Overview
- Heritage Auctions confirmed the 1939 issue closed at $9.12 million on Nov. 20, eclipsing the $6 million Action Comics No. 1 record set in 2024.
- The near-pristine copy surfaced in a Northern California attic, where three brothers found it in a cardboard box under old newspapers while sorting their late mother’s belongings.
- Certified Guaranty Company authenticated and graded the book CGC 9.0, the sole highest known for this title and among only seven copies at 6.0 or better.
- Heritage’s Lon Allen called the result “a momentous day,” highlighting the book’s pop‑culture significance and the discovery’s compelling provenance.
- High‑grade survivors are scarce partly because the issue encouraged readers to remove the back‑cover poster, despite an initial print run of roughly 500,000 followed by additional runs.