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The average price of a comic book ranges from $2.00 to $2.99. However, over time their value can increase tenfold. Comic are becoming more popular as each year passes and people are buying more comics each time they go to a comic book store. The demand for comics is making them a hot commodity, and rare comics are becoming very valuable. Comic enthusiasts are paying top dollar for first edition and rare comics that date back to as late as the 1950’s.

In Dallas, Texas, at the Heritage Auction Galleries, two very rare and valuable comics are going up for auction. The two comics being auctioned off are Batman #1 and Marvel Mystery Comics #9. A man who has been collecting comics since he was a young kid is auctioning them off, and they are expected to bring in up to $500,000 profit for both.

The first issue of Batman comics, Batman #1, came out in the spring of 1940. It became so popular that the Batman series which originally was supposed to be published quarterly, turned into a bi-monthly production in the 1950’s. It then became a monthly series and has stayed that way. Batman, the character, first appeared in another series of comic books called the Detective Comics in issue #27. The Batman series is still being published today and the latest issue is #686.

Marvel Mystery comic books series started production in the 1930’s. Marvel Mystery Comics #9 is about the Human Torch versus the Sub-Mariner. The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner are two of the most popular comic’s character during the Golden Age of Comic books. The Sub-Mariner was considered to be Marvel comic’s first mutant character because he is a mix of the human species and the Atlanteans. He lives on both land and sea and has superhuman strength. The Human Torch can engulf his entire body on fire and can also fly.

What makes comic books valuable are the characters. During the Golden Age of Comics, these three characters were some of the most popular. The issue number, seen as # on the comic, also raises value of the comic. Batman #1 is so valuable because it’s his first appearance in his own series. The Batman character had been introduced in different series and gained popularity among readers, which is why his series was created. Marvel Mystery Comics #9 is valuable because something important happened. It was the dual between two well known comic characters. There are different factors that make a comic book valuable, and these two comic books have it.

Comic book stores are where you the get to buy comics. Without comic stores we would never have had the chance to buy comics that have rocked our world since we are kids. Though the technology age is here now you can get comics online and find that the stores have also integrated into online stores and are now pulling in more clientele than they did before.

The good thing about real stores was that you could go to look for a comic book and get someone to explain to you right away a short skit on how the superhero did something in the previous comic book that led to the new one coming out. You would also get the store clerk to hold a comic book for you for a while until you where able to pay and also call you to tell you when you could rush over when a new release had hit the stores. I sometimes would get into the store and ask the clerk who was a pal of mine to let me go through a comic before I decided if I wanted to take it. Online stores however don’t really have that homely feeling but they still work and you get to know more information on where the writer is trying to go with the comic series.  

Some of the comics I loved where really in high demand and are still are, such as superheroes like Spiderman, Batman, Superman, The Avengers, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk and many more that still pick my interest. Comic book stores are still there even today only fewer; however they are still doing well even though they have competition from the online kind of Comic Book Stores.

As far as movies go, Superman Returns was not one of the best. Not only did it receive so-so reviews from the critics, but it panned at the box office – barely able to make back its budget, especially after Warner Bros. dropped a mountain of marketing the box office gross couldn’t hope the overtake. But though the movie may not have given Superman a second franchise, it did him something rather interesting: a son.

The story ran in the pages of the Superman: Last Son story arc, written by fan-favorite comic writer Geoff Johns along with a special guest – Richard Donner, director of the first Superman film. In the storyline, Superman finds he’s no longer the Last Son of Krypton, though unlike the movie Superman Returns – where Superman is ultimately revealed to have a child as a result his tryst with Lois Lane in Superman 2 – this child is in fact revealed to be the son of Superman 2 baddies General Zod and Ursula.

Dubbed Chris Kent by Superman’s good friend in Gotham, the boy was briefly raised by Clark and Lois in a relatively normal life, although as you might expect from any superhero arc, the tranquility last long. Soon, his biological father Zod re-emerged with the other Phantom Zone prisoners and invaded Earth. Though Superman repelled the invasion – with the unlikely aid of his adversary Lex Luthor, and his team the Superman Revenge Squad – Chris himself returned to the Phantom Zone in order to close it to prevent further reprisals from his father.

So in end Superman’s adopted son went back home – but its unknown just how long his son will be gone. Superman isn’t the only hero with parenting problem – Batman recently discovered he had a biological son by the name of Damian Wayne with Talia al Ghul, herself the daughter of Batman Begins baddie Ra’s al Ghul. Though misguided and downright deceitful at times (the result of his upbringing), Damian genuinely wants to help his father as the Dark Knight, and one comic – Batman #666, set in the far, far future – maintains that he will eventually be the Dark Knight himself. Will Chris Kent ever take over his adopted father’s mantle? We’ll have to stay glued to Supes to find out.