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Action Comics #1 sets new world record with $3.25 million sale

April 8, 2021 by Gary Collinson

A rare, high-grade copy of Action Comics #1 has sold for $3.25 million, setting a new world record for the most expensive comic book sale of all time.

Released in 1938, Action Comics #1 is one of the most famous comic books in history, marking the first appearance of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman.

Only around a hundred copies are still believed to exist, and this particular copy – a CGC-certified 8.5 (VF+) comic – is the second-highest graded behind two CGC 9.0 VF/NM copies, one of which held the previous record sale price of $3,207,852.

The Action Comics #1 sale was brokered by ComicConnect, which notes that this particular comic has more than doubled in value since it was sold for $1.5 million in 2010, with subsequent sales in 2017 ($1.75 million) and 2018 ($2.05 million). Sounds like a pretty good investment if you’ve a few million lying around…

 

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Action Comics, DC

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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