In June 1938 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman, come to life when Action Comics #1 was published. In fact Superman was such a hit that the comic is still being published on a monthly basis.
On February 22, 2010, a copy of Action Comics #1 sold at auction for $1 million, beating itself and the old price of $317,000.00 as the world’s most expensive comic book. The difference being the condition of the copy that was sold.
On March 29th, 2010, ComicConnect.com sold another copy, This time it was a 8.5 VF+ grade, currently the highest-graded copy known, and it went for a super $1.5 million USD..
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