Already, Several CGC-certified Comics Have Realized More than $1 Million in 2024
Posted on 4/18/2024
Holy jackpot, Batman! In just the first four months of 2024, the comic book market has been hotter than the Human Torch on a summer day, with five comic books graded by Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®) fetching more than a million dollars each!
Leading the year, Superman has soared to the top of the sales charts. An Action Comics #1 that features the debut of the Man of Steel and ushered in the superhero era muscled its way to a mind-blowing $6 million for an example graded CGC 8.5 with a Kansas City pedigree at a Heritage Auctions sale in April 2024. That's not just an auction record for 2024; it's the grand champion of all comic book sales to date! It practically leaped over tall buildings in a single bound, nearly doubling the previous record for the issue, which was $3.56 million for an example graded CGC 6.0 in 2023.
After Superman’s debut flew off the shelves in 1938, DC Comics quickly rushed the character into his own title the following year. Eighty-five years later, a Superman #1 graded CGC 7.0 sold for a massive $2.34 million in a Heritage Auctions sale in January 2024.
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Not to be outdone, the Dark Knight himself, Batman, swooped into action in Detective Comics #27 in 1940. An example of this historic issue graded CGC 6.5 set a record for the title this year, clocking in at an impressive $1.82 million in a ComicConnect sale in March 2024. That price tag would surely even impress billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne himself.
Rounding out DC’s trinity, Wonder Woman was introduced in All-Star Comics #8 in 1941. A stunning example of this iconic issue graded CGC 9.4 lassoed a mighty $1.5 million in a Heritage Auctions sale in January 2024.
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By the 1960s, Marvel Comics had entered the scene and reshaped the comic book industry forever with heroes such as Spider-Man, who premiered in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. The comic was so popular that Marvel Comics rewarded the wall-crawler with his own monthly series in 1963, and that popularity remains strong today. An Amazing Spider-Man #1 graded CGC 9.8 realized $1.38 million in a Heritage Auctions sale in January 2024.
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Other top sales of 2024, so far, include:
- a Showcase #4 graded CGC 9.6 that realized $900,000 at Heritage Auctions
- a Tales of Suspense #39 graded CGC 9.8 that realized $840,000 at Heritage Auctions
- an Incredible Hulk #1 graded CGC 9.2 that realized $825,000 at Heritage Auctions
- a Brave and the Bold #28 graded CGC 9.6 that realized $810,000 at Heritage Auctions
- a Captain America Comics #1 graded CGC 9.2 that realized $750,000 at Heritage Auctions
- a Batman #1 graded CGC 7.0 that realized $630,000 at Heritage Auctions
- a Detective Comics #27 graded CGC 3.0 that realized $600,000 at Heritage Auctions
- an Action Comics #1 graded CGC 8.0 Restored that realized $576,000 at Heritage Auctions
The year has surely started off with a BANG-POW for comic book collectors, but we’ve only barely begun to dig through this longbox of amazing sales. Keep watching CGC Comics as we continue to track the biggest comic book sales of the year.
For a list of the most valuable comic books ever sold, check out this article!
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