The online auction house ComicConnect has auctioned A pristine copy of the very first House of Ideas comic: Marvel Comics #1dated August 1939. To win the auction, the buyer, who remained anonymous, had to bid a record $2.4 million.
Marvel Comics #1 Produced by Ben Thompson, Carl Burgos, Al Anders, Bill Everett and Paul Gustavson, is the comic that started the Marvel Universe. Among the stories collected in the Register were published when Marvel Comics was still known as Timely Comics the first appearances of Namor and the original Human TorchCharacters that still appear in the House of Ideas comics today.
Certified by the CGC with a score of 9.2, this copy of Marvel Comics #1 is unique: it is a “paid copy”. a copy used by the publisher to record payments to illustrators.
“It is the original copy used by the publisher Lloyd Jacquet to record payments due to the artists who helped create the register“, is explained on the ComicConnect website.”The title and cover illustration feature handwritten notes detailing the compensation due to legendary artist Frank Paul for his work on this iconic cover. See page 7 for more pencil notes“.
“This release represents one of the most important, rarest and most valuable comics of all time, it is the first ever release of Timely / Marvel, a major cultural milestone“said the company CGC.”Any Golden Age comic would be an epochal find under these conditions, let alone one of such historic importance. The front is particularly intact and clean, and the colors are undeniably vibrant, perfectly emphasizing the otherworldly aspect of the Human Torch as it closes in on its opponent.“.
Recently, especially since the outbreak of the pandemic, Prices in the comic collecting world have skyrocketed. In 2021, a copy of Amazing Fantasy 15 fetched $3.62 million at auction, while earlier this year a Secret Wars board sold for a record price.
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