Price Record Smashed For a 1938 Action Comics No 1
- Editor OGN Daily
- 2 hours ago
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A rare copy of the 1938 comic that introduced Superman to the world has been sold for a whopping $15m.
The previous record for the sale of a comic book was set in November, when a pristine Superman No 1 from 1939 fetched $9.12m at auction. Both sales far exceed the original 10-cent price tags - or around $2.25 in today's money. Superman's debut is one of several tales anthologised in Action Comics No 1, which is widely credited with having defined the superhero genre as we now know it. Fewer than 100 copies are thought to exist.
The latest record smashing sale of the 1938 Action Comics No 1 copy - once stolen from actor Nicolas Cage's home and returned to him over a decade later (who then sold it for $2.2m) - sets an extraordinarily high benchmark and both the comic book's owner and the buyer wish to remain anonymous, according to New York-based Metropolis Collectibles/Comic Connect which negotiated the sale.
The broker said the copy had been graded nine out of a possible 10 points by the Certified Guaranty Company, external, which specialises in authenticating collectables - making it the joint-highest scoring copy of the comic to date.
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