14. A Copy Of The First Comic Sold For $3.2 million On eBay
It’s hard to imagine that someone would be willing to part with something as rare as the first ever issue of Superman. Yet when you look at the price it went for, I suppose money really can buy anything. A pristine copy of Action #1, which came out in 1938, sold on eBay for $3.2 million. This is not the first time that this comic has fetched some serious coin, another mint edition sold in 2011 for $2.16 million. The rare item started off at $1 million, and fetched 48 different bidders before topping off at $3.2 million. The sale also helped raise money for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
13. He Was Supposed To Be A Villain
When Superman was first pitched by creators Jerry Siegler and Joe Shuster, he was rejected by several different publishing companies. That could be because he was bald and had ideas of dominating the world. Hardly the embodiment of truth and justice that he ended up being. After facing rejection, they decided to try and pitch Superman as a hero who could help fight the current injustices of the world such as Hitler and Stalin. Given that he ended up being one of the greatest superheroes of all time, I’m guessing they thought it was a pretty good idea to switch up his motives.
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