THE FACTS ABOUT COLLECTING

Comic book buying, selling and collecting isn't just for kids.  As a matter of fact, it may surprise you to learn some of the basic numbers behind comic books and their owners.

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• There are 35 pages and 124 illustrations in the average comic book.

• 172,000 comics are sold in the U.S. every day.

• That totals over 62,780,000 per year.

• The average collector owns 3,312 comics and will spend approximately 1 year of his or her life reading them.

• A single issue ranges in price from $0 for strictly a "reader" copy to $2.16 million, the highest on record.

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Here are the highest prices ever paid for a comic book (to-date) in order:

1.)  Action Comics #1

      Released June 1938, Price guide valued at $4.3 million for

      a 9.4 rated copy.

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      Highest sale on record is $2.16 million for a 9.0 rated copy.

2.)  Detective Comics #27

      Released May 1939, Price guide valued at $4.23 million

      for a 9.4 rated copy.

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      Highest sale on record is $1.07 million for an 8.0 rated copy.

3.)  Superman #1

      Released Summer 1939, Price guide valued at $747K for a 9.4 rated Copy.

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      Highest sale on record is $250K for an 7.5 rated copy.