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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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Spider-Man Musical to Be Most Expensive in Broadway History

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Spider-Man Musical on Broadway: Turn Off the Dark

The highly anticipated and long-awaited Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark has finally set an opening date for this fall. Plagued by financial problems and having gone through more than a few cast changes over the last six years the final cost of production is estimated to be upwards of $50 million, which easily makes it the most expensive Broadway musical in history. The show will be directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor, will feature music by Bono and The Edge, and stars Reeve Carney as Peter Parker. Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is scheduled to begin preview performances on November 14th with opening night set for December 21st in the newly renamed Foxwood Theatre.

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The World of Rare Comic Books: Amazing Spider-Man #1

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In the world of superheroes, Superman may be have the most other-worldly power, but it's Spider-Man who twinges the heart-strings. Perhaps it's his familiarity -- weren't you, too, that nerd in high school? -- or perhaps it's his tragedy, what with his unknowing part in his uncle's death. Either way, two of the most expensive comic books ever sold at auction are issues of Amazing Fantasy 15, the series in which Spider-Man was first introduced in 1962.

One of the rarest comic books still in existence in near-perfect condition is an issue of "Amazing Spider-Man #1," rare not only because of its singularity but also because of its quality. The comic book sold for only 12 cents per copy when it was published in March 1963, and is now worth over $40,000 -- not an exceedingly high price for comic books (the most valuable, first appearance of Superman in "Action Comics 1," is said to be worth $350,000) -- but extremely rare in such pristine condition.

In 2002, a comic book shop in Manhattan was broken into, and a particularly rare copy of "Amazing Spider-Man #1" was stolen, by a "gentlemanly" robber holding a duffel bag containing a rifle and handcuffs. He tied up the store owner while he picked the desired issues -- certainly a scene right out of the pages of his contraband. If only Spider-Man was real ...

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