Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. Despite the hefty price tag, its still not the most expensive comic book ever sold. When it first hit newsstands in 1938 it sold for 10 cents. Feb 23, 2010 created by american writer jerry siegel and illustrated by canadian artist, joe shuster, he was our first flying superhero. The first comic book produced by marvel, the famed us publisher behind spiderman, xmen and the avengers, went under the hammer thursday, fetching a. Supermans debut in the number 1 edition of action comics, released in 1938, holds the crown for the most expensive comic. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the djia, which is delayed by two minutes. Its rare to find a nearmint condition of marvel comics first comic book, aptly named marvel comics 1. Dallas, tx the finest known copy of marvel comics no. The comic book was sold in an auction held on monday, february 22nd by comic connect, who said that the. Rare nearmint copy of first marvel comic book sells for. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the djia, which is. The impressive sale pales in comparison to the mostexpensive comic book of all time. Created by american writer jerry siegel and illustrated by canadian artist, joe shuster, he was our first flying superhero.
Bidding ended sunday evening, with 48 bids received. Nov 22, 2019 its rare to find a nearmint condition of marvel comics first comic book, aptly named marvel comics 1. Its rare to find an almostperfect copy of marvel comics first comic book, aptly named marvel comics 1. A copy of the first comic book featuring superman, a 1938 edition of action comics no.
Interest in the sale generated enough traffic to bring down the web site of the auction house, comic connect, which posted a note explaining, due to the exceedingly high volume of traffic, the site has been temporarily replaced with this news article about the record selling comic. A rare nearmint condition copy of the first marvel comics comic book has sold at. The first comic book produced by marvel, a wellknown american publisher that promoted characters like spiderman and xmen, was. Apr 25, 2017 the man of steel is also made of gold, apparently.