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Batman memorabilia. Heritage Auctions confirmed Thursday that a Batman #1 from 1940 (the debut issue in the hero's 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 Dallas-based auction house in 2013. Pitting Batman and Robin against Doctor Hugo Strange, the comic al...

Highest-graded copy of 1940's '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 receive a 9.4 grade from the Certified Guaranty Company. Since the sale's launch on Dec. 23, vigorou...

'Just Breathtaking': Highest-graded copy of 1940's 'Batman' No. 1 heads to auction in January Batman #1 (DC, 1940) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. DALLAS, TX .-Heritage Auctions will begin the new year by offering the finest-known copy of 1940's Batman No. 1 — which until now has never been sold at auction. This near-mint issue, the sole copy ever to receive a 9.4 grade from the Certified Guaranty Company, is the centerpiece of the Dallas-based house's Jan. 14-15 Comics & Comic Art event. And this unrestored copy comes to market only weeks after Heritage sold a 7.0-graded copy of Detective Comics No...