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Auction History Result 5j437 SUPERMAN linen chapter 12 1sh '48 super hero Kirk Alyn in costume in inset catching bad guys! Date Sold 12/4/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Chapter #12 (Blast in the Depths) One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27 1/2" x 40 3/4" [70 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Superman, the 1948 Spencer Gordon Bennet & Thomas Carr science fiction (sci-fi) comic book superhero serial ("A Columbia Serial"; "Rocketing Into A Mighty Adventure!"; "Challenged by treachery!"; "Racing toward doom!"; "By arrangement with National Comics Publications, Inc."; "Based on the Superman adventure feature appearing in Superman and Action Comics magazines, in daily and Sunday newspapers coast-to-coast and on the Superman radio program broadcast over the Mutual Network.") starring Kirk Alyn (in the title role as Superman/Clark Kent), Noel Neill (who later reprised her role as Lois Lane in the TV show), Carol Forman (as "Spider Lady"), Tommy Bond (as Jimmy Olsen; best remembered as Butch the bully from the Our Gang series), Pierre Watkin (as Perry White), Wheeler Oakman, Nelson Leigh (as Jor-El), Luana Walters (as Lara), Virginia Carroll (as Martha Kent), and Ed Cassidy (as Eben Kent). Note that Superman was created in 1938 as a comic book hero, but it took ten long years for a movie to be made depicting him (perhaps moviemakers were deterred by the expensive budget required to have Superman perform his great feats of strength and flying!). This item is from that very first movie, the serial entitled "Superman"! Republic Pictures had tried to make a Superman serial in 1941, but DC wanted more money than they were willing to pay, and they ended up making a Captain Marvel serial instead. Two years later, they made the first Batman serial, and it would not be for five more years before they finally made this serial! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that original release one-sheets from this very first Superman movie (released just ten years after Superman was created) have always been very difficult to find, likely because whatever ones existed were purchased by comic book collectors back in the 1960s or 1970s. It has been eight years since we last auctioned a one-sheet from this first serial, and it might be another eight years before we do so again! Note that a knowledgeable collector believes that Glenn Cravath created the art for this item. However, we cannot be 100% certain. If anyone has definitive proof such as signed original art, please e-mail us and we will post it here. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and scattered tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss in the vertical foldline, more so in the bottom half of that foldline, and also in the bottom horizontal fold, with a lesser amount of wear on the top two horizontal folds. There were creases in the right corners and some creases and scuffs scattered through the image. There were pinholes in the corners. There was paper loss and some tears near the middle of the left blank border, with a 4" tear extending into Superman's sleeve. There were some small areas of paper loss scattered down the lower half of the left blank border. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did little restoration to the defects described above, but they are really not very distracting. Note that the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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