Spider-Man’s first comic brings $3.6 million, likely a record

Earlier this year, a copy of Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, which contains the first appearance of Superman, sold privately for $3.25 million.

A provided image shows a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, the first comic book appearance of Spider Man, from 1962. (Source: New York Times)

By: New York Times

2 min readSep 10, 2021 03:51 PM IST First published on: Sep 10, 2021 at 03:51 PM IST

Written by George Gene Gustines

Spider-Man has just reached a new level of amazing. A copy of the Marvel hero’s first comic book appearance sold at Heritage Auctions on Thursday for $3.6 million. The comic book — Amazing Fantasy No. 15 from 1962, when it sold for 12 cents — was in near perfect condition. With this sale, Spider-Man leaps ahead of Superman for what is believed to be the highest price for a comic book.

Earlier this year, a copy of Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, which contains the first appearance of Superman, sold privately for $3.25 million.

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Amazing Fantasy No. 15, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Steve Ditko, introduced the world to Peter Parker and his wall-crawling alter ego in a 10-page story. In it, Peter evolves from selfish to selfless when a personal tragedy teaches him that “with great power there must also come — great responsibility.”