Rare 1939 Copy of ‘Superman No. 1’ Found In SF Attic Now Most Expensive Comic Book Ever Sold

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/25/rare-1939-copy-of-superman-no-1-found-in-sf-attic-now-most-expensive-comic-book-ever-sold/Last Christmas, three brothers discovered a rare Great Depression-era copy of the first Superman comic in pristine condition in their late mother’s SF attic. It just sold for $9 million, making it one of the most valuable comic books in the world. As the Chronicle reports, the brothers, who chose to keep their names out of the press, were cleaning out their late mother’s attic last year when they unearthed the comic from a box full of old newspapers. Per the Associated Press, their mother purchased the comic with her sibling in San Francisco, along with a few other rare comics back in 1939, when she was nine years old. The book’s spi