No matter who ends up owning Warner Bros Discovery, Superman will remain a jewel in the the 102-year-old studio’s crown. With big bucks bids for the currently David Zaslav-run company now in from Paramount, Comcast and Netflix, another auction of sorts down in Texas that put a winning price tag on Man from Krypton’s IP could prove a sign of what’s to come for Wbd shareholders.
A near pristine copy of Superman #1 from 1939 sold for $9.12 million this week. That November 20 sale is an all-time record price for a comic book.
Add to that, a Neil Adam illustrated Superman cover from 1971 just sold Friday for $1.2 million.
That a record for the acclaimed comic artist, auction house Heritage Auctions informed Deadline this morning. A series of other Superman items, like classic Action Comics from the 1930s and other years are on the auction block this weekend too, with…
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