DALLAS -- Heritage Auction Galleries says a 1939 comic book in which Batman makes his debut has sold at auction in Dallas for more than $1 million, setting a record for the amount paid for a comic.
The rare copy of Detective Comics No. 27 from 1939 went for $1,075,500 Thursday. A Heritage official says it was sold on behalf of an anonymous consignor and the buyer wished to remain anonymous as well.
Barry Sandoval, director of operations of Heritage s comics division, says that the consignor bought the comic in the late 1960s for $100.
On Monday, a copy of the first comic book featuring Superman sold for $1 million in a sale between a private seller and a private buyer, with the transaction conducted by the auction site ComicConnect.com. The comic was a 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1.
