DimeLabs — Sports Illustrated Kids: Michael! · 1995

Publications & Printed Items · PSA 9.8 · Special Collector's Issue

Sports Illustrated Kids: Michael!
1995 · Special Collector's Issue

PSA 9.8 · authenticated original

Estimated value

$5,000

One of one · not for sale

Front · Special Collector's Issue · 1995

Sports Illustrated Kids: Michael! cover front

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Back · McDonald’s “McWorld” ad

Sports Illustrated Kids: Michael! back cover McDonald's ad

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Item details

GradePSA 9.8 · highest graded

PopulationNone higher · PSA census at time of acquisition

IssueSpecial Collector’s Issue · 1995

ContentsJordan’s story, childhood to comeback

Cover & backMcDonald’s “McWorld” ad on reverse

Cover price$3.95 · on sale until Sept. 4, 1995

PublisherTime, Inc.

CertificationCert #149680296 · PSA 9.8

Michael!, for kids

This 1995 Special Collector's Issue of Sports Illustrated for Kids devoted its entire run to Jordan, tracing his story from childhood through his comeback that same year. The gold foil cover shows him rising for a dunk in his #45 comeback jersey, with a young fan looking on in the corner.

The back cover carries a McDonald's "McWorld" ad — "If Michael took over the world… it'd be cool" — a hand-drawn cartoon of Jordan claiming planets by the points scored.

The story of Michael Jordan, from his childhood to his comeback.

— Sports Illustrated Kids: Michael!, 1995

PSA certified this copy 9.8 with white pages. Per the PSA census at time of acquisition, it's the top-graded copy recorded, with none higher.