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Auction History Result 1r013 SUPERMAN Chap 2 title card '48 three great images of Kirk Alyn in costume, very first movie! Date Sold 8/14/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Chapter #2 ("Depths of the Earth") Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14") (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. Important Added Info: Note that some serials would have the exact same title card for each of the movie chapters. Very fortunately, this Superman serial had a completely different title card for every one of the chapters! Condition: very good to fine. Someone wrote "#2" on the back of the top left of the card, and it very slightly bleeds through in the background in the top of the title. There is a slightly diagonal brown line at the right of the title that appears to be a minor printing defect. There is a pair of tiny staple holes in the top left blank corner. There are a few very minor creases in the borders and the top right corner is slightly darkened. There is an embossed date stamp in the bottom right corner (quite common on cards of this era). Other than the above, the card is in quite nice condition! Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back of the card! Learn More about condition grades 
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