Item specifics

Genre:	1967 KEY: PRICE $ CUT!	Publisher:	DC Superman & FLASH
Character:	ENTIRE JLA + MORE	Type:	UNRESTORED COPY

This issue SUPERMAN #199 from August 1967 is the 1st of several races between the Scarlet Speedster and the Man of Steel.
The classic cover is by the great Silver age art team of Carmen Infantino and Murphy Anderson.  The riveting stark black cover with the bright red trimmings have fascinated readers for 40 years...and the interior work was then turned over to...the great Superman artist Curt Swan.

The race, as you may have known, ends in a tie as planned by the heroes who want to upset the gambling underworld. A major part of the membeship of the Justice League and a cast of thousands are in this full book-length story.  It was written by Jim Shooter.

This copy of Superman #199 was Crazy Ed's personal "raw" copy for many years--we have assigned it a grade of FN 6.0; it may very well deserve a 6.5 FN+ higher grade but for the corner wear and some edge wear (pictured below, not a tear--a flaw in the ink?) on the right edge.

The cover colors are still rich, and this issue appears better than our admittedly conservative grade. The interior was carefully checked for completeness. The centerfold and staples are in great shape and well attached. There is visible wear on the top right corner, less in the bottom right corner and several stress lines in the spine--the black cover shows everything. The Back cover is clean, offwhite & unmarked. The interior covers are cream to off-white and the interior pages are basically off-white.. Overall, it shows normal 40 year plus wear and for the grade range is still vivid and solid. 

To assist you in evaluating the book, we provide scans as follows:

• front cover and back cover

• closeup of each corner, and a close up of the mar in the right edge ink.
  

The 2009 Overstreet guide value in 9.2 Near Mint minus is $525.00. A FN+ copy would guide for about $100.  The price on this copy is 1/2 that guide value. A collector looking to fill a solid, unrestored run of Silver Age key issues would be pleased by the overall look of this issue.

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