train, he discovers the child is from an orphanage where the superintendent abuses the children in a variety of ways. Superman the dark side of apokolips is a book that is part comic and part chapter book about superman who, in addition being super strong and able to fly, has some interesting powers, like ice breath. The character has evolved a fair bit across multiple mediums his name and place in the story actually came from the superman radio serial. The issue shows that on his way to the planet earth, kalels ship collided with a satellite. Three dimension adventures of superman 1953 original ed. Graphic collectibles comic art original comic art for sale. Ed brought his vast experience and expertise in collectibles to heritage auctions in 2002. Today, dc comics has announced that a new digitalfirst comic series titled the death of superman will be released as a tiein to the animated movie of the same title. Dc returns to the death of superman in new comic cbr.
Rebirth deluxe edition book 2 collects superman vol. Throughout the novel, an unnamed character can be found reading a comic book beside a newsstand. Originally released in 1939, the first volume of superman ran for 423 issues until 1986s crisis on infinite earths rebooted the entire dc universe and unified its multiverse on one, singular new earth. The joe shuster awards, started in 2005, were named in honor of the canadianborn shuster, and honor achievements in the field of comic book publishing by canadian creators, publishers and retailers. We offer modern, bronze age, silver age, and golden age comics. Welcome to the graphic collectibles online gallery of original, collectible comic artwork. There are plenty of other superman comic books, but we will only list the goodies here. Oct 15, 2019 superman is a comic book character, and weve never actually seen that story adapted to the comics. A year after superman hit the scene, batman made his first appearance in the 27th issue of detective comics. Another classic feature of the superman comic books is clark kents pal, jimmy olsen.
He and his twin brother operate two blogs dedicated to science fiction and fantasy films, the geek twins and film sketchr. From original superman comic art and spiderman comic art, to original xmen comic art and batman comic art, graphic collectibles carries it all. In may 1933, consolidated had published a proto comic book titled detective dan. Has superman stories through the years, so that you can see how superman changed, how comic art changed, how comic storytelling changed, etc. Even old superman comics knew white nationalism would be a 2020 problem. Muhammad ali comic book in this scene from mystery caller. Even 40yearold superman comics knew nationalism would be. Lets talk about the very first superman comic issue in 1938. Mar 23, 2016 lets talk about the very first superman comic issue in 1938. Subsequently, for some 20 years, ed owned his own commercial art firm in chicago, acquiring, trading, and selling world class collections of american photography, illustration art, and vintage comic books.
An opened version would depend on the condition of the actual comic book. Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist. This item is in the category collectibles\ comics \golden age 193855\superhero. Comicartfans original comic art for sale best prices. Mar 26, 2015 johnny stops by to help corey look over a superman vs. The man of steel is the ultimate symbol of truth, justice, and hope. Ardian syaf original art for batman superman 16 inked by sandra hope. I read all the silver age superman titles as i worked in my dads drugstore, and i could read the comics while handling the front of the store cash register sales. He talks up the comic book store and the comic store owner in this time of trial.
Maurice mitchell is a sciencefiction and comic book critic, blogger, and journalist. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with. Red son is a threeissue prestige format comic book miniseries published by dc comics that was released under their elseworlds imprint in 2003. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl duration. Get the best deals on collectible original comic interior pages when you shop the. Rebirth deluxe edition book 1 collects superman vol.
Booms filip sablik praises comic shops for creating a. This item is in the category collectibles\ comics \ original comic art\other original comic art. Buy superman comic books at newkadia and they all have a 100% moneyback guaranted. The hulk destroys superman in unused comic book art from 1996. Untitled superman story, script by jerry siegel, pencils by joe shuster, inks by dennis neville as joe shuster. Shuster and siegels superman was launched in 1938, published by gaines. The owner, mitch itkowitz, has been in the business of selling originalvintage comic art for over 40 years. Not even superman seems able to rescue the comic book industry from covid19, which has hit the classic genre with the force of a collision with an asteroid of pure kryptonite.
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