All of my "Doomsday!" issues were later printings, and not worth the paper they were printed on, and most of my 'Funeral' issues were the same. After realizing this the 2nd, 3rd and so on printings I had were tarnished in my eye. The cover art remained the same with each subsequent printing but the title logo color scheme changed for each issue’s printing. I then discovered there were actually multiple printings for many of these issues, and the first printings were more valuable! Each printing after the first edition was notated by a roman numeral, next to the issue number and price on the top left corner of each cover. As I got more into collecting I decided I wanted to have the individual " Doomsday!" issues, even thou I had them nicely collected in TPB form, after another Toy R Us trip, I got all those issues from a box set.Īs I started accumulating price guides, poly bags and backing boards a monster began to gestate, who became concerned about condition and value. I found most of the issues I needed for "Funeral for a Friend" this way. I was able to catch up thanks to few Toys-R-Us trips, where late comers like myself were able to pick up various two packs and packaged sets of comics, with a lot of Superman books. After I got The Death of Superman graphic novel I searched out issues for " Funeral for a Friend" and " Reign of the Superman!," not an easy task for a kid with no job (or allowance 'cause I never did chores), who's only transportation were his parents or the school bus. The Death and Return of Superman story arc was a trilogy of storylines " Doomsday!", " Funeral for a Friend" and " Reign of the Supermen!", all ancient history by '94. I had heard of this “event” but I was so late to the party that it was over. The graphic novel collected the seven issue storyline " Doomsday!", the comic book colors inside hooked me.
Bookstores and comic shops get their books from different distribution chains, as a result release dates may be off by a week or two (and sometimes the get moved a bit).My journey into this wonderful hobby began in early 1994, when I found The Death of Superman graphic novel at Kroger, I was 11 years old then. Oversized books are usually 11.x inches tall (15.x for Absolutes). Amazon usually posts the dimensions of books on their postings. However, some of the collected editions DC puts out are not oversized. Please note: Omnibus, Absolute, and DLX editions are usually oversized.
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