This photo, provided by Metropolis Collectibles on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, shows Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of ComicConnect, with Action Comics first edition 1938 comic book to mark Superman’s first appearance, which sold for a historic, record-breaking $ 3,250,000. (Credit to Metropolis Collectibles via AP)
This photo, provided by Metropolis Collectibles on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, shows Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of ComicConnect, with Action Comics first edition 1938 comic book to mark Superman’s first appearance, which sold for a historic, record-breaking $ 3,250,000. (Credit to Metropolis Collectibles via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) – One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, record-breaking price.
The release of Action Comics # 1 went into a private sale for $ 3.25 million, ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment company, announced Tuesday.
It narrowly beat the previous record for the comic, which went up for auction in 2014 for another copy for just over $ 3.2 million.
The comic, published in 1938, “really is the beginning of the superhero genre,” said Vincent Zurzolo, COO of ComicConnect.com, who brokered the sale.
It told readers about Superman’s origins, how he came to Earth from another planet and passed Clark Kent.
The seller of this particular song bought the comic in 2018 for just over $ 2 million.
Zurzolo said that while hundreds of thousands of copies were initially published, it is estimated that only about 100 exist today, and under different circumstances. He said this specimen is one of the best preserved specimens.
“There is no comic book that you could rate more in terms of a comic book than Action Comics # 1,” he said.