Meanwhile, At The San Diego Comicon...

This is one of the most iconic Silver Age Superman covers. I remember my next-door neighbor having this issue back in the early 1960s.

According to Arlen Schumer on Facebook:

AS SEEN AT THE SAN DIEGO COMICON:

Only $145,000?

It's only one of--if not the--GREATEST single images of Superman ever rendered, by the magnificent pencils of the greatest single Superman artist ever, Curt Swan, and the to-this-day overwhelmingly, stunningly gorgeous black and white wash tones by the great head of DC Comics coloring during the Silver Age, Jack Adler (p.s. Howard Stern's cousin/uncle?).

It's priceless.

It was the first comic book I remember holding in my 5-year-old hands.

(A tip o' the cape to my Super-friend Steven L. Austin for super-spotting it!)

Here's the published cover: 

 $145,000 does seem to be cheap for such an iconic cover's original art.