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Action Comics Number One, featuring Superman was released in June of 1938 and sold for 10 cents. Yesterday, in a private  internet auction sale, a copy of the comic in Very Fine condition sold for a whopping one million dollars! For all of you whose mom threw away your boxes of comics when you went to college, it’s okay to feel incredibly pissed off.

Comicconnet.com orchestrated the record deal between an anonymous buyer and seller. No one before has even paid half that price, but the condition is excellent and there are only about 100 known copies left in the world, making it extremely rare.

“It is still a little stunning to see ‘a comic book’ and ‘$1m’ in the same sentence,” said Stephen Fishler, the co-owner of the site. “There’s only one time a collectible hits the $1m threshold.”

Good God, talk about return on investment. I personally collected comics for a number of years and always dreamed of some old broad at a garage sale unloading Fantastic Four or Spiderman number one, while I haggle her down from 50 cents to a quarter. Back in the early 80’s I owned a copy of Marvel Comics Avengers #1 in Near Mint condition – with both penciler, Jack Kirby and inker Dick Ayers signature on the cover. Sold it back then for $125. I think it’s in the $10,000 range about now.

Dayum.

-ZMan