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Siegel and shuster introduce the world to superman. If youre a fan of a particular genre or character, you can collect other memorabilia such as posters and comic book figurines. The top superman comic books for collectorsinvestors. Welcome to the iguide comic book price guide iguide is proud to host the online comic book price guide by jon r. I can only imagine how a kid in 1961 would have handled this comic book. The original superman comic book series is the most popular series. Six values are listed here for each issue number based on the following grading criteria. Printed images and the comic book mediums unique presentation of.
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