Superman Comic Brings a Million Bucks
February 24th, 2010
An Action Comics #1 reportedly has sold for $1,000,000, marking the first time a comic book has eclipsed the million dollar mark. The comic, which marked the first time Superman appeared, originally sold for ten cents in 1938. The comic sold to a private buyer on Comiccconnect.com
The same comic book sold for $150,000 just 15 years ago. The million dollar sale of the comic is doubly surprising in the current slow economic market. The previous record high sale for a comic book was for the same title, which sold over $317,000 in 2009.
About a week after the sale of the Superman comic, a Detective Comic #27, which marked the first appearance of Batman, sold for a new record $1,075,500.