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BARRY : (smiles) The last known copy.

(Mary moves to pick it up. Barry stops her.)

BARRY : No, no, no. What do you think you’re doing?

MARY : I want to have a look at it.

BARRY : You can see it just fine from there.

MARY : How much is it again?

BARRY : One hundred thousand pounds.

MARY : (looking closely at the comic) Wow.

BARRY : Yes, expensive. It would be more, a lot more.

MARY : Really?

BARRY : As long as the other copy is out there, even though it’s been lost for years,
this comic is not unique.

MARY : Not unique?
BARRY : As you have pointed out, this cannot be called “the last one in the world”. The

last Superman Number 1 comic is now worth over a million pounds. Now that
truly is the last ever copy.

MARY : I’m not interested in Superman.
BARRY : No, me neither. Too much of a goody-two-shoes. It is a shame though.

MARY : (not listening) Really?

BARRY : Well, now that comic is stored in some vault. In a bank or someone’s personal

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