Captain America Comics No. 1 sells for over $700,000 at auction

A copy of ‘Captain America Comics No. 1’, the 1941 issue that introduced Captain America, Bucky, and Red Skull, sold for $716,750 at a Heritage Auctions event in Dallas. The comic received a 9.0 grade from the Certified Guaranty Company (CGC).

The issue is part of the Merrimack Valley Collection, a group of Golden Age comics purchased by an original owner between 1940 and 1941 and kept in its original cardboard box for nearly 80 years. The comic features the iconic cover of Captain America striking Adolf Hitler.

The auction event, held from September 24 to 26, generated a total of $18,174,129. Of this total, comic book sales accounted for approximately $8.4 million, while original comic-related artwork sales totaled $9.7 million.