Who is the strongest superhero?

Vast debate, but at auction, Spider-Man wins.

The spider has just seen one of the original boards, from the 1984

Secret Wars

series , reach the record price of 3.36 million dollars (2.9 million euros) at an auction on Thursday in the USA.

In these three panels made by Mike Zeck and taken from issue 8 of

Secret Wars

, a series published by Marvel Comics in 1984-85, the superhero puts on the black costume for the first time, which will turn out to be a symbiote and give birth to the supervillain Venom.

Incredible !

The original plate of Secret Wars n°8 with the first appearance of the black suit of Spider-Man (by Mike Zeck) has just been sold for 3,360,000 $.

This doubles the absolute record, held by a painting by Frazetta and brings the US originals back to European level.

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— Daniel Andreyev (@kamuirobotics) January 13, 2022

“This page was the big reveal mentioned on the cover.

This is where Peter Parker really got his chic new black suit, says auction house Heritage Auctions, describing page 25 of the post.

It's a costume with a secret.

Because he quickly turns out to be alive and has his own agenda.

This is the origin of the character of Venom.

The work was initially offered at $330,000.

The previous record for an original page of an American comic dates back to 2014 when a page showing the first appearance of Wolverine for an issue of

The Incredible Hulk

dating from 1974, had sold 657,250 dollars (573,650 euros).

During its auction in Dallas, Heritage Auctions reports that a copy of the first issue of

Action Comics

in 1938, featuring the first appearance of Superman, sold for $3.18 million ($2.77 million). euros).

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