Approximate
Condition Profile
DC COMICS · 9/90
UNIT ECA-034480
SUPERMAN #47
Superman vol. 2 #47 – standard 1990 issue from the post-Byrne Superman team run
// Unit specification
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-034480 | ~9.2 | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and sharp corners with no visible creasing or color breaks. Slight edge wear is possible near the top right but is hard to confirm due to the protective sleeve glare. Spine appears tight with no visible stress lines. Interior and back cover were not assessed, and the book is in a protective sleeve which may obscure minor defects.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $2 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $4 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $60 |
// Archive commentary
Superman #47 (September 1990) is part of the second ongoing Superman volume launched after John Byrne's 1986 relaunch of the character, published during the period when the Superman family of titles was being steered by a rotating creative team that included Roger Stern on scripts and artists such as Bob McLeod, working alongside Jerry Ordway's concurrent run on Adventures of Superman and Dan Jurgens's Superman: The Man of Steel. By 1990 the character's mythology had been fully reworked in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and the ongoing monthly books were focused on serialized subplots involving Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and the Daily Planet cast rather than any single landmark event. This issue is a mid-run chapter within that larger continuity rather than a debut, origin, or turning-point issue.
The book carries no published fair-market value, which reflects a title and era that was produced and distributed in high volume and has never developed meaningful scarcity in any grade. Copper Age Superman issues from this stretch of the run are readily available raw in dollar bins and back-issue boxes, and demand is almost entirely tied to completism among Superman-title runs rather than to any specific creative or narrative milestone in this particular issue. High-grade certified copies see occasional interest from grade-completionists building a 9.8 run of the title, but that interest does not extend to elevated raw demand.
This is a book that collectors acquire as part of assembling a complete Superman vol. 2 run rather than as a standalone purchase, and it trades accordingly: inexpensively in any raw grade, with certified 9.8 copies commanding a modest premium purely as a function of the difficulty of finding any comic from this era in pristine, unhandled condition. It is best suited to run-builders and Superman-family collectors rather than investors or key-issue buyers.
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