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Spider-Man Comic Book Sells For $1.1 Million

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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.

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$1.5 Million Comic Book Sale Puts Superman Back On Top

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Art

Wow, it took just a little more than a month for the record for the most expensive comic book to be absolutely shattered. Last month a comic with the first appearance of Batman sold for an amazing $1,075,500, breaking the $1 million record set by the 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, featuring Superman's debut. Superman is back on top once again with a new sale and a new record, $1.5 million. Action Comics No. 1 originally sold for 10 cents and it is estimated that there are around 100 copies of the comic still in existence although condition varies.

The issue that sold on Monday through auction web site ComicConnect.com had been secreted inside an old movie magazine for years and was in better condition that the $1 million copy that sold earlier. The pristine issue was bought from a private collector and then sold by Stephen Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo, the co-owners of ComicConnect.com. Will this record sit for a while? ComicConnect.com co-owner and COO, Vincent Zurzolo thinks so. He says that "this particular Action Comics #1 is literally the single most valuable comic book on the planet."

[via Art Daily]

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