American Comics Update: The Midas Collection: Superman #53, 10th Anniversary issue from 1948, with the origin of Superman
*DC: From the Midas Collection this week, the 10th Anniversary issue of ‘the World’s Greatest Adventure Character’ Superman #53 from 1948, featuring the third telling of the origin of Superman in the lead story with script by Bill Finger and art by Wayne Boring, who also contributed the iconic cover showing the destruction of Krypton and the escape of the baby Kal-El in his rocket. Back-up stories drawn by Al Plastino see the Man Of Steel back in ancient Egypt and battling modern day pirates. This is a relatively good-looking copy with some specific defects: the spine is taped with very narrow clear tape; the bottom half of the right edge has narrow but pervasive chipping, which fortunately does not impinge on the black circle of space in the cover design; there is a thumbnail-sized corner off the bottom spine on the back cover. Very slight spine roll, but virtually no creases. Pages are a nice quality off-white. Cover colours are strong.
PICTURED: SUPERMAN #53 FA £195 SOLD