"She had told her children she had a valuable comic book collection hidden away, but they had never seen it until they put her house up for sale and decided to comb through her belongings for heirlooms, said Lon Allen, vice president of comics at Heritage Auctions. The brothers uncovered the box of comics and sent a message to the auction company, leading Allen to fly out to San Francisco earlier this year to inspect their copy of "Superman No. 1"."
""It was just in an attic, sitting in a box, could have easily been thrown away, could've easily been destroyed in a thousand different ways," Allen said. "A lot of people got excited because it's just every factor in collecting that you could possibly want all rolled into one." The "Superman No. 1" comic, released in 1939 by Detective Comics Inc., is one of a small number of copies known to be in existence and is in excellent condition."
Three brothers uncovered a copy of the first Superman issue while cleaning their late mother's attic in San Francisco. The comic was stored in a cardboard box beneath brittle newspapers, dust and cobwebs alongside other rare pre-World War II comics. The 1939 Superman No. 1 is one of a small number of known copies and is in excellent condition. The comic sold at a Texas auction for $9.12 million, setting a new record for the most expensive comic book. Previous high sales included Action Comics No. 1 for $6 million and another Superman No. 1 for $5.3 million.
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