Recently, a copy of, "Superman, "#1 graded as 9.0 by CGC, sold for 9.12 million dollars at auction. Published in 1939, it is the highest graded copy of that comic possible and while it is not Superman's first appearance, it is probably the best condition comic you'll find for an extremely early appearance. As the story goes, three brothers in Northern California were sorting through their late mom's items in the attic when they stumbled upon a box containing the comic collection she had previously mentioned owning when she was younger. The contents included that minty copy of, "Superman, '#1. From there, they got it graded, sent it to Heritage Auctions, and it sold for $9.12 to a buyer who has chosen to remain anonymous.
It just boggles the mind to imagine their mother buying this comic all those years ago, tucking it away, and then such a gorgeous copy being unearthed by her children decades later. This shattered the previous record of the highest sale of a comic, Superman's debut in a CGC 8.5-graded, "Action Comics," #1 (which pulled in six million). The superheroic alter-ego of ol' Clark Kent keeps raking in the many dollar bills, clearly!
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