Spider-Man comic page sells for record $3.36M bidding
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January 15, 2022 11:55 MYT
January 15, 2022 11:55 MYT
This image provided by Heritage Auctions shows Page 25 from the 1984 Marvel comic Secret Wars No. 8, which tells the origin story of Spider-Man's now-iconic black costume. - Heritage Auctions via AP
THE blockbusting "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is breaking records at the box office. Now the Marvel superhero is raking it in at the auction house.
Thursday (13 January), a single page of artwork from a 1984 Spider-Man comic book sold for a record $3.36 million.
Mike Zeck's artwork for page 25 from Marvel Comics' Secret Wars No. 8 marked the first appearance of Spidey's black suit. The symbiote suit would eventually lead to the emergence of the character Venom.
The record bidding, which started at $330,000 and soared past $3 million, came on the first day of Heritage Auctions' four-day comic event in Dallas.
Also Thursday, one of the few surviving copies of Superman's debut, Action Comics No. 1, sold for $3.18 million, putting it among the priciest books ever auctioned.