During the speculator boom in the 1990s comic book market, publishers enhanced comic covers to increase sales. These gimmicks included shiny foil, holograms and even pop-ups! But, one of the coolest enhancements was the glow in the dark cover. Let’s shed some light on the subject, shall we?
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Date: May 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
Cover Artist: Ron Frenz
In the 1990s, DC Comics put Superman through some interesting developments. They killed him off, replaced him with four different stand-ins, brought him back, married him off … and gave him a new look with all-new powers. To celebrate this move to make Superman “ready for the next century”, they published the new look’s debut with a glow-enhanced cover. Watch out, though! There’s a newstand variant of this with a different cover that doesn’t glow. But … it had the same cover price! Doesn’t seem right to me, folks.
On Ebay: Superman