One of Pastor Paul Holt’s hero’s is Superman, he has been known to wear his Superman outfit out of the public eye! 60 minutes discovered that news, and provided us with the photo!
We understand Pastor Paul could not come up with enough change for this purchase! LOL! LOL! A rare, nearly flawless copy of Superman’s comic-book debut has sold for a super-powered price: $3.2 million.
New York comics dealers Stephen Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo said they submitted Sunday’s record-setting bid in the eBay auction for Action Comics No. 1, the 1938 book in which the superhero first appeared. It’s believed to be the highest price ever paid for a comic book, surpassing $2.1 million for a similarly high-quality copy of the same book in 2011.
“It’s hard to believe that a kid’s 10-cent comic could be worth that much money, but it is Superman. That’s an iconic thing,” Fishler said. “It’s the first time anybody saw what a superhero was like.”
EBay confirmed the price but said it couldn’t yet disclose the buyer’s name.
Created by Cleveland teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Action Comics No. 1 introduces the Man of Steel’s Kryptonian backstory, earthly role as reporter Clark Kent and identity as a champion of the oppressed. It’s seen as the dawn of the comic book superhero, paving the way for a roster of now-famous characters.
About 100 to 150 copies are believed to exist, only a handful of them in top condition. The book just sold got a seldom-seen 9.0 on a 10-point scale used to measure vintage comic books’ condition.
It was kept for decades in a cedar chest in the West Virginia mountains by a man who had bought it off a newsstand, seller Darren Adams recently told The Washington Post. Adams, a Federal Way, Washington-based collectibles dealer, didn’t immediately return a call.
After the original owner died, a collector bought it from his estate and built a similar cedar chest to store it, Adams told the Post.
Pastor Paul did post this on his Facebook account the day this picture by was taken on October 31, 2013:
I am getting a little old to be Superman, but Superman’s father Jor-el I can do. After all Jor-el’s name means “the voice of God”. Before becoming the lead scientist on Krypton, Jor-el worked in a dental office. Little know history.
PS: Pastor Paul works full-time at a dental office!
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