Overview
- Metropolis Collectibles/ComicConnect brokered the deal announced Jan. 9, with both buyer and seller remaining anonymous.
- The sale surpasses the $9.12 million paid at auction in November 2025 for a copy of Superman No. 1.
- This copy was long associated with Nicolas Cage, stolen from his Los Angeles home in 2000, recovered in 2011, and later auctioned by him for $2.2 million.
- Certified Guaranty Company graded the issue 9.0, placing it among the best-preserved examples known.
- Dealers estimate roughly 100 surviving copies of the 1938 debut, widely regarded as the starting point for the modern superhero genre.