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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kelly Rissman

Truth, justice and a whole lot of money: Family’s attic comic book find becomes $9M windfall

An original copy of the first edition of a 1939 Superman comic book has sold for more than $9 million after lying in a family’s attic for decades.

Superman #1 sold for $9.12 million on Thursday, marking the most expensive comic ever sold. It “represents the pinnacle of comic collecting,” according to Heritage Auctions, which described the comic book as the “highest-graded unrestored copy Heritage has ever offered.”

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