Page 27 - Comic Art News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

(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 obvious — especially since the next generation of students is likely to pile up even more debt cons...

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 category's history. More than 5,000 bidders from around the globe participated, too, walking away with more than 99....

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 caped crusader, features a striking cover drawn by comic art legend Bob Kane depicting Batman and his s...

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...