Fury of Firestorm (Vol. 2) #61 Logo Variant

DC Comics, July 1987.

In 1987, DC issued two comic variants with simplified cover art and a "Superman Comics" test logo (replacing the DC logo); this seems to have been a marketing experiment to see if they could sell more comics to the younger readers via the newsstand market (which was around 30% of the total comic distribution at that time but in rapid decline).

The variants, this comic and Justice League #3, were only distributed to select markets (parts of California are often mentioned) so are generally quite rare but there are always a few copies for sale on auction sites such as ebay.

Below is the standard, direct edition, cover showing a more sophisticated layout (without the speech bubbles and sports the standard DC logo):

These are still selling for well below $100 raw (non-CGC graded), despite their rarity, but high grade CGC issues can go for well in excess of $100.

In late April 2014, CGC had only 7 recorded gradings of these, with a lone 9.8 at the top of the pile.