A copy of Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of a character called “The Batman,” sold yesterday for $1,075,500, a comic book record. This breaks the record set just a few days ago by Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, which sold for $1 million. These are the two Holy Grails of comic books.

This is apparently one of the best-preserved copies of Detective Comics #27 ever seen. If you go to the link above, you can see an extensive description of the comic book’s condition, watch a short video, and see close-ups of the front and back covers as well as the transparent case in which CGC put the comic book. I’d never seen one of the cases before.

As for me, if I had my choice of a rare comic book, it would be The Flash #123, which introduced the multiverse to DC Comics.