Today in the world of comic books, a tremendous new milestone has been set. A brand hew world record was hit today by my Holy Grail of books…Amazing Fantasy #15. This book for the non nerds here, features the first appearance of Spider-Man. The book was a whopping 12 cents when it was released back in 1962…here we are 59 years later and a CGC 9.6 graded copy sold for a total of $3.6 MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!
It’s the highest graded copy of this book currently out there which blows my mind! I had an opportunity to snag a raw beat up copy about 6 years back for $5 thousand bucks and had to pass for a few reasons. Now that raw in that shape would command around $15-$20k. Yeah…I fucked up. (Sigh) I still need this son of a bitch and while stories like this are good overall for the hobby…it is just going to put my copy that much more out of reach. Damn you rich people!!!!
This copy sold today on Heritage Auctions and beats out the previous comic record also set earlier this year. That book, Action Comics #1 which features the first appearance of Superman, sold for a measly $3.25 million. Chump change…
Congrats Spidey…one day, a low grade copy with coffee mug circle stains and mustaches drawn on a Peter Parker throughout…will be mine…and I’ll love it just as much if not more than this book’s new owner. 🤞
Blewitt
