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“Superman #1” was described as “the pinnacle of comic collecting” by auction house Heritage Auctions.

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, thought to be highest price paid for a comic book.

"Superman #1" was described as "the pinnacle of comic collecting" by auction house Heritage Auctions and the finest known copy ever sold, breaking the previous record of $6 million.

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The hallowed comic was found in a box in an attic by three brothers in northern California, as they cleared out the house of their mother after her

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