Superman #1
- Maker
- DC Comics (National Allied)
- Year
- 1939
- Rank
- 4 of 100
Superman #1
Superman #1 by DC Comics (National Allied) (1939) is ranked 4 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $9,120,000 in November 2025. First self-titled Superman comic; the highest price ever paid for any comic at public auction.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
First self-titled Superman comic; the highest price ever paid for any comic at public auction.
Superman #1, CGC 9.0
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $9,120,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- November 2025
CGC 9.0 (sole highest for the issue) realized $9,120,000 at Heritage Comic Books Signature Auction, Nov 20 2025 — record for any comic at public auction. A mid-grade CGC 7.0 sold $2,340,000 at Heritage Jan 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.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08