AR / ITEM / 00100419
Action Comics #1, Kansas City Pedigree, CGC 8.5
DC Comics · Jerry Siegel · Joe Shuster
The Kansas City pedigree copy of Action Comics #1, graded CGC 8.5, sold at Heritage in April 2024 for $6 million.
- Date
- 1938
- Catalogue
- Action Comics #1
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Record
Action Comics #1, published on 18 April 1938 with a cover date of June, introduced Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman; 200,000 copies were printed and about 100 are thought to survive. Pedigreed copies come from identified early collections; this one carries the Kansas City pedigree. Of about 78 CGC-graded copies, only two unrestored copies grade higher. Heritage sold it on 4 April 2024 for $6 million, then a record for a comic book.
- Culture
- American
- Origin
- United States
In the Tapestry
- Created by · 1938
- Jerry SiegelA
- Created by · 1938
- Joe ShusterA
- Associated with · 2024
- Heritage AuctionsB
Sources
- A
Wikipedia, 'Action Comics 1'
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Heritage Auctions, lot 91002: Action Comics #1 Kansas City pedigree (DC, 1938) CGC VF+ 8.5
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CGC, 'Kansas City pedigree Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 sells for $6 million'
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