Posted on 08/25/2014 1:55:54 PM PDT by SMGFan
One of the most important comics of all time became the highest-selling of all time this week: Action Comics #1 sold for $3.2 million dollars on eBay, nailing the record for the most expensive comic sold of all time. The sale beats the previous record holder, a 2011 auction for Action Comics #1 which went for $2,161,000, according to Business Wire. The comic which looks good at 76 years old is graded at a 9.0 with white pages.
The issue is the first appearance of Jerry Siegel and Joel Shuster creation Superman back in 1938. It also helped usher in the reign of the capes and tights set in comics, helping popularize superheroes and leading to the first comics boom. I feel like the owner of this issue now has their hands on a literal piece of history, a once-in-a-lifetime cultural moment that defined everything that came after.
(Excerpt) Read more at nerdist.com ...
Yeah I was an old Superman and Batman kind of guy.
When I was in fifth grade I got caught doing the Batman Dance from the old TV series in the classroom.
The Felician Nuns did not find it amusing
My nuns were from Poland 7&8 grade. No sense of humor
I went to Polish schools, Kindergarten thru 12th. Parish school.
I think mine were feliciano. Trained in Ponca city ok
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