One of the few issues of the comic book that first introduced the world to Superman has sold for a record price. The edition of Action Comics # 1 has changed hands for 3.25 million dollars (2.74 million euros), reports online auction house ComicConnect.
The auction house’s sales agent calls the comic, which came out in 1938, “the beginning of the superhero genre.” The story is about how Superman originated and how he came from another planet on Earth. It is also told how Superman lived on earth as his alter ego Clark Kent.
“There is no comic that has a higher value than Action Comics # 1“, says the auction house’s sales agent. The comic book’s first print ran into the hundreds of thousands. Today there are about a hundred copies left worldwide, but not all of them are in the best condition.” This book is one of the best preserved copies . “
The previous owner bought the strip in 2018 for just over $ 2 million ($ 1.68 million). And in 2014, another version of the same book was auctioned for $ 3.2 million ($ 2.70 million). That was also a record at the time.