Some comics can fetch a sizable amount of money on the auction scene. Action Comics #1 from 1938, which features the debut of iconic comic book character Superman, already holds records with copies of the comic having been sold for over one million dollars. A copy of the comic once owned by actor Nicolas Cage was sold for the staggering amount of $2.16 Million.
The comic has a bit of a past. Cage owned the comic, which was stolen back in 2000, and not returned to him until it was found inside a storage locker in the San Fernando Valley by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Art Theft Detail back in April of this year.
Certified Guaranty Company of New Jersey, an industry leader in comic book appraisal and value gave the comic a rating of 9.0. The comic is in near mint condition. It also means that the issue is one of the most pristine copies of the issue ever sold. That factored into the substantial record setting price fetched by the issue.
