A 1938 copy of the comedian that first “launched Superman to the world” has bought for a record-setting $6 million, the auctioneer that dealt with the acquisition stated final week.
In keeping with Heritage Auctions, the uncommon copy of Motion Comics No. 1 was bought to an nameless purchaser on Thursday. The $6 million price ticket makes the e book the most costly comedian to ever promote at public sale, the motion home added.
Heritage Auctions hails Motion Comics No. 1 as “crucial comedian ever revealed” — noting that the Superman who first appeared within the 1938 spring subject “stays remarkably like” the model nonetheless seen in comedian strips and on the large display immediately. Along with the Man of Metal’s first look, the e book additionally launched central love curiosity Lois Lane.
A report from comedian e book grading service Licensed Warranty Firm, cited by Heritage Auctions, estimates that there are solely 100 surviving copies of Motion Comics No. 1 immediately — out of 200,000 that had been printed by Nationwide Allied Publications, the predecessor to DC Comics.
The copy bought final week, which comes from the Kansas Metropolis Pedigree, has a “Very Fantastic+” CGC score of 8.5 — with solely two different unrestored problems with grading greater, Heritage Auctions famous.
Though not as excessive as $6 million, different uncommon copies of Motion Comics No. 1 have additionally gone for hundreds of thousands at public sale in recent times, together with a 6.0-rated subject that bought for $3.56 million by ComicConnect final yr.
Thursday’s report sale surpasses the earlier titleholder of the most costly comedian e book to ever be bought — which was a duplicate of one other Superman-starring comedian, Superman No. 1, that bought privately for $5.3 million in 2022, in accordance with CGC.
The Motion Comics No. 1 sale was a part of a four-day comedian public sale occasion that featured a number of big-name superheroes and uncommon comics that includes them. The occasion realized greater than $28 million by its finish on Sunday, in accordance with Heritage Auctions.
