Man finds copy of DETECTIVE #27 in attic!

[Timothy]

From Batman-On-Film

A man in the Pittsburgh, PA area found a near mint copy of DETECTIVE #27 in his attic and sold it to a local comic book dealer.

DETECTIVE #27 -- featuring the very first appearance of The Batman -- is said to be worth up to $500,000. This particular copy was worth about half of that -- although the buyer, Todd McDevitt, is not disclosing exactly how much he paid for it. McDevitt -- owner of “New Dimension Comics” -- said he has been saving money for a little over 20 years so that he could buy a valuable comic if and when he had the chance.

It is said that there are approximately between 20 and a few hundred copies of this particular comic book.

I'm amazed that it's near-mint after all that time in an attic. Boy, I wish I were that guy... That comic would have been at the heart of my collection...

[Papa Smurf]

$500,000 is a lot of cash and considering that it was in his attic i dont think he was that much of a fan.

[Timothy]

smurf said:

$500,000 is a lot of cash and considering that it was in his attic i dont think he was that much of a fan.

Exactly; it's people like that who should never be able to even touch comics, IMO...

[tomstoyz]

Oh man! I read about this the other day. That's amazing!
I gotta go check my attic now...bye!