The 10 Most Valuable Comic Books

#1 Action Comics #1 1938 DC Comics

NM 9.4 Value $4,690,000

Superman's 1st apprentice and the book that ushered in the Golden Age.

Next to impossible to find in un-restored high grade this book will only go up, up and away in value.

#2 Detective Comics #27 1939 DC Comics

NM 9.4 Value $2,650,000

The 1st apprentice of The Dark Night extremely rare in high grade and one of the few key books not found in high grade in the famous Edgar Church collection if a 9.4 or above copy could be found it may overtake Action Comics #1 is the top dog.

#3 Superman #1 1939 DC Comics

NM 9.4 Value $827,000

The 1st super hero book to be devoted to one character, a large print run and the fact that almost every key golden age collection seemed to have a high grade copy is the reason this book hasn't broken 7 figures yet.

#4 Batman #1 1940 DC Comics

NM 9.4 Value $635,000

Like Superman #1 this book is readily available in high grade and rumors persist to this day that it had mutable print runs in 1940 but it still packs quite a punch at the auction block.

#5 Detective Comics #1 1937 DC Comics

NM 9.4 Value $623,000

The 1st issue of the series that would introduce Batman to the world just 2 years later simply does not exist in high grade with non of the major golden age collection even having one if a 8.0 or higher copy could be found it would easily join Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27 in the million dollar club.

#6 All-American Comics 16 1940 All-American Publications

NM 9.4 Value $608,000

The 1st apprentice of the golden age Green Lantern.

At one time this was a book that gave Action Comics #1 a run for it's money as the top dog but over the last decade or so it has fallen a bit it is still one of the most difficult books to find in un restored high grade with even the Church copy has had some work done on it.

#7 Marvel Comics 1 1939 Timely Comics

NM 9.4 Value $563,000

For a brief time in the mid 80's this book was the top dog proceed to be extremely scarce this book even out sold Action Comics #1 at auction until several copies came into the market place most in high grade and the discovery in the 90's that this book like Batman #1 had mutable printing's done also hurt it's value.

#8 Action Comics 7 1938 DC Comics

NM 9.4 Value $474,000

Superman's 2nd cover apprentice and the 1st time he is depicted flying make this one very sought after but, a price correction may be in it's future as there are several high grade copies floating around.

#9 Amazing Fantasy 15 1962 Marvel Comics

NM 9.4 Value $436,000

The 1st apprentice of Spiderman and the only silver age book on the list a very early Marvel super hero book with a tiny print run and very poor production quality make this one a candidate to join Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27 in the million dollar club.

#10 Captain America Comics 1 1941 Timely Comics

NM 9.4 Value $390,000

The 1st apprentice of Captain American and one of the most iconic covers of the golden age.

This book was in the dog house for most of the 90's and 00's before heating up thanks to the death of Captain America story line and the success of the Captain America and Avengers movies.

Another hard book to find un restored.