Cover of 'Action Comics' issue No. 1, the first appearance of Superman.
DALLAS (AP) - The bulk of a man's childhood comic book collection that included many of the most prized issues ever published has sold for about $3.5 million.
Lon Allen, managing director of comics for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, says Billy Wright's 1939 copy of Detective Comics No. 27 that features the debut of Batman got the top bid at the New York City auction Wednesday.
It sold for about $523,000, including a buyer's premium.
Action Comics No. 1, a 1938 issue featuring the first appearance of Superman, sold for about $299,000. And Batman No. 1 from 1940 sold for about $275,000.
Wright died in 1994.
Michael Rorrer, of Oxnard, Calif., says he found his great uncle's collection of 345 comics while helping clean out his great aunt's Virginia home following her death last February.
The collection includes 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's top 100 issues from the golden age of comic books.
Among the notable issues is Captain America No. 2, which features Adolf Hitler on the cover.