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Rare first Superman comic sold in Internet auction
It sells for $317,200, but some say it could have fetched much more in another year
By DAVID B. CARUSO
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner had bought it for less than a buck.

It’s one of the highest prices ever paid for a comic book, a likely testament to the volume’s rarity and its excellent condition, said Stephen Fishler, co-owner of the auction site ComicConnect.com and its sister dealership, Metropolis Collectibles.

The winning bid for the 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, which features Superman lifting a car on its cover, was submitted Friday evening by John Dolmayan, drummer for the rock band System of a Down, according to managers at ComicConnect.com.

Dolmayan, who is also a dealer of rare comic books, said he acquired the Superman comic on behalf of a client he declined to identify.

“This is one of the premier books you could collect,” he said in a telephone interview. “It’s considered the Holy Grail of comic books. I talked to my client, and we made the move.”

I tried to collect comics for about two weeks before I confessed my sins and went back to worshiping the one true God: television. I did buy that Superman is Dead edition thinking it would be worth $, but now that seems stupid. Every dumbass kid this side of the Mississippi had it and I'm pretty sure he didn't stay dead. He's super! Thanks for asking.