--- description: The copy being sold received a 9.0 out of 10 rating by the most trusted comic book rating company title: Original Superman Comic to Sell on Ebay in August image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ef6ee1b5b39d68a/69869cf3d0b6f25b293056c3/action_comics_1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pop Culture](/tag/pop-culture/) ## Pop Culture Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Near-Perfect Copy of Action Comics #1 Will be Sold on eBay by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2014 11:08 PM CUT  Action Comics #1 comic book of 1938 is pictured on February 23, 2010 in New York which had sold for USD 1 million, making it the first ever million dollar comic book. Action Comics #1 comic book of 1938 is pictured on February 23, 2010 in New York which had sold for USD 1 million, making it the first ever million dollar comic book.Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2014 11:08 PM CUT In a little less than a month, anyone looking to get his or her hands on a copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman will have an opportunity to vie for the legendary relic. Action Comics #1 will be auctioned on [eBay](http://cc.ebay.com/action-comics/ "undefined") from August 14 to 24 and may run you a fair amount more than the 10 cents that the original cost when it was released in 1938\. In fact, the last issue of the Jerry Siegel/Joe Shuster-penned comic to be sold went for no less than $2.16 million. According to [Cnet](http://www.cnet.com/news/ebay-to-auction-off-very-first-superman-issue-action-comics-1/ "undefined"), the issue of the 1938 comic being sold next month was given a 9-out-of-10 rating from the [Certified Guaranty Company](http://www.cgccomics.com/1134755001/ "undefined"), a well-known comic ratings company, which is the highest grade a copy of Action Comics #1 has ever received. The issue that sold for over $2 million in 2011 also received a 9.0 rating. The issue’s owner, Darren Adams, got the copy from a dealer, but the original was kept in pristine condition in part because it was stored for a while in a cedar chest in West Virginia. “I felt this book deserves to have as much publicity as possible because of what it is,” Adams said in a video on [eBay](http://cc.ebay.com/action-comics/ "undefined"). “It is the cream of the crop and it doesn’t get any better than this.” A portion of the proceeds will go to the [Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation](http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4048063/k.67BA/The%5FChristopher%5Famp%5FDana%5FReeve%5FFoundation%5F%5FParalysis%5Famp%5FSpinal%5FCord%5FInjury.htm "undefined"). Christopher Reeve played Superman in the iconic 1978 film. 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