A copy of the first comic to ever feature Superman - which initially went on sale for 10c - has been auctioned online for $1.5m.The same issue sold for $1m in February, setting the record paid for a comic book -- but this was subsequently beaten by a 1939 comic book featuring Batman's debut.
However, another copy of Action Comics No. 1, considered to be the Holy Grail of comic books, was recently put up for sale and reached the record amount.
Only about 100 copies of the comic book remain in existence and few have been kept in very good quality.
This particular copy was preserved because it had been buried in a pile of old magazines until it was discovered in the 80s. Excuse us while we go and double check the magazine rack. A spokesperson for ComicConnect, which sold the comic, said: "This new record will be hard to break.
"Because this particular Action Comics #1 is literally the single most valuable comic book on the planet."
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