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Auction History Result 8r0314 SUPERMAN Belgian herald 1950 different art of superhero Kirk Alyn in red costume, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/13/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1950 Vintage Theatrical Belgian Movie Herald (measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" [11 x 14 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. Artist: Jiel Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this Belgian herald, with a great image of Superman in a wrong colored suit (see below)! Note that this serial was released in Belgium in two feature films. The first one was not labeled part 1 (which seems very deceptive, since it would end without the movie having an "ending"!). The second one does have "EPOQUE 2" on it. We have only auctioned two of one poster and one of the other in all our years of auctioning. The one for part 1 auctioned for $1,909, and the two for part 2 sold for $1,925 and $686 (that one was trimmed). Both have unusual images of Superman, and the one for part 1 has him wearing a mostly red suit! Obviously, this herald is for part 1 as well, because it has the identical image to that of the part 1 poster! Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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