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Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman —and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).
A near-mint copy of Batman #1 from 1940 sold on January 14, 2021, for $2.22 million, setting a world record for a Batman comic book and the second most expensive comic ever sold at auction. [36] A Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box sold for a world record-setting $408,000 on January 17, 2021.
The best-selling comic book categories in the US as of 2019 are juvenile children's fiction at 41%, manga at 28% and superhero comics at 10% of the market. [8] Another major comic book market is France, where Franco-Belgian comics and Japanese manga each represent 40% of the market, followed by American comics at 10% market share. [9]
June: National Comics Publications publishes Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman. The comic launched the superhero industry and along with company title Detective Comics, became one of the longest running comic book titles, with continuous publication since 1938 (with a minor gap from 2011-2016).
A market for such comic books soon followed. The first modern American-style comic book, Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics (also a reprint collection of newspaper strips), was released in the U.S. in 1933 [29] and by 1938 publishers were printing original material in the new
October 14: The first issue of the Italian comics magazine L'Avventuroso is published. It will run until 16 May 1943. October 21: First publication of the French Disney comics magazine Le Journal de Mickey. [10] A test issue was already published on June 1, 1934. [11] October 22: Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates makes its debut. [12]
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DC Comics raises the price of its typical comic book from 20 cents to 25 cents, keeping the page-count at 36. First issue of the French magazine Métàl Hurlant. L’ennemi by Derib . Le fils de Spartacus by Jacques Martin .