Three brothers were clearing out their family attic in California after their mother passed away. They ended up finding a pristine copy of the first ever edition of Superman. And after a long, strenuous auctioning process, they ended up getting a $9.12 million check for the piece of treasured memorabilia.
The first ever edition of the original comic book superhero came out in 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, their original intention was always giving immigrants a path to assimilating to the American traditions. Having fled from Nazi-occupied Europe, the two were excited to disseminate their understanding of what heroism meant, and that’s how the Superman motto of “truth, justice, and the American way” emerged.
