Collector gets superhero prices for comics stash

A man’s comic book collection with first issues of Superman, Batman and the Flash has fetched $1.5m (€1.1m) in an online auction.

Collector gets superhero prices for comics stash
Thu, 05 Jun, 2014 - 09:44

A man’s comic book collection with first issues of Superman, Batman and the Flash has fetched $1.5m (€1.1m) in an online auction.

John Wise, of Paducah, Kentucky, collected the valuable superhero comics over 30 years.

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