{"id":241227,"date":"2026-05-20T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/the-avengers-comic-sells-for-thousands-at-auction\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:00:13","slug":"the-avengers-comic-sells-for-thousands-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/the-avengers-comic-sells-for-thousands-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Avengers comic sells for thousands at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-05-20\" datetime=\"1779238813\" pubdate=\"\">20 May 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>A copy of The Avengers #1 has sold at auction for \u00a33,430.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">The Avengers #1 has sold at auction<\/p>\n<p>The sought-after comic book features the first appearance of the Avengers as a team, along with the first reference to the name The Avengers.<\/p>\n<p>The Cents issue attracted significant interest ahead of the Comics and Publications auction at Vectis Auctions, the world\u2019s largest toy and collectables auction house.<\/p>\n<p>Vectis has confirmed that the copy of The Avengers #1 comic had already received several commission bids prior to the auction commencing, including a flurry of internet bids.<\/p>\n<p>The comic was ultimately sold to a UK-based online bidder for a sizeable sum of money. The sale price of \u00a33,430 further emphasises the ever-increasing popularity of the Marvel and DC franchises, which have transformed superhero figures like Iron Man and Thor into mainstream pop culture icons.<\/p>\n<p>\nAs a result, demand for key comic books and related collectables has gone from strength to strength since the launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Julia Garner previously admitted that Marvel movies reach a &#8220;different kind of audience&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 32-year-old actress starred in The Fantastic Four: First Steps in 2025, and Julia felt thrilled to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n<p>\nJulia &#8211; who was cast as Shalla-Bal \/ Silver Surfer in the superhero movie &#8211; told Entertainment Weekly: &#8220;She&#8217;s so different than anyone I&#8217;ve ever played, and that was also another reason why I wanted to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t expect everybody to watch Ozark or Inventing Anna or The Assistant. Some people are only going to watch certain things, so that&#8217;s why I want to branch out to every genre, and that&#8217;s one of the reasons why I wanted to do Marvel &#8211; it&#8217;s reaching a different kind of audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nJulia read &#8220;a lot of the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics&#8221; before she began filming the movie, and the actress relished working on a Marvel project.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;When I got presented with this opportunity, I was like, &#8216;Wait, what? Me?&#8217; Yeah, I was in disbelief, almost because it was so cool.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I knew who the Silver Surfer was, and I got to know the Silver Surfer more when I signed on to the project. I really dived in. I read a lot of the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics before starting the project, and I knew that this Fantastic Four was going to be told in a very different way than even the other movies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/avengers-comic-sells-thousands-auction-1444690.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 May 2026 A copy of The Avengers #1 has sold at auction for \u00a33,430. The Avengers #1 has sold at auction The sought-after comic book features the first appearance of the Avengers as a team, along with the first reference to the name The Avengers. 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