1940 Gum Superman
These are Superman’s first trading cards. Two years after his debut in Action Comics #1, Philadelphia’s Gum, Inc. issued a 72-card set cataloged as R145. The colorful painted fronts show the Man of Steel battling villains, spies and saboteurs, and stopping disasters. The backs carry a dramatic write-up of each scene. Cards #49–72 are the scarcer high numbers, and they’re usually the last cards a set builder needs. Card #1, Superman, is the anchor of the set. Like most pre-war cards, they rarely turn up in high grade, and sharp corners command a real premium.
Read our full collector’s guide to the 1940 Gum Inc. Superman set. [link to blog article]
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