Seeing this cover posted at a Curt Swan Facebook page yesterday certainly brought back memories.
The comic book was Superman number 183, an 80-Page Giant (they used to be called Annuals) with a cover date of January 1966. The cover (with reproductions of classic covers) was by Curt Swan and George Klein. Cover price: $.25.
It probably hit the newsstands a couple of months before (around November 1965). I got this comic at a liquor store on Normandie Ave. near 105th Street in Los Angeles when my dad and I went there one night. I think he bought it for me.
This comic contained several Golden Age Superman stores circa the 1940s. It was the first time I had ever read a Golden Age Superman story. I've read many more since then.
LiveAuctioneers estimated value of this issue was $400-$600 in near-mint condition. It sold for $600.
I still have it in my collection.
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