The 15 Most Expensive Comic Books Ever Sold

The 15 Most Expensive Comic Books Ever Sold Vrogue Co Bill finger, bob kane, sheldon moldoff, and jerry robinson. release date: april 24th, 1940. price: $2.2 million. while bob kane received most of the credit, comic book writer bill finger created most of the aspects that made fans fall in love with the batman lore, as detailed in the documentary batman and bill. When comic books were first published in the late 19th century, they only cost a few cents. by 2004, the most expensive comic book was sold for $350,000. today, comics are continuing to go up in value and setting new sales records that exceed $5 million. below is a list of some of the most expensive comics ever sold, as of this writing.

The 15 Most Expensive Comic Books Ever Sold That was the previous record holder, which was completely smashed in 2021, when a 9.4 graded copy sold for an astounding $2.22 million in january 2021, making it the second most expensive comic book in the world and the most expensive marvel comic book ever sold. the comic is certainly rare. The “rocket copy” of action comics no. 1 (1938) fetched $3.18 million, nearing the record for most expensive comic book at auction, in january 2022. it has since changed hands again for $3.4. 2) action comics #1 $1,500,000.00 (2010) cgc 8.5. while this comic features the same iconic material as the most expensive comic in the world, it falls short of the most expensive price tag by $661,000 due to its lower cgc grade. the discrepancy in grades can be due to just a few small defects in the comic's appearance. 10. 1939 marvel comics #1 “the human torch” cgc 9.4 – $1,260,000. heritage auctions. date sold: 11 21 19 via heritage auctions. to begin this list, we have a comic whose title has now grown synonymous with the superhero industry as a whole. this is marvel comics #1, which is graced by the human torch on the cover.