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Heritage Auctions hails Action Comics No. 1 as “the most important comic ever published” — noting that the Superman who first appeared in the 1938 spring issue “remains remarkably like ...

Since his groundbreaking debut in Action Comics #1 in 1938, Superman has been a beacon of hope and heroism. From battling ...

A comic containing Superman’s origin story is about to achieve a truly heroic sum at auction. “Without Superman and Action Comics No. 1, who knows whether there ever would have been a Golden ...

A photo of the cover of Action Comics No. 1, which shows the first appearance of Superman in 1938.(Heritage Auctions) The Man of Steel is soaring once again after a record-setting auction in ...

A first issue of Action Comics—which introduced audiences to Superman in 1938—has become the world’s most valuable comic book, selling at Heritage Auctions in April for $6 million.

Texas-based Heritage Auctions said Thursday that the Action Comics No. 1 print from 1938 surpassed the previous record comic sale, held by a copy of a Superman No. 1 sold privately for $5.3 ...

and Superman now holds both first and second places in the million dollar club. Action Comics #1 sold out its entire 200,000-print run at 10 cents a copy in June 1938. Many large paper drives for ...

Now, a copy of that original 1938 Superman comic book—called Action Comics No. 1—has sold for $6 million. The artifact, which an unidentified buyer purchased during a Heritage Auctions sale o ...

“Today is the 86th anniversary of the first appearance of Superman and Lois in Action Comics #1,” Tulloch said. “Even though the cover is dated June 1938, its publication and when it first ...

Superman is one of the most iconic superheroes in popular culture, first appearing in Action Comics #1 in 1938. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, the character has undergone ...