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Superman Vol. 1 (1939-1986, 2006-2011) DC Comics
Superman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the same name. The character Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book Action Comics #1 in June 1938. The strip proved so popular that National launched Superman into his own self-titled comic book, the first for any superhero , premiering with cover date June 1939. Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled The Adventures of Superman while a new series used the title Superman. In May 2006, it was returned to its original title and numbering. The title was cancelled with issue #714 (October 2011) and relaunched with a new #1 the following month.
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SUPERMAN #129 (1959) Curt Swan & Stan Kaye Cover, Jerry Coleman Story, Wayne Boring Pencils, 1st Appearance of Lori Lemaris "The Ghost of Lois Lane" At the Daily Planet a salesman manages to sell Jimmy Olsen a typewriter that is so sensitive that it can type up words with only a breath from the writers mouth. Lois is asked by Perry to bring a briefcase belonging to Professor Grail on Warder's Island and try to get a scoop on his latest experiment. Lois goes, but forgets the briefcase, Professor Grail delightfully allows her to view his latest experiment unattended, as he intends to take a boat back to the mainland anyway. Before leaving he shows her his latest invention, a device that may transmit people through space via radio. Back on the mainland, Superman arrives at the Daily Planet and is asked by Perry to bring the briefcase to the island.
SUPERMAN #129 (1959) Very Good+ $149.99
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SUPERMAN #174 (1965) Curt Swan Cover and Al Plastino Pencils. Story by Edmond Hamilton. "Clark Kent's Incredible Delusion!" Clark Kent becomes convinced that his life as Superman has been an hallucination and that he has no super-powers, but it is all the plot of an android duplicate of Superman who wishes to take his place. "Super-Mxyzptlk... Hero!" Mr. Mxyzptlk comes to Metropolis as a crime-fighting super-hero and soon makes Superman seem obsolete.
SUPERMAN #174 (1965) Good+ $35.99
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SUPERMAN #209 (1968) Ross Andru & Mike Esposito Cover, Curt Swan Pencils. Story by Cary Bates. "The Clark Kent Monster!" An alien brain-creature battles Superman and is initially defeated by him, but steals some of the Man of Steel's brain cells, uses them to clone a Clark Kent body for itself, and proves to be more than the hero can handle.
SUPERMAN #209 (1968) Good+/Very Good $45.99
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SUPERMAN #214 1969 Neal Adams Cover and Curt Swan Pencils. Story by Cary Bates. Superman is beset by the ghosts of three dead enemies, Zha-Vam, Metallo, and the Composite Superman. Later, he discovers that they were only manifestations of Nador, an alien youth who sought to join a super-team by demonstrating that he had enough power to conquer Superman.
SUPERMAN #214 Good+/Very Good $50.00
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SUPERMAN #229 DC Comics August, 1970 Curt Swan Cover and Pencils. Superman, suffering from power-loss, is rocketed to Morgu, the executioner's planet, by the Anti-Superman Gang.
SUPERMAN #229 Fine $25.00
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SUPERMAN #255 (1972) Nick Cardy Cover Art. Curt Swan Pencils. Cary Bates Story. Superman encounters an orange dwarf star that is the remains of the red sun of Krypton. The Sun-Thrivers, beings at its core who created it, ask for Superman’s help in averting its imminent destruction
SUPERMAN #255 (1972) Nick Cardy Cover Fine $14.99
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SUPERMAN #270 1973 Nick Cardy Cover Art. Curt Swan Pencils. Elliot S Maggin Story. The Viking From Valhalla! Valdemar of the Flame comes to Metropolis to visit Superman. He lands on the Galaxy Communications building and leaves his falcon Skagerrak there as he jumps down.
SUPERMAN #270 Very Fine- $20.00
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SUPERMAN #288 (1975) Dick Giordano Cover, Curt Swan Pencils, Cary Bates Story "The Computer With A Secret Identity!" Superman gets some help against a villain from a computer programmed from Clark Kent's brainwaves.
