12 Cent Spider Man Comic Sells $1.1 Million

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Wednesday March 9, 2011. A comic in which Spider Man made his first appearance has sold for $1.1million. The issue of “Amazing Fantasy” No.15 was first published in 1962 and originally cost 12 cents. The cover, drawn by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, shows Spider-Man clutching a villain in one arm and swinging from his web with the other. It was sold on Monday by a private seller to a private buyer at an auction hosted by ComicConnect.com in New York.