Man That is Super

David Gonzales had no idea when he was tearing into the wall of a old house that he bought to remodel, that he would make the fortuitous find of a lifetime. Among the old newspapers that had been put into the old walls for insulation, there was an Action Comic. NOT just any old Action Comic but  Action Comic #1 dated June 1938.   On the cover of that particular comic there appears a picture of a new character in a flowing red cape.

Gonzales knew the book was worth something but he didn’t know that it was worth far more than the $10,000.00 he paid for the house.  Had he had an inkling of the book’s true value, he might of stopped his in-laws from grabbing it and tearing the back cover.  (Way-to-go, in-laws…that rip is estimated to have cost him $75,000.)

Even with the torn cover, the current bid for the comic on ComicConnect is at $141,000.  ( Never fear if you want to purchases it,  though…the auction doesn’t end until June 11th.)  ComicConnect describes it as the most important comic book in the history of comic books.  and ” the introduction of the archetype of all other heroes to come.”

(ANOTHER NOTE: If you find a 75 year old comic in your wall, try not to tear it. Had this been in perfect shape sold for $2.26 MILLION)




Thought Number One:  Kal-El is having a 75th Birthday

Superman was a comic book character resulting from  a collaboration of a couple of high school kids in Cleveland in the 1930s.   Jerry Siegel  did the writing and Joe Schuster did the artwork. The first plot line for Superman stories was about a bullet-proof super hero that saved a shopkeeper.  There are theorists that believe this story was a result of the tragic death of Jerry’s father during a robbery of the family haberdashery store.

 As for the character of Super Man ….I am sure that you all know the back story of the of Kal-El (Superman’s name on Krypton), AKA Clark Kent  AKA Superman…..but just on the outside chance you were  deprived of sitting for hours, wasting away your youth and developing an extreme Vitamin D deficiency due to sunshine deprivation…allow me to catch you up.

The story is that of a baby being rocketed to Earth due to the impending destruction of his planet, Krypton. His parents put their baby boy into a rocket that landed on the farm in Smallville, Kansas so that he might be spared certain death.  He was taken in by Jonathan and Martha Kent who realized their adopted son had special abilities.  He grew up to have amazing powers and decided to use those powers for good.  He moved to Metropolis where he led a dual existence between being Clark Kent, a newspaper reporter, and Superman, a fighter for justice, all the while wearing a strange costume made out of the blanket he was sent to Earth in. 

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