Sports Illustrated ·

Publications & Printed Items · PSA 9.8 · Magazine

Sports Illustrated · "SuperMichael"
March 20, 1995 · Newsstand

PSA 9.8 · authenticated original

Estimated value

$5,000

One of one · not for sale

Front · Vol. 82 #11 · March 20, 1995

Sports Illustrated SuperMichael cover front

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Back · PSA slab reverse · Cert #159607981

Sports Illustrated back cover Heineken ad

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Item details

GradePSA 9.8 · highest graded

PopulationPop 4 · PSA census at time of acquisition

SignificanceMarch 1995 · Jordan's return to the Bulls

Why it mattersJeff Wong "SuperMichael" cover art

Cover & backNewsstand edition

PublisherTime, Inc.

CertificationCert #159607981 · PSA 9.8

Jordan's return, on the cover

The March 20, 1995 issue ran as Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls after his first retirement, with a Jeff Wong illustrated cover — Jordan tearing open his shirt Superman-style to reveal the Bulls jersey — asking "It's SuperMichael… Or is it?"

This is the newsstand edition, graded PSA 9.8.

"It's SuperMichael… Or is it?" — Jeff Wong's cover on Jordan's return to the Bulls, March 1995.

— DimeLabs · Sports Illustrated Vol. 82 #11 · PSA Cert #159607981

This is the newsstand edition, graded PSA 9.8. Per the PSA census at time of acquisition it sits at Pop 2 with none higher, and is the top-graded newsstand copy recorded — the kind of top-of-census, culturally significant piece DimeLabs targets.