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Action Comics #1 (1938)Estimated

DC Comics

Last updated 17/09/2026

Market value · grade 8.0

$6,000,000

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Why it matters

Action Comics #1 is the first issue of the original run of the comic-book/magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman—and sold for 10 cents. It is widely considered to be both the beginning of the superhero genre and the most valuable comic book in the world. Action Comics ran for 904 numbered issues before it restarted its numbering in the fall of 2011. It returned to its original numbering with issue #957, published on June 8, 2016 and reached its 1,000th issue in 2018.

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Grade 8.0$6,000,000$6,000,000$6,000,0000
Grade 6.0$3,180,000$3,180,000$3,180,0000
Grade 4.0$1,005,823$1,005,823$1,005,8230
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