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Superman Comic Saves Family Home From Foreclosure
A couple's home was saved from foreclosure after they found a copy of Action Comics #1 in a box in the basement. From the article: "In a statement released through ComicConnect, the owner of the prized comic book said the family was still 'a little shell shocked' after the unexpected find. 'I was so nervous when I realized what it was worth,' the owner said. 'I know I am very fortunate but I will be greatly relieved when this book finds a new home.'"
"I don't think it's for usin'...I think it's just for lookin' through." -Cartman
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Now where was Superman when all my stocks nosedived?
How is "Superman Saves Family" sensationalist? He does that so much it's not even newsworthy, like the shuttle launch or another year that' s not the year of the Linux desktop.
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
I thought only nerds did that . . . ?
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Finally! Thank you! I _never_ read TFA's, so here I sat, furiously reloading this page & quickly skimming it whilst screaming "what's it worth?! what's it fscking worth?! ARRRRRRRRG!" But everything is ok now
I have a copy of the "Death of Superman" comic from 1992 around here somewhere. I'm gonna buy a house with it!
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When I was a lot younger... I think I was around 7, I had come to acquire an absolutely huge pile of old comic books that a friend of my dad's gave to me. One of these comics turned out to be an Action #1 comic. It was dog-eared, definitely a very used comic book, but still intact and very readable. The only character in the comic that I recognized was Superman... the others were completely unknown to me (I can't even remember who they were). Owing to the fact that the superman story in it ended in a cliffhanger (superman apparently couldn't yet fly in the story, and was falling from a great height while carrying some guy), and the fact that I didn't know any of the other characters in the comic, I had thought relatively little of this comic, other than to notice that it was #1 issue, which with my limited knowledge of comics at the time I knew could be worth a bit more than the cover price (10c, if I remember correctly).
Being the young entrepreneur that I was, I held a miniature yard sale at the back of my parents' place, unloading the comics that I did not want. As I said, I saw that this comic was a #1, so I priced it higher than the cover price - at 50 cents, five times the cover price.
It sold, along with quite a few of the other comics that I had, and I never thought of it again until I was in my teens, when I saw a reprint of a portion of the comic (just the superman story) and an article that explained how rare the original actually was. Seeing this triggered my memory of the comic that I had let go for only half a dollar in the early 1970's, and I've had to live with knowing what an imbecile I was ever since. I can easily say I didn't know better at the time, but in actuality, I always think that I _should_ have. I wasn't a stupid kid... well, maybe I was, but I was bright enough to know that I probably should have talked to an adult before selling those comics.
Anyways... that's my anecdote about this comic... and one of those "if I had only known then what I know now" type of regrets.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
"Superman bites dog", now there's sensationalist.
You need to replace the batteries in your sarcasm detector.