A copy of Superman #1 has sold at auction for over $9 million

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You might want to check out your momma’s attic because there could be a gold mine there. A copy of Superman #1 has sold for a whopping $9.12 million at an auction run by Heritage, becoming the most expensive comic of all time.

The comic was discovered by three brothers in the attic of their late mother’s house. Their mother had bought the comic when she was just nine years old in Depression-era San Francisco. She had told her children that she had some “rare comics somewhere,” but could never remember where they were. She died just before the pandemic, but the brothers only got around to going through her house earlier this year. They were expecting to have to haul out a lot of junk, but instead, they found Superman #1 in a box of yellowed newspaper clippings.

The copy of Superman #1 has been graded a 9.0 out of 10 by the Certified Guaranty Company, making it the highest-quality copy known to exist. The previous record for the most expensive comic sold at auction was set last year, when Action Comics #1 was sold for $6 million.

That’s just crazy. You never know what’s hidden away gathering dust (and value) in someone’s house. I’m still hoping that my wife’s childhood collection of Beanie Babies will pay off one day.

Superman made his return to the big screen earlier this year, and a sequel is already in development. Man of Tomorrow will feature Superman and Lex Luthor teaming up against a much bigger threat (believed to be Brainiac), and production is set to begin in Atlanta in April. Warner Bros. have already scheduled the sequel for a July 9, 2027 release.

While speaking on the Howard Stern Show earlier this year, James Gunn dropped a few story details. “It’s a story about Lex Luthor and Superman having to work together to a certain degree against a much, much bigger threat,” he said. “It’s more complicated than that but. It’s as much a Lex movie as it is a Superman movie. I relate to the character of Lex, sadly. I really wanted to create something extraordinary with the two of them. I just love the script so much.”

The next DCU project to be released in theaters will be Supergirl, which stars Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) as Kara Zor-El, alongside Eve Ridley (3 Body Problem) as Ruthye, Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone) as Krem of the Yellow Hill, David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) as Zor-El, Emily Beecham (1899) as Alura, and Jason Momoa as Lobo, a role he has longed to play for years. The film will hit theaters on June 26, 2026.