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Amazing Fantasy #15

Maker
Marvel Comics
Year
1962
Rank
3 of 100

Amazing Fantasy #15

Amazing Fantasy #15 by Marvel Comics (1962) is ranked 3 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $3,600,000 in September 2021. First appearance of Spider-Man; the defining Silver Age Marvel key and one of the most valuable comics ever sold.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

First appearance of Spider-Man; the defining Silver Age Marvel key and one of the most valuable comics ever sold.

Amazing Fantasy #15, CGC 9.6

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$3,600,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
September 2021

CGC 9.6 realized $3,600,000 at Heritage Sep 9 2021 — the issue record and at the time the most expensive comic ever. CGC 8.5 set a grade record at $552,000 (Heritage, Nov 2022); a CGC 8.0 sold $271,000 at ComicLink in 2024.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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2026-08-08