{"id":378,"date":"2010-06-04T20:46:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T04:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2014-09-02T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T02:39:39","slug":"most-valuable-comic-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Valuable Comic Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comic Books have increasingly become a mainstream collectible investment. Copies of Action Comics #1, Detective #27 and Amazing Fantasy #15 have sold for $1 million or more. Not too bad for a 10-12 cent funny books! Each age and genre has generated their fair share of &#8220;must have&#8221; blue chip comic books. As they are uploaded to Comic Book Secrets, each title is linked to the investment survey for the specific comic so you can see why they are important, the price range, outlook, and current issues for sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Valuable Key Golden Age Comics <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/action-comics-1\/\">Action Comics 1<\/a> &#8211; Origin\/First Superman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/all-american-comics-16-value\/\">All-American Comics 16<\/a> &#8211; First Green Lantern<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/batman-1-for-sale-value-and-investment-survey\/\">Batman 1<\/a> &#8211; First self titled Batman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/captain-america-comics-1-for-sale-and-value-survey\/\">Captain America Comics 1<\/a> &#8211; Origin\/First Captain America<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/captain-marvel-adventures-1-investment-survey\/\">Captain Marvel Adventures 1<\/a> &#8211; First self titled Captain Marvel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/detective-comics-27-investment-survey\/\">Detective Comics 27<\/a> -Origin\/First Appearance Batman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/flash-comics-1-values-for-sale-and-investment-survey\/\">Flash Comics 1<\/a> &#8211; Origin\/First Appearance Golden Age Flash<br \/>\nMarvel Comics 1 &#8211; The first Marvel\/Timely comic with Human Torch, Sub-mariner<br \/>\nSuperman 1 &#8211; First self titled Superman<br \/>\nWhiz 2 (#1) &#8211; Origin\/First Appearance Captain Marvel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Valuable Silver Age Comic Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/amazing-spider-man-value-and-investment-survey\/\">Amazing Fantasy #15<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/fantastic-four-1-investment-survey\/\">Fantastic Four #1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/incredible-hulk-1-for-sale-and-investment-survey\/\">Incredible Hulk #1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/showcase-4-investment-survey\/\">Showcase #4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/amazing-spider-man-value-and-investment-survey\/\">Amazing Spider-man #1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/key-x-men-values-and-investment-survey\/\">X-men #1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/journey-into-mystery-83-values-for-sale-and-investment-survey\/\">Journey into Mystery #83<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/tales-of-suspense-39-values-for-sale-and-investment-survey\/\">Tales of Suspense #39<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/showcase-8-value-and-investment-survey\/\">Showcase #8<\/a><br \/>\nBrave and the Bold #28<br \/>\nThe Flash #105<br \/>\nJustice League of America #1<br \/>\nShowcase #9<br \/>\nAdventure Comics #247<br \/>\nFantastic Four #5<br \/>\nTales to Astonish #27<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/comic-book-values\/avengers-1-for-sale-values-and-investment-survey\/\">Avengers #1<\/a><br \/>\nShowcase #22<br \/>\nGreen Lantern #1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Valuable Key Bronze Age Key Comic Books<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/all-star-western-10-investment-survey\/\">All Star Western #10<\/a> &#8211; First Jonah Hex<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/amazing-adventures-11-value-and-investment-survey\/\">Amazing Adventures 11<\/a> &#8211; First New Beast<br \/>\nAmazing Spider-Man 121 &#8211; Death of Gwen Stacy<br \/>\nAmazing Spider-Man 122 &#8211; Death of Green Goblin<br \/>\nAmazing Spider-Man 129 &#8211; First Punisher<br \/>\nBatman 232 &#8211; First Ras Al Ghul<br \/>\nBatman 234 &#8211; First Harvey Dent\/Two-Face in the modern age<br \/>\nCerebus 1 &#8211; First Cerebus and widely successful independent comic book<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/conan-1-value-and-investment-survey\/\">Conan 1<\/a> &#8211; First Appearance Conan<br \/>\nDaredevil 131 &#8211; First New Bullseye<br \/>\nDaredevil 158 &#8211; First Frank Miller on Daredevil<br \/>\nDaredevil 168 &#8211; First Elektra<br \/>\nDaredevil 181 &#8211; Death of Elektra<br \/>\nFear 10 First Man -Thing in his own series<br \/>\nGiant Sized X-Men 1 &#8211; New X-Men<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/most-valuable-comic-books\/green-lantern-76-for-sale-value-prices-realized-and-investment-survey\/\">Green Lantern 76<\/a> &#8211; First Neal Adams<br \/>\nHouse of Secrets 92 &#8211; First Swamp Thing<br \/>\nHulk 181 &#8211; First Full Wolverine<br \/>\nIron Fist 14 &#8211; First Sabretooth<br \/>\nIron Man 55 &#8211; First Thanos<br \/>\nMarvel Feature 1 &#8211; Origin\/First Appearance Defenders<br \/>\nMarvel Premiere 15 &#8211; Origin\/First Appearance Iron Fist<br \/>\nMarvel Spotlight 2 &#8211; First Werewolf By Night<br \/>\nMarvel Spotlight 5 &#8211; Origin\/First Appearance Ghost Rider<br \/>\nSpecial Marvel Edition 15 &#8211; First Master of Kung-Fu (Shang -Chi)<br \/>\nSuperman 233 &#8211; Classic Neal Adams Cover<br \/>\nX-Men 94 &#8211; New X-Men series begins<br \/>\nX-Men 101 &#8211; First Phoenix<br \/>\nX-Men 137 &#8211; Death of Phoenix\/Dark Phoenix<\/p>\n<p>Think about this, according to the first edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, a collector could have picked up a near mint copy of Detective Comics #27 for about $275, a book that sold in February 2010 for over $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look below and see what these comics are currently fetching at auction (if you can even find them for sale!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comic Books have increasingly become a mainstream collectible investment. Copies of Action Comics #1, Detective #27 and Amazing Fantasy #15 have sold for $1 million or more. Not too bad for a 10-12 cent funny books! Each age and genre has generated their fair share of &#8220;must have&#8221; blue chip comic books. 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