Spider-Man Comic Book Sells For $1.1 Million

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 9th 2011 at 6:01AM

The comic book market continues to boom as the first comic book to feature Spider-Man sold for $1.1 million through comic book auction house ComicConnect.com, the same house that sold a 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, featuring Superman's debut last year for a record $1.5 million. Action Comics No. 1 originally sold for 10 cents and the Marvel Spider-Man sold for 12 cents in 1962. The copy that sold is in excellent condition and the cover shows Spider Man swinging by a web. Early comic books from the 1930s to 1950s are often called Golden Age comic books. The Spider-Man comes from what is known as the Silver Age this sale may end up raising the prices of other Silver Age books. Spider-Man remains popular with the public. A much-maligned and very expensive Spider-Man show is on Broadway and the movie franchise is being rebooted.

Tags: comic book collecting, comic books, ComicConnect.com, spider-man

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hey dude7 Mar 9th 2011 12:55PM

The rumors is..

Oh wait let do this properly.

EXCLUSIVE.!!!

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Rumors is that Abramobitch bought this comic for his dog..!!!

Badmotorfinger Mar 9th 2011 2:32PM

Whoever spends 1 million plus for a comic book so they can brag about it to their friends or sniff their musty socks as it sits in a vacum packed laser protected glass cube. I forgot where i was going with this aww shucks.

T.R. Mar 9th 2011 2:37PM

CRAZY price! Especially since the original cover price was 10 cents! Wow

sidestreetsam Mar 9th 2011 2:46PM

Wow! A million bucks just isn't what it used to be!

LPStarChaser Mar 9th 2011 4:45PM

And how we humble working-class wage-slaves have fallen. Another notch on some ongeschtopt's scorecard, "I bought a first appearance of 'Spiderman' comic book for a million and a half! (pocket-change) Ain't I special!" I hope that keeps someone nice and warm, well fed, clothed and sheltered.

#badmotorfinger: I think I covered your point here.

truetone1 Mar 9th 2011 5:40PM

haha this is CRAZY

garytheprinter Mar 9th 2011 5:58PM

And my mother gave all my comic books to the paper drive in 1965 in Alexandria, Virginia. I had a stack over three feet tall starting in 1958. My Grandfather would walk me down Monroe Avenue to Barnie's on Mount Vernon Avenue and he would buy his smokes and buy me a comic book.