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Premiere issue of Action Comics sells for $6 million

The Hollywood Reporter announced that, to nobody's surprise, a back issue of Action Comics' premiere from 1938 sold for yet another record on the speculator market:
Superman has leapt a world record in a single bound. An issue of Action Comic No. 1, which introduced the world to the Kryptonian hero, sold at auction for a record $6 million Thursday, making it the most valuable comic book in the world.

It tops an issue of 1939’s Superman No. 1, which sold for $5.3 million in 2022. Before that, the most valuable comic in the world was a copy of 1962’s Amazing Fantasy No. 15, the first appearance of Spider-Man, which sold for $3.6 million in 2021.
This is so predictable, why should it even be written about in the press? Besides, the Daily Caller provided clues it's one of the same back issues already spoken about in past coverage of these auctions:
The said comic issue hails from the prestigious Kansas City Pedigree collection, which comprises nearly 250 pristine, first-edition issues released during the late 1930s to 1940s, NBC News stated. The identity of the new owner remains undisclosed but the comic boasts a rich history, having been owned by notable individuals such as actor Nicolas Cage and Lebanese billionaire Ayman Hariri.
Yup, this has been brought up before, more or less. These back issues keep sailing around the globe from temporary owner to temporary owner, who repeatedly sell it for a price at least slightly higher to the next bidder. It's gotten to the point it's grating already. Why can't we hear of these same back issues being donated to museums instead? It would be a huge favor for history without looking exploitative. I can hardly wait to see the headlines that these Golden Age Superman and Batman issues got sold yet again, surely after less than a year, in next year's coming news reports. Even Spider-Man's early issues will doubtless make more appearances soon on the market. This is getting tiresome already.

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