Superman number one

The first appearance of Superman was in Action Comics number one. A copy of that sold for $3 million. Superman number one came out the following year. It isn’t worth quite as much but perhaps $1 million is the going price for a nice copy considering perhaps less than 100 still exist.

There have been reprints over the years. In the late 1970s there was a “Famous 1st edition” reprint. This was in a larger “treasury” format and in the early days of eBay was often passed off as an original comic from 40 years earlier.

I bought this treasury-sized comic brand new in 1979 from my local newsagents. Is it missing the “Famous 1st edition” cover? This is just how I purchased the comic. It displays two different UK prices which is odd. I’m sure I would have insisted on paying the lower of the two. Interestingly the proper “Famous 1st edition” comic displayed a price of 80p. Another mystery comic that resides in my eclectic comic collection.

PS: When this treasury edition version of the first Superman comic was published it appears I could have purchased an original for $3000. A missed opportunity? Probably not. At the time that was almost a years wages.