First appearance appearance issues to remain. Furthermore, even fewer of those remaining copies will be in the pristine condition prized by collectors. What few remain can be worth thousands of dollars to interested collectors. For example, in 2004, a copy of "Flash Comics" #1 (January 1940), the first appearance of The Flash, was auctioned for $42,000 and a copy of "Captain America Comics" #1 (March 1941), the first appearance of Captain America sold for $64,400. In 2010, another copy of "Flash Comics" #1 sold privately for $450,000. The first appearance of Superman, "Action Comics" #1 (June 1938), has been regarded as the
Action Comics 1 relaunch, DC restored "Action Comics" original numbering, releasing Action Comics vol. 1 #957 after Action Comics vol. 2 #52. Subsequently, a commemorative poster celebrating 1000 issues of "Action Comics" was released in 2018, which retroactively listed all issues of the New 52 "Action Comics" vol. 2 with their cumulative issue numbers. As a result, "Action Comics" vol. 2 #1 is now also considered to be "Action Comics" vol. 1 #905 overall. Action Comics 1 "Action Comics" #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series "Action Comics". It features the first