The Man of Steel #1
- Maker
- DC Comics
- Year
- 1986
- Rank
- 78 of 100
The Man of Steel #1
The Man of Steel #1 by DC Comics (1986) is ranked 78 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It carried a market asking price of $120 in May 2026, which is not a sale. John Byrne's post-Crisis Superman relaunch; a defining modern Superman key.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
John Byrne's post-Crisis Superman relaunch; a defining modern Superman key.
The Man of Steel #1, CGC 9.8
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $120
- Kind
- Market asking price, not a sale
- Date
- May 2026
CGC 9.8 white pages (regular edition) sold $119.99 (eBay item 117071197856, May 16 2026), per PriceCharting's dated completed-sales log; recent 9.8 solds cluster ~$90-130. The scarce newsstand 9.8 trades higher (~$275).
This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08