A comic book introducing the character Superman has sold for the record $ 3.25 million ($ 2.7 million), writes BBC News. This means that the unknown buyer immediately has the most valuable comic book ever.
It Action Comics #1comic book was initially sold for 10 cents after publication in 1938. Some hundred copies are said to exist, although hundreds of thousands were sold at the time.
The comic is the starting shot for the superhero genre, writes BBC News. Readers will be taken into Superman’s childhood and can read about how he ended up on Earth and developed his alias Clark Kent.
The previous buyer makes about $ 1 million profit on the comic book. In 2014, more than 3 million dollars was already paid for a copy.
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