Top 10 Most Expensive Superman Memorabilia Items As the 1938 royalty cheque paid to Superman creators Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster sells at auction for $160,000, we take a look at 10 of the most expensive items relating to the Son of Krypton.
day myth: that of the superhero, and more specifically, that of icons in American culture.
1) Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) - $2.16 million
The comic featuring the introduction of Superman and one of the most desirable comics in the world. This work single-handedly transformed the comic book industry. Different copies of this were sold for $1 million in February 2010, $1.5 million in March 2010, however, a CGC 9.0 graded copy, the best to appear on the market, became the world’s first comic book to sell for over $2 million in November 2011, fetching $2.16 million.
