It’s the crown jewel of Batman comics.
A vintage issue of “Batman #1” was bought for more than $2.2 million, breaking the record for …
It’s the crown jewel of Batman comics. A vintage issue of “Batman #1” was bought for more than $2.2 million, breaking the record for the priciest Batman comic book ever sold. The high-grade 1940 issue, scripted by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane, was sold at Heritage Auctions: Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, which is held from Thursday until Sunday, the Hollywood Reporter reported. It went for a cool $2,220,000, including the buyer’s premium fee. “Batman #1” isn’t the first comic to feature the Caped Crusader — that honor goes to “Detective Comics #27” from the year prior (which coincidentally held the previous record for most expensive Batman comic ever sold for when it went for $1.
