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4d0085 ATOM MAN VS SUPERMAN chapter 1 TC 1950 great art & photo of Kirk Alyn in costume, ultra rare!

Date Sold 4/16/2023
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Chapter #1 (Superman Flies Again) Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More)

Atom Man vs. Superman, the 1950 Spencer Gordon Bennet comic book superhero serial ("Trapped by deadly fumes"; "Bomb of Death!"; "The Man of Steel strikes!"; "Blasted in the Sky!"; "Kryptonite renders Superman helpless!"; "High-tension death-trap!"; "Based on the Superman adventure feature appearing in Superman and Action Comics magazines coast to coast. Adapted from the Superman radio program."; based on the famous DC Comics comic book character) starring Kirk Alyn (in the title role as Superman/Clark Kent), Lyle Talbot (in the title role as Lex Luthor/The Atom Man), Noel Neill (who later repeated her role as Lois Lane in the TV series, after Phyllis Coates left the show), Tommy Bond (as Jimmy Olsen), Pierre Watkin (as Perry White), and Terry Frost. Note that this was the second Superman serial (the first was simply titled "Superman", and was released in 1948, with the same actors as in this serial).
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this chapter 1 title card, and only one in the last 29 years!

Note that this card has been "gel backed". What does that mean? It means that a talented restorer backed the card onto a gel material, and they then performed restoration to the above defects, and then removed the gel backing, and afterward the card still looks and feels like an original card (and it is!), with no backing at all. Many collectors prefer this method of restoration to paperbacking or linenbacking, because with those methods the card no longer looks like it was not backed. Gel backing can't be used with cards that have major paper loss or other major defects, but for the cards it can be used on, it is really an excellent method of restoration! Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has.

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Condition: good to very good. The card had many pinholes around the edges, with some entering into the image. It had paper loss in the bottom right blank corner. Overall, the card was in good condition prior to restoration. The person who had this card gelbacked had it done solely to restore the stability of the card, and they did not have restoration performed. It displays pretty well, but you can clearly see all of the pinholes, so one might choose to have additional restoration performed. Please bear the above in mind and look at our super-sized images before bidding on this cool card.
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