“..Kerpow! Batman throws killer punch in comic book wars..”
“..It’s a question that has exercised generations of schoolboys: Superman or Batman - who would win?
Now, finally, we have the answer.
Four days ago, a near-perfect sample of the comic book in which Superman made his debut, Action Books No 1 dated June 1938, went up for sale via an auction website.
It sold within minutes for a cool $1 million .. more than three times the previous record for a comic book.
Then last night, an equally fine example of Detective Comics No 27 – which introduced readers to “the amazing and unique adventures of The Batman” in May 1939 – went under the hammer at the Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, Texas.
It went for a grand total, including buyer’s premium, of $1,075,000..”
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