This first edition, in which the publisher recorded the payments he owed to the illustrators, is in remarkable condition for a publication dating to 1939.
A rare piece of Marvel history, a publisher's annotated copy of the first Marvel comic book, sold at auction last week for US$2.4 million (80.7 million baht).
A rare piece of Marvel history, a publisher’s annotated copy of the first Marvel comic book, sold at auction Thursday for $2.4 million. The book, Marvel Comics No 1, published in 1939, is so valuable because it is known as the pay copy, in which the publisher recorded the payments he owed to the illustrators, said Stephen Fishler, CEO ComicConnect, an online comic auction