First Captain America Comic Sells For Over £2.3 Million
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Near-mint condition of Captain America Comics No 1 sells for over £2.3 million (Heritage Auctions/PA)
The first Captain America comic book has sold for a record-breaking $3.1 million at auction, making it one of the most valuable comic books ever. The first issue of Captain America Comics purchased on Thursday as part of Heritage Auctions’ comics and comic art exhibition, which runs through Sunday. The widely prized book, which ran 45 pages and introduced the world to Steve Rogers, his sidekick Sgt. James Buchanan’s “Bucky” Barnes, and the super-villain Red Skull, published in March 1941. Many a mother has thrown out the comics that left behind after their children left for college. They had no idea they were squandering potential riches.
How was the first Captain America Comic sell?
The first Captain America comic book auctioned off today for $3.1 million. The price falls just shy of the previous high of $3.6 million. Achieved in 2014 for Spidey’s first appearance in a comic book. The buyer remained anonymous. The price is a long cry from the 10 cents it cost when it was initially released in 1941. Although its original sales are lost to time. The cover depicts Captain America hitting Adolf Hitler, a popular idea during the war years. In recent years, comic auctions for No. 1 issues have surged. In 2014, Superman No. 1 sold for $3.2 million, while Batman’s first appearance sold for $2.2 million in 2021.
Why the project of Captain America Comic sell initiated?
Captain America 4 is presently in production at Marvel Studios, but information revealed other than the fact that it will star Anthony Mackie as Captain America. Malcolm Spellman, the lead writer and author of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and series staff writer Dalan Musson are collaborating on the script for Captain America 4. This isn’t the top-secret project that my colleague Justin Kroll hinted at, which could bring Chris Evans back into the fold. Mackie’s picture has yet to be assigned a director. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon invented Captain America for Timely Comics, which would later become Marvel Comics. Cap fights Nazis and their commander, Adolf Hitler, on the cover of the first issue. Nine months before the United States entered WWII, the issue was published.
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