A
copy of comic of the first ever super hero, in which Superman was
presented for the first time, was sold not long ago in New York for
$317,200 (€ some 245,800), the highest price ever paid in an auction for
a publication of this kind.
"It's great news, especially in the context of economic recession." said Vincent Zurzolo, co-proprietor of the distributor of classical comics 'Metropolis Collectibles'. Zurzolo was, together with Steven Fishler, the director of the auction organized through the web Comic Connect in which John Dolmayan, proprietor of Torpedo Comics finally won.
According to Zurzulo, Dolmayan bought this much sought after copy of Action Comics - published in June 1938, and sold for 10 cents - as intermediary for a client of his buy and sell business of comics. The existence of this copy was not known and it's in excellent condition.
The publication of the first number of Action Comics is considered as the birth of it's kind of comic heroes, amongst them Superman was the pioneer as, up till then, none of the comic characters possessed superhuman powers.
Definitely yes though in China. Comics featuring heroes & heroines jumping up onto roofs, flying in mid air from tree to tree, changing their appearance in the blink of an eye ... existed there well over a century ago. But that's another story.
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