Among the rare items it included were a 1939 Superman #1 comic in good enough condition to be valued at more than $3.5 million. The inheritance also came with a lifetime of secrecy, painful ...

A rare 75-year-old comic book featuring the debut of Superman found in a Minnesota home's wall fetched $175,000 at auction, comic book seller Comicconnect.com said on Wednesday.

A 1938 copy of the comic that first “introduced Superman to the world” has sold for a record-setting six million dollars (£4.7 million), the auctioneer that handled the purchase has said.