Batman Comic From 1939 Draws $68,500

Holy Batbucks!

A May 1939 comic book featuring the first-ever appearance of Batman netted $68,500 at auction Saturday.

Detective Comics No. 27, considered the finest unrestored copy ever offered for public sale, brought the highest price at a sale of comic art that totaled $1.7 million, Sotheby’s spokesman Matthew Weigman said.

The Caped Crusader was not the only one drawing high prices: A copy of Action Comics No. 1, the 1938 comic book where Superman first appeared, sold for $46,000 to a private American collector.

The first comic devoted to the Man of Steel, Superman Comics No. 1, sold for $18,400.