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(Leisa Thompson/The Ann Arbor News via AP, File) One of the major flashpoints in Congress and the nation over the next year will be schemes to reduce or eliminate student loan debt. Senator Elizabeth Warren says Joe Biden has a “moral obligation” to cancel student debt. Her plan would forgive student loans for about 95 percent of debtors by canceling up to $50,000 of an individual’s indebtedness. Other Democrats want to cancel all student loans. The moral hazard in canceling any debt is o...

Heritage Auctions January Comics & Comic Art event sets records and smashes expectations Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Sold for: $384,000. DALLAS, TX .-Heritage Auctions began the new year where it left the old one: smashing records and shattering expectations during a Comics and Comic Art event. The latest, held Jan. 14-17, realized $12.11 million — more than 50% above pre-sale estimates, the highest percentage above expectation in the categorys history...

A near mint copy of Batman #1 from 1940 sold at Heritage Auctions in Dallas on Thursday for $2.22m including buyer’s premium, setting a world record for a comic book based on the character and becoming the second most expensive comic book ever sold at auction. The top spot in the comics market remains a pristine issue of Action Comics #1, featuring the first appearance of Superman, which sold in 2014 for $3.2m on eBay. The rare edition of Batman #1, which gives the origin story of the cap...

Batman memorabilia. Heritage Auctions confirmed Thursday that a Batman #1 from 1940 (the debut issue in the heros very first ongoing series) set a new world record this week with a massive $2.2 million sale during the first session of the Comics & Comic Art event. That makes it 1) the most expensive Caped Crusader comic ever purchased and 2) the most expensive comic book Heritage Auction has ever sold. The previous record-holder was also a Batman #1, which netted $567,625 at the Dalla...

Highest-graded copy of 1940s Batman No. 1 sets world record one week before live auction Batman #1 (DC, 1940) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. DALLAS, TX .- The finest known issue of Batman No. 1 now holds the distinction of being the most expensive Dark Knight comic ever sold – a full week before it heads to auction. On Jan. 14, during the first session of its four-day Comics & Comic Art event, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will sell a near-mint issue of the 1940 comic book, the sole copy ever to rec...

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Today Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to cloudy skies and rain overnight. Low 54F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%.. Tonight Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to cloudy skies and rain overnight. Low 54F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Updated: March 27, 2021 @ 7:15 pm

Amazing and spectacular original comic book art in Heritage Auctions January event Justice League of America No. 89, published in 1971 as an homage to science-fiction author Harlan Ellison. DALLAS, TX .- At the beginning of 2020 Forbes pondered why collectors are increasingly drawn to original comic-book art and whittled down the list to a few factors, among them: rarity (Hey, theres only one!), approachability (Well, everyone knows Superman!) and displayability. Because, well, nothing looks co...

One of worlds best copies of Captain America Comics No. 1 heads to auction Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. DALLAS, TX .- Captain America turned 80 years old this week. He still doesnt look a day over 30. It must be the experimental serum. Or the ice bath. Though the date on Timelys Captain America Comics No. 1 reads March 1941, the first issue to feature Steve Rogers, sidekick Bucky and forever-enemy Red Skull actually arrived on newsstands on Dec. 20, 194...