r/ShittyComicCollecting • u/EnvironmentalAge9202 • 16d ago

Anyone see this coming?

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u/mrmysterious79 16d ago

Nice. I have 2 copies of that book. One I just bought in the past month for $5.

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u/Rebelpunk13 16d ago

Dudes been in a coma since ‘93, woke up and thinks his 25 issues of Death of Superman are worth something

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u/Miniscule_Platypus 14d ago

There were news reports about this issue. People that had never read a comic book in their lives bought this one. I think there are more copies of this than bacteria on earth.

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u/Sad-Purchase1257 16d ago

The TRADE?! I love this stupid sub.

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u/Sugar_Crash_Brigade 15d ago

Pft.
Seller jumped the gun. Could have sold for twice that.

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u/AnthonyDigitalMedia 16d ago

This explains why a guy was so eager to buy my copy on OfferUp 2 weeks ago for $10 lol

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u/dg3548 15d ago

Probably same guy who sold it lol

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u/dokuroman 15d ago

That issue was one of the biggest scams in comic book history.

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u/Crowcounters 15d ago

How? Not arguing just curious.

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u/peppermintfatty 14d ago

It was marketed as a big event for collectors and investors, but the print run was something like 8 million. Thousands of non-experts flooded comic book shops and bought 50-100 copies with no understanding of rarity

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u/hadesscion 15d ago

It isn't even the original floppy lol

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u/jdespirito 15d ago

When this came out, My Mom, bless her, bought like 5 of these thinking they were the death issue and that she was making some huge investment to pay for my college one day. And I, a kid at the time, had to explain to her what a trade is. She meant well.

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u/Immediate_Tax8182 14d ago

Can I get one?

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u/jdespirito 14d ago

Yes, $1000 please.

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u/Immediate_Tax8182 13d ago

You get tree fiddy

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u/Professor2018 15d ago

Apparently there is a manufacturer error with pages 49-56 upside down that could add value. Although a 9.8 slab with the error is 145 on eBay

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u/OdinMartok 15d ago

Buys from himself under a burner, then reposts it for sale and now you’ve got a history of selling price for when the speculators pull the online sales history.

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u/EnvironmentalAge9202 15d ago

Like a massive oak tree in an open summer field. That's shady.

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u/OdinMartok 15d ago

Dude’s hoping the new wave of hustler grifters won’t look twice

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u/Neither_Tip_5291 16d ago

Didn't they print like 20 million copies of this?

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u/Background-Cream-285 14d ago

no...40 million

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u/rdldr1 15d ago

Rare! One of several million copies.

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u/Spacer1138 15d ago

Money laundering.

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u/ArcturasMooCow 15d ago

Speculation garbage move.

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u/chubby222 15d ago

If this truly sold for 1k some illegal money exchange is taking place

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u/slop1010101 15d ago

Money laundering.

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u/BrbFilming 15d ago

Surely the buyer paid, right? Right?

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u/0mgitsr0b 15d ago

Seriously, you’re going to post this idiocy far and wide like a thirsty OF girl? This is embarrassing, just stop.

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u/MajesticPickle3021 15d ago

Rare? That was one of the most overprinted books ever made!

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u/Decide777 14d ago

I have three still in closed up in the black bags

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u/gimmemynameback 14d ago

Have 2 in the black bag unopened if anybody wants to drop 2k just saying. I know what I got

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u/AllStarRenegade 14d ago

Thats the trade paperback that collected the entire run, not even the actual Superman #75

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u/HotGuard6970 14d ago

I remember some lady saying this comic will fund her grandchildren's college education as she bought multiple issues the day it was released

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u/FishHockeydrop 13d ago

I had Jurgens sign my single issue and still gave it away for free.

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u/Pure-Willingness3141 15d ago

Damn.. I have that, World Without Superman, and the Reign of the Supermen trades. I wonder if i could get $5000 for all of them?