Most expensive comic book
November 25th, 2025 at 5:28:12 PM
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Three brothers rummaging through their deceased mothers attic discovered a near mint (9.0 CGC graded) copy of 1939 Superman #1!!!
$9.2 million at auction.
They found 5 other early Action comics although not the Holy Grail first appearance of Superman.
It wasn't a total surprise. Their mom kept telling them she had misplaced her collection from when she was a child and it was somewhere in the house.
Three brothers rummaging through their deceased mothers attic discovered a near mint (9.0 CGC graded) copy of 1939 Superman #1!!!
$9.2 million at auction.
They found 5 other early Action comics although not the Holy Grail first appearance of Superman.
It wasn't a total surprise. Their mom kept telling them she had misplaced her collection from when she was a child and it was somewhere in the house.
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