| | [[File:Superman EBay.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Record bid of over $3 million set for this copy of ''Action Comics'' no. 1 on EBay, which ended August 24, 2014.]] | | [[File:Superman EBay.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Record bid of over $3 million set for this copy of ''Action Comics'' no. 1 on EBay, which ended August 24, 2014.]] |
| − | Due to the requirements of [[World War II]], scrap paper was among the things needed for the war effort, which resulted in many comic books being recycled; as a result, only 100 examples of ''Action Comics No. 1'' are known to exist. "It's the Holy Grail of comic books," said comic expert Stephen Fishler, referring to the recent placing of one on the auction block. "This is the one that started it all. There was no such thing as a super hero before it. No flying man. Comics weren't even that popular. It's the single most important event in comic book history." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,501704,00.html ''Fox News'' Online: "Holy Grail of Comic Books' Looks to Fetch Six-Figures at Auction"]</ref><ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/26/2009-02-26_supermans_debut_in_action_comics_no_1_co.html ''New York Daily News'' Online: "Superman's debut in Action Comics No. 1 could fetch $400G"]</ref> The first example of Superman in comic form - indeed, the first comic superhero ever printed - ''Action Comics No. 1'' in "fine" condition can fetch upwards of $125,000 at auction [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,364626,00.html]; several examples have fetched more than $1,000,000.<ref>[http://www.nostomania.com/servlets/com.nostomania.CatPage?name=Top100ComicsMain ''Nostomania'''s Top 100 Comics]</ref> | + | Due to the requirements of [[World War II]], scrap paper was among the things needed for the war effort, which resulted in many comic books being recycled; as a result, only 100 examples of ''Action Comics No. 1'' are known to exist. "It's the Holy Grail of comic books," said comic expert Stephen Fishler, referring to the recent placing of one on the auction block. "This is the one that started it all. There was no such thing as a super hero before it. No flying man. Comics weren't even that popular. It's the single most important event in comic book history." <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,501704,00.html ''Fox News'' Online: "Holy Grail of Comic Books' Looks to Fetch Six-Figures at Auction"]</ref><ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/26/2009-02-26_supermans_debut_in_action_comics_no_1_co.html ''New York Daily News'' Online: "Superman's debut in Action Comics No. 1 could fetch $400G"]</ref> The first example of Superman in comic form - indeed, the first comic superhero ever printed - ''Action Comics No. 1'' in "fine" condition can fetch upwards of $125,000 at auction [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,364626,00.html]; several examples have fetched more than $1,000,000.<ref>[http://www.nostomania.com/servlets/com.nostomania.CatPage?name=Top100ComicsMain ''Nostomania'''s Top 100 Comics]</ref> |