Action Comics No. 1 goes for $317,000!!!

[frimmel]

A copy of Action Comics number 1 introducing Superman recently went for $317,000 dollars.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/03/14/superman-comic-auction.html

If that is an actual picture of the book it is the only photo I’ve seen of a copy that is still white. Usually the title background is at minimum dingy.

[Jermofoot]

I bet it’s the lamest Superman story ever, too.  :lol:

[frimmel]

Different times Jermo, different times. He couldn’t fly at that point if memory serves and both he and Batman killed the bad guys.

A lot of that old ancient stuff is almost in a foreign language.

[Jermofoot]

@frimmel:

Different times Jermo, different times. He couldn’t fly at that point if memory serves and both he and Batman killed the bad guys.

A lot of that old ancient stuff is almost in a foreign language.

Oh, I know, I’m just laughing with my pragmatic/utilitarian outlook that the read wouldn’t be anywhere close to worth $300k+ (to me).  But that’s obviously beside the point.

Never knew that outright killed the bad guys though…that’s interesting.  I thought that was just borrowed from those days and killing off superheroes/villains was a relatively knew idea.

[frimmel]

You can find reprints of the story at a reasonable price. Usually around a big anniversary the first issue gets a reprint edition and your local comic shop likely has a couple in their back issue bins.

DC has a terrific line of reprint editions called Archive Editions for most of their books.

They are hardbound with glossy paper. You can usually pick them up on ebay at a discount from MSRP.