ERTL DC Comics Super Heroes die-cast Superman figurine “standing” version (1990)

Here it is! The 800th Superman item from my collection to be featured on this blog.

This is the second ERTL DC Comics Super Heroes die-cast Superman figurine that I’ve added to this virtual exhibit. The first one I added was in 2018 and was the “raised fist” version. This is the “standing” figure (#716) and it comes with a trading card featuring the cover of Action Comics number 485 and the bold artwork of Neal Adams showing Superman breaking out of Kryptonite chains. This figurine was…

BOOTLEG: Cartoon Favorites Superman cartoons VHS (1990)

As many of you may already know, most all of the home video releases of any of the episodes of the 1941 – 1942 Max Fleischer Superman cartoons are considered “bootleg”… sort of. At some point, after the rights reverted back to National Comics (now DC), they licensed the rights to another company. After some time, National failed to renew their copyright and these wonderful cartoons fell into public domain. In the years that followed…

Superman #50 (2nd Series) (1990)

Here is Superman number 50 (2nd series) published in 1990.  In this 48-page issue, Clark Kent confronts Lex Luthor and, later, Superman battles Mister Mxyzptlk who becomes… Grossman, a giant humanoid blob of goo while wearing the ʻG’ from the Galaxy Building.  Also appearing in this issue is The Guardian.  What makes this issue important, though, is that it is…

Superman at War poster (1990)

This is a framed poster entitled Superman at War that was released in 1990. The artwork revisited the idea of what if Superman got involved in World War II. This startling image of Superman pushing over a…