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November 28, 2025

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a rare Superman comic book! And it fetched $9.12M!

By JACK BROOK
Associated Press/Report for America

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Three brothers discovered the copy beneath old newspapers and cobwebs while cleaning out the attic in their deceased mother’s house in San Francisco last year.

A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother's attic, netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house which says it is the most expensive comic book ever sold.


 
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