A Batman comic book from the year 1939 set a record at a US auction. Before the auction, $ 1 million dollars (including buyer’s premium) had been offered, the auction house Heritage Auctions announced on Friday Local time) in Dallas, Texas. At the planned live auction on 14. January this price could be exceeded.

A 10 – Cent comic booklet as record holder The bid for the comic booklet is already higher than the previous Batman Record holder. In November Heritage had the magazine “Detective Comics # 14” by 1939 with the first appearance of the iconic Batman character auctioned for 1.5 million dollars.

At the time of this screenshot, the bid was for the comic book at 1, million US dollars including buyer’s premium.

(Fig : Heritage Auctions (ha.com / Screenshot))

On the cover of the now available comic strip “Batman # 1”, Batman and his young companion Robin fly against a yellow background and the red skyline of Gotham City. The characters Joker, Hugo Strange and Catwoman also appear in the booklet. The auction house announced that the magazine was in almost perfect condition. A collector had it 1979 for 3000 dollars in Texas-based Houston. The original booklet cost 1940 ten cents.

(tiw)