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 1000 that sold the most issues as well as the one that made the most money in the North American market in April 2018, according to Diamond Comic Distributors; the final tally for April was 449,787 units. In contrast, "The Amazing Spider-Man" #800—another heavily promoted milestone issue released in the following month of May—sold 411,480 copies to retailers. "Action Comics" #1000 also charted in May, as the 23rd most-ordered comic with another 52,129 units sold. Action Comics 1000 "Action Comics" #1000 (cover dated Early June 2018) is the thousandth issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series "Action Comics".