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Friday, October 12, 2007

MORE COMIC BOOK CAPERS

Holy Collectibles, Batman! A near-mint copy of Detective Comics No. 27, a pre-World War II comic featuring Batman's debut, was recently found in an attic and sold to a local collector. The comic is considered to be the second-most valuable available and can fetch up to $500,000. The only comic considered more valuable is Action Comics No. 1, in which Superman makes his first appearance. Collector Todd McDevitt said the Batman issue he bought is worth about $250,000, but he won't say exactly how much he paid or who sold it to him." (Yahoo News, 10 October)
What a mad world capitalism is - people dying of starvation, lack of clean water or medical treatment yet some people can spend thousands of dollars on a comic book. RD

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