Overview
- Heritage Auctions in Texas sold the 1939 Superman No. 1 for $9.12 million, which the house says is the highest price ever paid for a comic.
- The copy was discovered in 2024 by three brothers in their late mother’s San Francisco attic, and both the family and the buyer have remained anonymous.
- CGC assigned a 9.0 grade, noting minimal wear with a firm spine, vibrant colors and sharp corners despite no special conservation.
- Experts confirmed it as a first printing via a small internal advertisement, and Heritage’s Lon Allen estimates fewer than 500 such copies survive.
- The result eclipses the $6 million sale of Action Comics No. 1 in 2024 and a $5.3 million Superman No. 1 in 2022.