Rare Copy of First Marvel Comic Sells for $2.4 Million - The New York Times

The book, “Marvel Comics No. 1,” published in 1939, is so valuable because the publisher used it to record the payments he owed to illustrators, an expert said.

It was a freak of nature that this book was saved, Mr. Fishler said. On the cover and seven of the pages, Mr. Jacquet wrote how much his company owed artists including Frank R. Paul, who was paid $2… [+1052 chars]

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