The most sought-after comic in existence — and probably the most important comic to any collector — is DC’s ACTION COMICS #1. Featuring the first appearance of Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, ACTION COMICS #1 marked the beginning of the golden age of comics. Being that it was published in June of 1938, there are only around 50-100 copies still in existence. The existing issues have been known to not be in the best of shape, but that all recently changed.
Several years ago, another copy of the book was sold for $2.1-million, but it was not in the shape of this piece. This particular comic was CGC graded as a 9.0 with bold coloring and brilliant white pages.
The final price was $3.2-million and 1% of the proceeds have gone to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation,a charity that improves the lives of people living with paralysis. The comic will probably never be sold again in my lifetime, but it was a treat to see that the hype of the golden age is still strong.
I can’t believe that I actually held this in my hand once.
I had an old childhood friend and we would trade comics back and forth. I saw this in his collection and immediately traded him a Batman comic for it; he accepted.
My Mom came to pick me up and as I was walking out his house, his mother stopped me and said that I couldn’t have that comic book because his grandfather gave it to him.
There’s days where I want to track him down and see if he still has it. Probably doesn’t have a clue what it is or what it’s worth.
With such a prominent & boasting tie-in with the Christopher Reeve Foundation (even in the subtitle of the listing and heavily mentioned in the media blitz), which naturally drives traffic towards the auction, seller’s store, and such, why is ONLY 1% of proceeds all that is donated???!!! That is a sad % in light of the profits. Also considering that the first year of care for a spinal cord injury victim can approach $170,000. The 1% donation is a huge kryptonic slap in Superman’s face and the rest of caring humanity.