NEAL ADAMS’ SUPERMAN #233 Original Cover Art Sells for Smashing $1,500,000
An extraordinary amount — especially when you consider the artist never liked it! Superman #233 turned 55 this month, around the same time Neal Adams’ famous original cover art went up for auction. Now we have the result of the sale: The art on Friday went for an astonishing $1,500,000, including buyer’s premium, through Heritage Auctions: The art far outpaced other huge hauls for Adams cover art, including Batman #251, which went for $600,000, with buyer’s premium, in 2019, and Green Lantern #76, which went for $442,150, with buyer’s premium, in 2015, both through Heritage. If you notice, the Superman cover snagged more than both of those masterpieces combined. And to think the late artist didn’t care for it. (Nice time to be Superman, by the way. In case you missed it this week, a 9.0-graded copy of Superman #1 was sold by Heritage for $9,120,000, including BP — smashing the previous record of $6 million for an 8.5 copy of Action Comics #1 in 2024. — MORE — BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS: ABSOLUTE EDITION Coming Summer 2026. Click here. — Why NEAL ADAMS Hated His Famous SUPERMAN #233 Cover. Click...
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