The comic book that started the super hero genres permanent place in American history was Action Comics #1. The introduction to Superman. And last week the opportunity to own one of the rare books had people scrambling to free up cash.
It sold for a whopping $6,000,000!
Thursday off a four-day rare comic book auction organized by Texas-based Heritage Auction. The auction house described the rare find, Action Comics No. 1, published in June 1938, as one of the finest copies in the world of the prized issue.
Back in 2022, a copy of the same comic sold privately for $5.3 million. The previous record before this was set when Amazing Fantasy #15 sold for $3.6 million in 2021. Amazing Fantasy #15 is best known as the comic that featured the debut of Spider-Man.