Believe it or not a first issue SpiderMan goes for $1.1 million. This is a 49 year old comic that is still in near mint condition. This is the debut issue of SpiderMan in the Amazing Fantasy comic issue number 15 priced at 12 cents.

While the Golden Age of comics still has the record for the highest price ever paid for a comic book at $1.5 million for a fist issue with Superman from 1938, this is a Silver age comic, for which this price is the highest.

The story behind this particular comic is one of luck that turned out to be funny for the publisher of the comic. This issue along with SpiderMan was set to be canceled before it ever hit the newsstands. It was first casted with the title Amazing Adult Fantasy and was almost trashed because they thought it would not sell. To the publishers big surprise it was the largest seller that Marvel had ever put out up to that time in 1962.

Because of the lack of space and forethought about how valuable this original art work would be, it is all lost to time. It was given away to whoever would take it and has not been seen for years. All that is left is the few remaining issues that were not destroyed by those that read this comic book in their youth.

Most comic book fans again are going thru the pain of knowing they enjoyed and then displaced their old comic books from their youth. This is all a part of being young and carefree.  For those that just took better care of their possession maybe you can witness a SpiderMan goes for $1.1 million of your very own.

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