Not even a single comic book, but one page sold at an auction for about 4 billion won. It’s a Spider-Man comic book from Marvel Comics. What scenes were drawn on the world’s most expensive comic pages?
Correspondent Lee Seon-hwa.
[기자]
[영화 ‘스파이더맨 3’ : 복수는 독약과 같아서 사람을 잠식한단다. 모르는 사이에 끔찍한 존재로 변하고 말지.]
This scene has a philosophical dialogue about revenge and forgiveness.
And Spider-Man is infected with a symbiote, an extraterrestrial life that came out of a meteorite that fell to Earth.
The distinctive red and blue outfit turns black.
[영화 ‘스파이더맨 3’ : {이 옷, 어디서 온 걸까?} 스파이더맨, 새 옷 멋진데요?]
A page from a Marvel Comics Spider-Man comic book featuring the first Spider-Man in black has set an all-time high at auction.
[조 막달레나/헤리티지 경매 부사장 : 이건 특별합니다. 이 작품은 세상에 단 하나뿐이고, 스파이더맨이 처음으로 검은 복장을 하고 등장하는 장면입니다.]
The auction, which started at $330,000, was sold at $3.36 million, more than ten times, for about 3.99 billion won in Korean currency.
This is an original black-and-white work drawn by famous cartoonist Mike Zeck, a scene from the 8th issue of ‘Secret Wars’ published in 1984.
[조 막달레나/헤리티지 경매 부사장 : 스파이더맨은 대중문화를 기반으로 한 예술계에서 중요한 역할을 하고 있습니다. 수집가들은 추억을 구매하고 있는 것입니다.]
Spider-Man is loved all over the world.
A movie released last month has grossed over 1 trillion won for the first time since December 2019.
In Korea, it has surpassed 6.7 million viewers for the first time since the pandemic.
Other comics traded that day are also a hot topic.
‘Action Comics’ No. 1, which contains Superman’s first appearance, also sold for about 3.78 billion won, making it the fourth most expensive comic book ever.
(Screen provided/Sony Pictures)
