Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pristine copy of "Superman" No. 1 has become the most expensive comic book ever sold at auction. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles ...

In the early 1980s, a collector with limited funds was scanning auction catalogs and phoning in small bids, hoping something overlooked would slip through. One day the phone rang: his was the highest ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A rare 75-year-old comic book featuring the debut of Superman found in a Minnesota home's wall fetched $175,000 at auction, comic book seller Comicconnect.com said on Wednesday ...

April 18 marks the anniversary of Action Comics No. 1, the 1938 debut that launched one of pop culture's most enduring icons.

An original copy of the first edition of the first "Superman" comic from 1939 — which had been lying undiscovered in an attic for decades — was sold at auction on Thursday for more than $9 million, ...

A rare Superman comic book stolen from Nicolas Cage’s home has set a record for the most expensive comic book ever sold. Industry experts say the high-profile theft helped the comic "skyrocket" in ...

Superman kicked off superhero comics in 1938, and since then has become one of the most popular fictional characters of the ...