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Nicolas Cage's Historic Superman Comic Sells for $15 Million

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What’s more rare than the first issue of Action Comics, the comic book that introduced the world to Superman? How about this: a copy of Superman’s first comic book appearance which was once owned by an actor who almost (depending on how you feel about the film The Flash) played Superman on screen. The Man of Steel made his first appearance in the first issue of Action Comics; that issue, printed in 1938, is now a collectors’ item.As Hannah Ziegl…

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An extremely rare copy of the comic that he presented to Superman to the world has been acquired by an anonymous collector for a record figure close to $15 million (about 13 million euros).The operation, intermediated by the specialized firm Metropolis Collectibles/Comic Connect, is kept under strict confidentiality by both the buyer and the seller.The comic that was born at 10 cents and today is worth a fortuneThe copy corresponds to Action Com…

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A copy of the comic that presented Superman to the world and that was also stolen once from the house of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold in New York for a record price of fifteen million dollars, price that exceeds the previous record for a comic, established last November when a copy of Superman No. 1 was sold at an auction for 9.12 million dollars.Continue reading...

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A rare copy of the 1938 comic book "Action Comics No. 1," which featured Superman's first appearance, has been sold to a private collector for $15 million (approximately PLN 60 million). This is a new record for the comic book market – the previous one, set in November, was $9.12 million for "Superman No. 1."

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InsideHook broke the news in on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
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