CGC-certified Superman #1 in Goldin February Sale
Posted on 1/30/2024
Some of comics’ most exciting issues are found in Goldin Auctions’ January Pop Culture Elite auction, which closes on February 17, 2024. Leading the way are rare collectibles graded by Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®), including a grail featuring the Man of Steel.
Bidding for the Superman #1 graded CGC 2.0 (lot 2) is expected to run well into the six figures. Published in 1939 by DC Comics, following the title character’s debut just a year earlier, Superman #1 is the first comic book devoted entirely to one superhero. Superman's strength in sales demonstrated to publishers the viability of superheroes as a genre. The CGC Census contains only 179 examples of this book, and a mere 75 (including the one offered by Goldin) are in the coveted Universal grade.
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This is the second time that this historic comic book has been offered this year. In January, an example graded CGC 7.0 sold through Heritage Auctions for a soaring $2,340,000.
Other CGC-certified comics in the February Goldin auction include:
- an Amazing Fantasy #15 graded CGC 3.0 (lot 6)
- an Amazing Spider-Man #300 graded CGC 9.8 (lot 109)
- a Captain Marvel Adventures #13 with an Edgar Church/Mile High pedigree graded CGC 9.8 (lot 52)
- a Catman Comics #29 graded CGC 5.5 (lot 145)
- a Fantastic Four #1 graded CGC 5.5 (lot 48)
- an Incredible Hulk #1 graded CGC 1.8 (lot 20)
- an Incredible Hulk #181 graded CGC 8.0 (lot 49)
- an Incredible Hulk #181 graded CGC 7.5 (lot 50)
- a Startling Terror Tales #11 graded CGC 7.0 (lot 19)
- a Tales of Suspense #39 graded CGC 1.8 (lot 53)
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