Spider-Man is now the hero behind the most important magazine sale in history. While Batman and Superman previously set records with the sales of their debut comics, Spider-Man has officially taken the crown, because of a recent sale by Heritage Auctions. Amazing Fantasy #15 is that the first issue during which Spider-Man, Marvel’s most iconic superhero, appeared in comics. a replica of the first issue was sold in the week for a whopping $3.6 million, making it the foremost expensive single comic issue of all time.
The 1962 Marvel Comics issue breaks a record that was set by DC’s Superman debut earlier this year. a problem of Action Comics #1, which debuted in 1938, previously sold for $3.25 million, which was the most important sale at the time.
The issue of wonderful Fantasy #15 that broke the sales record within the week is one among the highest-graded problems with that comic in the entire world. That specific issue is graded CGC 9.6, meaning it’s in near mint condition. it’s one among only four issues to receive that grading. There are not any copies graded CGC 9.8, the next-highest grading on the size .
Before this record-setting sale, the foremost expensive issue of wonderful Fantasy #15 sold for $795,000 back in March 2020. That issue was graded CGC 9.4, in order that one grade up really made a difference.
“What better book to interrupt the record than the debut of Marvel’s most beloved character, Spider-Man?” says Heritage Auctions vice chairman Lon Allen. “Amazing Fantasy No. 15 is that the Action Comics No. 1 or Detective Comics No. 27 of subsequent generation. I’m honored to possess been a neighborhood of the foremost important magazine sale so far . In my 20 years at Heritage, to bring the foremost expensive book to plug has been the top of my career.”
