This undated photo, a courtesy from ComicConnect.com, shows a 1938 copy of the first comic featuring Superman. The copy has sold for a record-smashing one million dollars in New York
A 1938 copy of the first comic featuring Superman has sold for a record-smashing one million dollars in New York.
1938年出版的一本“超人”漫画创刊 号近日在纽约创纪录地拍出100万美元的天价。
"It's the Holy Grail of comic books," ComicConnect.com auctioneers' founder Stephen Fishler said.
ComicConnect.com拍卖网站的创始人 斯蒂芬·菲舍尔说:“这本书是漫画书中的极品。”
The record price was reached Monday, easily breaking a 317,200 dollar record set last year when ComicConnect.com sold another, less well preserved copy of the same first issue of Action Comics.
这本《动作 漫画》杂志于本周一拍出,拍价轻松超过去年该网站以31.72万美元拍出的另一本保存完好度稍次的首期杂志,创下新纪录。
The mark-up on the original news stand price of 10 cents is one that even a superhero might have trouble arranging.
这本杂志最初在报亭仅售10美 分,即便是超人也很难把价格飙到如此地步。
But the unnamed seller didn't do too badly either: he'd bought the comic for 150,000 dollars at auction 15 years ago.
不过拍卖这本杂志的未透露 身份的卖家也“神”赚了一笔,他在15年前以15万美元的价钱拍得这本漫画杂志。
The comic's cover marked Superman's debut. Wearing his red cape, he is pictured hurling a green car past terrified onlookers.
这是超人首次出现在漫画书中。杂志封面上的超人身披红色斗篷,正猛摔一辆绿色汽车,把围观人群吓得魂飞魄散。
"Before Action Comics number one there was no such thing as a superhero or a man who could fly," Fishler said.
菲舍尔说:“在《动作漫画》创刊之前, 根本没有什么超人或者会飞的卡通人物形象。”
About 100 copies of the first Action Comics issue remain but only one other is considered to be in as good condition as the one sold Monday.
目前,《动作漫画》的创刊号在全世界仅剩约100本,但像本周一拍出的这本保存得如此完好的据称只剩下一本。