In the world of comics, and especially Superman fanatics like me, this is the freaking holy grail.
A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner of Action Comics No. 1 bought it for less than a buck.
It’s one of the highest prices ever paid for a comic book, a likely testament to the volume’s rarity and its excellent condition, said Stephen Fishler, co-owner of the auction site ComicConnect.com and its sister dealership, Metropolis Collectibles.
The winning bid for the 1938 edition, which features Superman lifting a car on its cover, was submitted Friday evening by John Dolmayan, drummer for the rock band System of a Down, according to managers at ComicConnect.com.
Just idle speculation on my part, but I bet if we weren’t in a recession the price would have been way higher.
And we now know how else Joe Shuster paid the bills: 
Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster
It originally sold for ten cents in ‘38? That was a lot of money in those days. I bet plenty of parents hollered long and loud when they saw that coming in the door.
I have actually held one of them in ca.1964…I knew even then it was beyond specisl!
But why is he so mad at that car?
Is that real images from superman comics?? This is forst time I saw it..
Argh… In Italy is really difficult have a normal number of that comics
I can’t dream for a #1
If I remember correctly it’s a gangster’s car. Yep. You can read the whole thing here.