But it paved the way for the todays captain marvel. Comic book containing supermans debut sold for nearly one. Heritage auction galleries in dallas tells comic riffs that a rare copy of detective comics no. The odd comic book reading habits of eddie in million dollar baby. Collector darren adams, with his rarest of comic books, in his. Action comics 1, the first to hit a million dollars. This superman prime one million, and immensely powerful superman variant that sun dipped for 15,000 years when he was put in exile. Aug 05, 2016 a rare copy of the first comic book featuring superman has sold for nearly one million dollars. Nicolas cages nearlypristine copy of action comics no. Jun 21, 2019 this comic book was within the action comics series and displays the introduction of the much loved superman. Superman comic brings record price on ebay rolling stone. Recent sales of this historic comic have shocked the world with incredible record prices, and the news media has.
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A rare copy of the first comic book featuring superman sold for one million us dollars, smashing the previous record price for a comic book. Feb 28, 2010 the condition of the superman comic, sold by the auction house comic connect, was graded 8. Action comics 1, the first to join the million dollar comic. On monday, comicconnect announced that it had sold the first superman comic book, action comics no. Superman comic 1 million dollar bill limited edition novelty note 25 pack. May 06, 2020 in accordance with coppa, this is not intended for children, rather older comic book collectors.
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