Up, up, and away! Hold on to your capes, fellow gamers, because a slice of superhero history just obliterated the auction block! An awe-inspiring, mint-condition 1939 Superman No. 1 comic has clinched the title of the world's most expensive comic by leaping over the competition with a jaw-dropping $9.12 million sale at a Heritage auction this week!
This pristine treasure from the golden age of comics, swooping in with the highest CGC grade for Superman's standalone debut, leaves previous records in the dust. While originally published in a whopping 500,000 copies and offering readers a cover-to-poster bonus, intact copies today are as elusive as kryptonite on a sunny day!
But wait — there’s more! This piece of comic history didn't come with any fancy protection, just tucked under a stack of old newspapers in a California attic. Yet, it emerged victorious with a 9.0 CGC rating, transforming an attic discovery into a Herculean auction smash. The previous record-holder, an 8.5-graded Action Comics No. 1, sold for $6 million, now looks like it took a meteoric punch!
With only seven known copies boasting a CGC score of 6.0 or above and fewer than 100 in any known condition, this sell is the holy grail for collectors. Discovered by three brothers sifting through family relics, their mother — just a nine-year-old comic enthusiast back in the day — had an eye for future treasures!
The auction world is buzzing over Jim Halperin’s take on this landmark sale, marking it as a defining moment in pop culture collecting history.
Stay tuned on this booming trend, because who knows? Maybe your attic hides the next big auction jackpot!
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