The first issue of Action Comics, which came out in 1938, cost 10 cents and featured the first appearance of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s superhero Superman, sold at auction today for $2.16 million. That’s a record for a single comic book, breaking the mark of $1.5 million set in 2010 by another Action Comics No. 1 copy, which wasn’t in as pristine shape. The record-breaking issue sold today went for $86,000 in 1992 and $150,000 in 1997, when it was reportedly purchased by Nicolas Cage. But it was stolen in 2000 and assumed lost until it turned up among the contents of a storage shed purchased by an unidentified buyer in April. Only about 100 copies of the issue are believed to exist. Neither the new buyer or the seller were identified.


Once you turn to page 13, the careful buyer should put infrared glasses on. There is an invisible message at the bottom right…..
This comic still exists? I thought DC burned it all down when they rebooted Superman and erased his entire history. And how is that comic reboot going, by the way? We haven’t heard anything about it in a while.
Hey Snarf
What does your comment have to do with Comic History and todays auction. Oh, your trying to be funny…guess what? Your not.
Oh, somebody is pressed! Now what could cause such a blow up as this? Hmm? Panties got all twisted up, and why? So how is that reboot going?
How is that reboot going? Well, for one, at least Superman has stopped wearing panties due to the costume redesign.
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Coat
If it was stolen from Nicholas Cage, how can someone else have the right to sell it? Is a storage shed with stolen goods the same thing as centuries old sunken treasure? I’m sure Nic could use the scratch!
SNARF, You must be smoking crack! LOL what does this have to do with the auction.