Rare comic book sells for a 'super' price

A rare copy of the very first Superman comic has been sold at auction for £225,000.

The 1938 'Action Comics' issue 1 is said to be one of the worlds rarest comics with less than 100 of them understood to still exist.

In his first appearance Superman is shown on the cover lifting a a car above his head as people run away, the comic was initially sold for just 10 cents.

A spokesman for online auction site Comic Connect said: "Some books seem to go in and out of fashion. Action Comics #1 will never be one of those books."

Yes ... and comic-loving geeks will never stop earning money in IT to blow the price of a house on a comic book.