Rare 'pay copy' of Marvel's first comic book sells for $2.4 million
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A rare copy of Marvel's first-ever comic book has netted more than $2.4 million at auction.
Marvel Comics No. 1 was published in 1939 and features such characters as The Human Torch, The Angel, Submariner and Masked Raider.
"This is the beginning. Without this, there would be no Marvel Universe, no Captain America punching Hitler, no Marvel movies, no Spider-Man, not even today's superhero mythology as we know it," says ComicConnect, the online marketplace that hosted the auction.
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