You Wish You Had 'Em: Most Valuable Comic Books

Amazing Fantasy # 15
Value: $280,000

After Spider-Man appeared on the cover in August 1960, instead of canceling, the comic book sales proved to be one of Marvel's highest. After this success, The Amazing Spider-Man comics were launched seven months later. Cover art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. The DVD release of the collector's edition of the Spider-Man movie includes an e-copy of this comic!





Flash Comics #1
Value: $289,000

Yes, you are seeing that right: if you spent .10 on this comic book then, you would have a little over a quarter of million dollars right now! What a great investment. Flash, Hawkman, Shiera Sanders, the Whip, and Johnny Thunder were first debuted in this series that started in 1940. This comic has also fetched 450,000.00 at a private auction.






More Fun Comics, #52
Value: $316,000

Sometimes the comics that didn't survive are some of the most valuable. More Fun only ran from 1935-1947. In this comic, readers first met The Spectre. More Fun Comics was originally titled New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine. They were the first to produce original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips.




Batman, #1
Value: $359,000

This was the first comic book named after Batman, though he showed up in earlier stories. Reports say this was the first time anyone saw Robin! You can find this comic on sale on eBay for the rock-bottom price of $24,000.00.






Marvel Comics #1
Value: $367,000

We are steadily inching our way towards half a million dollars. Half a million... for one comic book. Simple amazing! This subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company features X-Men, Wolverine, Iron Man, Human Torch and more. This was their first ever issue. The period these comics were popular was known as the Golden Age of Comic Books. The first sold out 80,000 copies. After a second printing, with only a minor change, another 800,000 were sold.





Detective Comics #1
Value: $405,000

This series began in March, 1937 and featured both Superman and Batman. Detective Comics was the final publication of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. Later, his company evolved into DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comic publishers. Although Detective Comics was an anthology comic originally, it featured stories in the "hard-boiled detective" genre as well.








All-American Comics #16
Value: $430,000

Green Lantern's first appearance was in this comic. Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. Engineer Alan Scott survives an explosion during a test crossing of a trestle bridge and learns he was saved by the green lantern he carried.







Superman #1
Value: $671,000

This was the first comic book dedicated to this superhero. It featured his origin, Clark Kent's first day at the Daily Star, and Superman stops a lynching, gangsters, and an execution.









Detective Comics #27
Value: $1,380,000

And here we have Batman's debut. It hit the market in 1939. Later, this superhero became the star of the title. This comic is known as one of the most valuable in existence. Batman's origin is revealed in a two-page story in issue #33 in 1939. Robin's appearance and an influx of sales led to a tend of superheros and young sidekicks. During this era, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Two-Face were debuted.






Action Comics #1
Value: 1.5M

Released in June, 1938, this particularly comic book is known as the "Holy Grail" of comic books. Stephen Fishler (founder of ComicConnect.com), a leading expert on collectible comics says that there was no such thing as a superhero before this, no such thing as a man who could fly. "Comics weren't even that popular. It's the single most important event in comic history." A copy was sold on eBay for $3,207,852.00. It is the only comic to have sold for more than 3M for an original copy.



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Written by: Amber R. Hiles @hiles_amber

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