Overview
- Heritage Auctions realized $9.12 million for the 1939 issue on November 20, 2025, with the published price including the buyer's premium.
- The sale tops the previous high of $6 million for Action Comics No. 1 in 2024, following a $5.3 million private sale of Superman No. 1 in 2022.
- Certified Guaranty Company graded the book CGC 9.0, the highest-certified example of this issue, with CGC’s president calling the result a testament to rarity and preservation.
- Three brothers uncovered the copy in their late mother’s Northern California attic; she bought it as a child in Depression-era San Francisco.
- CGC reports only 209 known copies of Superman No. 1, with fewer than half carrying the blue Universal label, underscoring scarcity that continues to drive top-tier results.