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 Lab Comics line, which includes individual numbering and hand-signatures for each copy. Action Lab also announced at this time that it had taken over the publication of the series "Jack Hammer", written by Brandon Barrows with art by Ionic, from the small-press publisher Reasonably Priced Comics, and that it would be part of the "Signature Series". Action Lab recently partnered with the NFL to release "NFL Rush Zone" , a line of comic books based on the . The first issue was released digitally during Super Bowl XLVII Action Lab Comics Action Lab Entertainment (also known as Action Lab Comics or ALE),