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 of 2 May 1654 also given as around 28-30 each. Action of 2 May 1654 Action of 2 May 1654 was a sea battle which took place near Colombo, Ceylon, when a force of 11 Dutch ships defeated 3 Portuguese galleons, which ran aground and were burnt near Carmona, north of Cabo de Rama. On about 4 May "Zijdeworm" was burnt as a fireship near Karwar, and on 6 May the Portuguese galleon "Nazareth" was burnt near Hanovar. This removed a significant proportion of Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean area. The first 7 ships dealt with "Santo António de Mazagão" and the rest