Donnie’s need for a nap gets taken to a new level this week as we do some fantasy casting for the upcoming JLA movie. To get you in the mood for our second topic, here’s a list of the worlds most sought-after comics:

1. Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
Written and drawn by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster, the comic introduced Superman.

Action Comics #1
Cover price in 1938: 10¢
Estimated top value today: $350,000

and 2.) Superman #1 (1939)

Superman #1
Cover price in 1939: 10¢
Estimated top value today: $210,000

3. Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)

Bob Kane decided to create a caped superhero of his own, one much darker, more mysterious, and more “human” than the squeaky-clean Superman. His creation: Batman.

Cover price in 1939: 10¢
Estimated top value today: $300,000

4. Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939)

The first issue introduced three legendary Marvel characters: the Sub-Mariner of Atlantis, prince of the Deep; the Human Torch ; and Ka-Zar the Great, a man who lived in the jungle among apes.

Cover price in 1939: 10¢
Estimated top value today: $250,000

5. Batman #1 (Spring 1940)

After appearing in 13 issues of Detective Comics, Batman and his new sidekick - Robin the Boy Wonder (introduced in Detective Comics #38) - were so popular, they got their very own comic book.

Cover price in April 1940: 10¢
Estimated top value today: $100,000

6. All-American Comics #16 (July 1940)

When regular guy Alan Scott made his ring, the superhero created was, of course, the Green Lantern.

Cover price in 1940: 10¢
Estimated top value today: $115,000

7. Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)

The word bubbles on the cover say it all: “Though the world may mock Peter Parker, the timid teen-ager … it will soon marvel at the awesome might of … SPIDER-MAN!” And writer Stan Lee (pseudonym of Stanley Martin Lieber) and artist Mike Steve Ditko could not have been more right.

Cover price in 1962: 12¢
Estimated top value today: $42,000

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