A June 1938 Action Comic number one that introduced Superman to generations of readers was sold online for a record $1 million, by an unnamed seller to an unnamed buyer. The price is reported to be three times that paid for a lower-grade copy of the comic book in 2009. The owner of Comic Connect, a US-based comics auction site, Stephen Fischler, says there are only about 100 of the number one comic books left, and only two of this quality grade. Fischler says the comic is likely to disappear from view for a number of years again: few people knew of its existence, but he did, because he sold it in 1995 for $150,000.

The Action Comic number one also introduced Lois Lane, Superman’s sweetheart and modern female reporter.

ComicConnect was forced to temporarily remove its normal home page due to the high volume of traffic wanting to know about what it describes as “It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s the First Million Dollar Comic Book!”

Links to other sites: Comic Connect, Xinhua

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