American Update: Elseworlds 80 Page Giant! Controversial Issue Recalled and Pulped by Publisher
*DC: Dating as it does from 1999, this is a bit ‘modern’ for us, but its scarcity is undeniable. This issue was almost instantly recalled by DC after release; then-publisher Paul Levitz got cold feet over the story ‘Letitia Lerner, Superman’s Babysitter’, with the infant Superman in a microwave, and ordered the entire print run of this satire compilation recalled and pulped, which was bad news for Kyle Baker, Trevor Von Eeden, Ty Templeton, Mark Waid and other notable contributors. About 2,000 copies, however, had already made their way to the UK, and rapidly became highly-sought collectibles precisely for this reason. Seldom released on to the market, we have acquired one of the original issues (not the 2012 reissue, which has slightly different content). It’s NM, on sale at £250.