Sellers predict a copy of Detective Comics #27—Batman’s 1939 debut—currently on auction could set a record sale price.
“$1.5 million is not an unreasonable guess,” said Ted VanLiew, owner of Super World Comics in Holden, Mass. “It may set a record. It’s so sought after that it’s gonna get crazy attention.”
“There are basically two comics in existence that are the holy grails of comics,” VanLiew said. “One is In the feature, Commissioner Jim Gordon invites the socialite Wayne to the crime scene of a murdered man named Lambert, who is the co-owner of Apex Chemical Corp., and whose son at first is believed to have knifed the man to death. Donning his disguise as Batman, Wayne tracks down Lambert’s real murderer: his greedy business partner who was killing fellow co-owners to gain control of their company.
“This particular consigner is looking to purchase a new home, and it’s a multimillion dollar home, so some of his comic assets became available,” he said.Superman No. 1, whicha colossal $5.3 million in a 2022 private sale, hold the record for most expensive comic book.
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