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Superman cards--Reeve and Welling

DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
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Sadly, with the passing of Chris Reeve, I felt as though part of my childhood vanished. I used to love going to the local liquor store to buy these cards from topps. I don't have them anymore because my mother threw them out one day in the name of cleaning (we all have that kind of story). All I have left is a Superman folder that I used in elementary school (it had pictures of scenes from the Reeve movies). It is old and kind of beat up, but still decent in a way. It has sentimental value now.

Does PSA grade these 80's cards?

Where can I buy a sealed box from? Any reputable dealer?

Are these very valuable now?

Where can I get a sealed box of the Smallville cards? Does Ink Works sell direct to the public?
"So many of our DREAMS at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we SUMMON THE WILL they soon become INEVITABLE "- Christopher Reeve

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  • MorrellManMorrellMan Posts: 3,241 ✭✭✭
    Christopher Reeves's passing was indeed a tragedy - his strength and perserverance were truly inspirational.

    His inner character certainly trumped that of Superman from my childhood, but who can forget that intro?

    "Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Yes it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for Truth! Justice! and the American Way!"


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    Mark (amerbbcards)


    "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


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    I'm sure you know thats actually George Reeves? Who also died young if I remember correctly.. Suicide maybe?
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  • rbeatonrbeaton Posts: 631 ✭


    << <i>Where can I buy a sealed box from? Any reputable dealer? >>

    SCOTTSDALE BASEBALL CARDS has some 78/79 Superman the Movie wax boxes...


    << <i>Does PSA grade these 80's cards? >>

    Yes, I believe PSA will grade these.

    Robert
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  • MorrellManMorrellMan Posts: 3,241 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Christopher Reeves's....His inner character certainly trumped that of Superman from my childhood, but who can forget that intro? >>



    PA - yes, I was referring to George, the Superman of my day. I think it was suicide, and I understand he was a bit of a tippler as well.

    "I'll have a cryptonite on the rocks, please"....image
    Mark (amerbbcards)


    "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>PA - yes, I was referring to George, the Superman of my day. I think it was suicide, and I understand he was a bit of a tippler as well.

    "I'll have a cryptonite on the rocks, please"....image >>



    ahh.. i re-read your post, and i got it.. my reading comprehension is lacking.. image
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  • CubfanCubfan Posts: 1,545
    I recently saw a show on the E network (or something similar) that made it seem as though Reeves' death was not a suicide (as determined by the police), but rather a murder. It was pretty interesting. Reeves actually had a decent film career before his Superman days and was in Gone With the Wind.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,490 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Reeves actually had a decent film career before his Superman days and was in Gone With the Wind. >>


    Keith
    I saw that story along with other stuff written about him - like Mark, he was a childhood hero of mine. When I was little, I used to take a piece of cardboard that came packed in laundered shirt, stuff it under my t-shirt to give me a big chest, put a towel around my neck and "leap tall building in a single bound!"
    On the Reeves thing - he had been involved in a long-term romantic affair with Toni Mannix, the wife of Eddie Mannix, an MGM executive with alleged mob ties. Eddie Mannix was in ill health but knew about their relationship. Reeves broke off the relationship in 1958. At the time he was engaged to Lenore Lemmon and things were starting to look up again. He was "type" cast as Superman but had good acting skills - as was said.
    The nite of the shooting - they called it suicide but no powder burn on the head, no fingerprints on the gun etc. This is one of those things for a cheap pulp fiction novel with a partially naked girl on the cover.

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    Mike
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  • MorrellManMorrellMan Posts: 3,241 ✭✭✭


    << <i> This is one of those things for a cheap pulp fiction novel with a partially naked girl on the cover. >>



    Well, I'm certainly all for that.image
    Mark (amerbbcards)


    "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
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