SUPERMAN #288 Very Fine $14.99
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SUPERMAN #289 (1975) Curt Swan Cover, Curt Swan Pencils, Cary Bates Story, Photo cover with DC Staff: Bob Rozakis, Cary Bates, Jack C. Harris and Carl Gafford. "The Phantom Horseman of Metropolis!" An invention of Professor Pepperwinkle's creates tangible silhouettes of images on his TV, and Superman has to deal with them.
SUPERMAN #289 (1975) Very Fine $14.99
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SUPERMAN #290 (1975) Bob Oksner Cover, Curt Swan Pencils, Jim Shooter Story "The Man Who Cried Super-'Wolf'!" A street-sweeper with a penchant for practical jokes must convince Superman he's not kidding when he learns of a plot to kill the Kryptonian Crusader. "Babble, Babble, Toil and Trouble!" Mr. Mxyzptlk takes an idea from the Bible by making all Metropolitans speak in different languages.
SUPERMAN #290 (1975) Very Fine $14.99
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SUPERMAN #291 (1975) Dick Giordano Cover & Curt Swan Pencils, Cary Bates Story "The Time-Powered Peril!" A crook gains control of a watch Superman has charged with super-energy.
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SUPERMAN #291 (1975) Very Fine $14.99
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SUPERMAN #292 (1975) Bob Oksner Cover & Curt Swan Pencils, Elliot S. Maggin Story "The Luthor Nobody Knows!" Lex Luthor attempts to defeat Superman again with a muscle-decoordinating ray that causes him to wreck Metropolis Airport, but the Man of Steel triumphs again.
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SUPERMAN #292 (1975) Very Fine $14.99
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SUPERMAN #303 September, 1976 Curt Swan Pencils. Whirlicane attacks Superman again with an android who can morph into two deadly beings, Thunder and Lightning.
SUPERMAN #303 Fine $8.00
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SUPERMAN #307 Neal Adams Cover Art
Signed By Neal Adams
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SUPERMAN #313 (1977) Dick Dillin & Neal Adams Cover, Curt Swan Pencils, Martin Pasko Story "The Only Way You'll Save the Earth... Is Over My Dead Body!"
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SUPERMAN #313 Very Fine $6.50
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SUPERMAN #321 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #331 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #333 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #334 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #335 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #340 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #341 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #342 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #343 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #344 Very Fine $7.50
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SUPERMAN #345 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #346 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #347 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #348 Very Fine $7.00
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SUPERMAN #350 Very Fine $5.00
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SUPERMAN #414 (1985) Eduardo Barreto Cover & Curt Swan Pencils, Elliot S. Maggin Story, Special Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover "Revenge is Life -- Death to Superman!" In a storyline continuing from DC Comics Presents #87, the Man of Steel is held captive by the Superman Revenge Squad.
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SUPERMAN #414 (1985) Very Fine/Near Mint $14.99
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SUPERMAN #417 Very Fine $4.00
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SUPERMAN #418 Very Fine $4.00
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SUPERMAN #419 Very Fine $4.00
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SUPERMAN #420 Very Fine $4.00
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SUPERMAN #421 Very Fine/Near Mint $4.50
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SUPERMAN #423 (1986) Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson cover art (signed as Swanderson on cover) & Curt Swan Pencils, Alan Moore Story, Inks by George Perez "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" – (24-page story, part 1 of 2) – Tim Crane interviews Lois Lane Elliot about Superman’s final days on the 10th anniversary of his disappearance. Lois relates how Bizarro suddenly became murderous, then the Toyman and the Prankster attacked revealing Superman’s secret identity, and finally a group of Metallos attacked the Daily Planet. In response, Superman took his closest friends to the Fortress of Solitude for protection. As, Brainiac took over Luthor's body and recruited the Kryptonite Man, the Legion of Super-Heroes accompanied by Supergirl visited Superman and presented him with a statuette.
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SUPERMAN #423 (1986) Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson cover art
Very Fine $29.99
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