The Spiral Symbol. By admin. One of the most important symbols used by the ancient Celtic peoples, the spiral is actually a universal symbol shared by many other primitive cultures worldwide. Both in Ireland and in China, for example, it was used as a symbol of the sun.
As one of the highest-graded copies of Spider-Manâs first appearance ever to be sold at public auction, it was expected to fetch a high price. In fact, it set a record, selling for $454,100. Thatâs the most ever paid for a Spider-Man comic at public auction. To commemorate the sale, CBR compared it to the current record for a copy of âAmazing Fantasyâ #15 as well as other notable comic books.
1 Marvel makes much more money from movies than from comics. 2  Some years ago they sold the movie rights to their characters (generally agreed to be a bad decision), but the rights reverted back to Marvel in the late 1990s, leading to the big movies (mainly the Spider-man and X-Men franchise).One bookstore manager described Marvel's sales at her location for me as okay when there was a movie out, but otherwise negligible.) (source). 2011: Marvel cuts costs, DC draws the line at 2.99. In 2011 DC resisted Marvel's trend to raise the prices of comics from $2.99 to $3.99.