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Auction History Result 4c0154 SUPERMAN linen Belgian 1950 different art of superhero Kirk Alyn in red costume, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/30/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1953 (from the first release of this movie in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 13 3/4" x 20 3/4" [35 x 53 cm]) (Learn More) Superman, the 1948 Spencer Gordon Bennet & Thomas Carr science fiction (sci-fi) comic book superhero serial ("A Columbia Serial"; "Rocketing Into A Mighty Adventure!"; "Challenged by treachery!"; "Racing toward doom!"; "By arrangement with National Comics Publications, Inc."; "Based on the Superman adventure feature appearing in Superman and Action Comics magazines, in daily and Sunday newspapers coast-to-coast and on the Superman radio program broadcast over the Mutual Network.") starring Kirk Alyn (in the title role as Superman/Clark Kent), Noel Neill (who later reprised her role as Lois Lane in the TV show), Carol Forman (as "Spider Lady"), Tommy Bond (as Jimmy Olsen; best remembered as Butch the bully from the Our Gang series), Pierre Watkin (as Perry White), Wheeler Oakman, Nelson Leigh (as Jor-El), Luana Walters (as Lara), Virginia Carroll (as Martha Kent), and Ed Cassidy (as Eben Kent). Note that Superman was created in 1938 as a comic book hero, but it took ten long years for a movie to be made depicting him (perhaps moviemakers were deterred by the expensive budget required to have Superman perform his great feats of strength and flying!). This item is from that very first movie, the serial entitled "Superman"! Republic Pictures had tried to make a Superman serial in 1941, but DC wanted more money than they were willing to pay, and they ended up making a Captain Marvel serial instead. Two years later, they made the first Batman serial, and it would not be for five more years before they finally made this serial! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we know that this serial was released in most non-U.S. countries in two feature films, labeled part 1 and part 2. In the case of this poster, it does not reference that, so one would not know by looking at it that it was released in Belgium in two parts. However, we previously auctioned a different Belgian poster (with a completely different image of Superman), and THAT poster had "EPOQUE 2" on it, indicating it was from the second part, so we know that this poster is for the first part. The poster for the second part was unbacked and in "good" condition, and it sold for $1,925. This poster is linenbacked and we have NEVER auctioned it before!
UPDATED 04/29/2020: Note that we have updated the Condition Description to feature additional details (the Condition Grade remains the same). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had an extra partial fold by the regular horizontal fold, with some small tears and tiny bits of paper loss on the folds. It had a 4" semi-circular tear in the upper right background above the hand and arm, and it had a 2" vertical tear that entered the other forearm. It also had some smaller tears and small paper loss in the borders, with some tackholes around the edges, and one in the background near the center of the image. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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