A long forgotten box in a family attic has just rewritten the record books, with a single Superman comic selling for $9.12 million and instantly becoming the most valuable issue ever sold. The result ...

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, ...

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A pristine copy of "Superman" No. 1 has become the most expensive comic book ever sold at auction. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a Superman comic beyond most ...

"Superman #1" was described as "the pinnacle of comic collecting" by auction house Heritage Auctions. (Heritage Auctions / via HA.com) An original copy of the first edition of the first "Superman" ...