*DC: These single digit issues of Superman & Batman from the Midas Collection are proving very popular, as you might expect. Here’s another: Superman #5 from 1940. With a Wayne Boring cover featuring the last use of a hand-drawn logo by Joe Shuster before the classic logo debuted next issue. Four long stories written by Jerry Siegel, with Shuster, Boring and Cassidy on art. A couple of stories, including a Luthor one, involve narcotics used to enslave people. There’s a slot machine racket story and a newspaper/gangster one. This CGC encapsulated copy is graded at 5.5 (FN-), unrestored blue label, case perfect, off-white pages. CGC Serial number 0002032001. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: SUPERMAN #5 CGC 5.5 FN- £3,000