The cover to Action Comics #1 has just finished being auctioned at Heritage Auctions. Just the cover mind. For the very first appearance of Superman from 1938. And it sold for a total of $408,000.

Action Comics number one is the first appearance of Superman. This is the first superhero. This is the holy grail of holy grails of comic books. Without this comic book, we may not have any other ...

Just last year, a 1938 copy of the comic that first "introduced Superman to the world" sold for a record-setting $6 million. Heritage Auctions said the rare copy of Action Comics No. 1 was sold to an ...

The world was forever changed when Superman made his debut in 1938 in Action Comics #1, beginning not only the shared universe of DC superheroes and villains, but launching an entire age of costumed ...