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" Batman #1 has been sold for $850,000 (\u00C2\u00A3527,936) in a private transaction, setting a new record for the historic title. Heritage Auctions parted with the only CGC 9.2-graded copy in existence, earning the sixth-highest price ever paid for a comic book.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s amazing that three years ago, no comic book had ever sold for even half that amount,&amp;quot; said Ed Jaster, vice president of Heritage Auctions, which brokered the sale.  &amp;quot;Heritage is holding a $4+ million comics and comic art auction in Dallas May 10 and 11. Many collectors and dealers will be watching to see how Golden Age comics perform there.&amp;quot; Batman #1 features stories by Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson, and is famous for introducing the Joker and Catwoman to the world. The issues also reprinted the Caped Crusader&amp;#039;s origin story from a previous edition of Detective Comics. Superman&amp;#039;s debut in Action Comics #1 holds the auction record for a comic book, selling for $2.1 million (\u00C2\u00A31.3 million) in 2011. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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