Comic sells for $317,200.

Doodle · March 15, 2009, 08:18:50 AM

QuoteNEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) -- A rare copy of the first Superman comic book sold for $317,200 during an Internet auction, a New York auction company said.

The auction site ComicConnect.com said John Dolmayan, drummer for the rock band System of a Down -- who also happens to be a vintage comic book collector and dealer -- registered the winning bid late Friday for a client, the New York Daily News reported Saturday. It was one off the highest bids ever for a comic book, the newspaper said.

The 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 -- the first comic to feature mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent and his Man of Steel alter ego -- had been purchased by its previous owner for 35 cents at a secondhand shop, the News said.

Comic book expert Stephen Fishler had described the issue last month as "the Holy Grail of comic books."

Only 100 copies are known to exist worldwide and this one is one of just a few that remain untouched, in mint condition.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/03/14/Superman_comic_sells_for_317200/UPI-76051237078035/

Dang, I wish I had something like that. I would love to get that kind of money for it. :P

Rayquarian · March 15, 2009, 09:12:07 AM

PROTIP: If a comic book series is getting popular, start collecting those comics and keep them in mint condition so you can sell them for seriously jacked-up prices.

Mystic · March 15, 2009, 09:14:41 AM

Dumbpoop.

えっちーせんぱい · March 15, 2009, 05:58:30 PM

...what the hell; 300 thousand dollars for something you'll never read? Retarded.

Captain Justice · March 15, 2009, 06:26:50 PM

Quote from: バシャーモ-せんぱい on March 15, 2009, 05:58:30 PM
...what the hell; 300 thousand dollars for something you'll never read? Retarded.

Hes rich what hell

Silverhawk79 · March 15, 2009, 08:37:35 PM

...brb selling some "vintage" Nintendo Powers
D:
Or I could sell off my autographed Nintendo Power...

Doodle · March 16, 2009, 05:29:02 AM

Quote from: Silverhawk79 on March 15, 2009, 08:37:35 PM
...brb selling some "vintage" Nintendo Powers
D:
Or I could sell off my autographed Nintendo Power...

Who signed it? D:

Silverhawk79 · March 16, 2009, 09:19:49 AM

Quote from: DOODLEboy99 on March 16, 2009, 05:29:02 AM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on March 15, 2009, 08:37:35 PM
...brb selling some "vintage" Nintendo Powers
D:
Or I could sell off my autographed Nintendo Power...
Who signed it? D:

The NOAs from Nsider.

Doodle · March 16, 2009, 11:54:04 AM

I don't see Andy. D:

Tupin · March 16, 2009, 12:04:28 PM

He was too busy with that little band of his.

Wow, 35 cents?