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February 22, 2012: Man's Uncle Leaves Him Rare Comic Collection

Action Comics #1 Michael Rorrer had no idea his great uncle was such a collector of comic books until his great aunt left him a collection, which includes the 1938 "Action Comics #1", that could fetch around $2 million.

    "This is just one of those collections that all the guys in the business think don't exist anymore," said Lon Allen, the managing director of comics for Heritage Auctions, the Dallas-based auction house overseeing the sale.

    The collection includes 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's list of top 100 issues from comics' golden age.

    Rorrer said he only remembers his aunt making the fleeting reference to the comics when she learned that he and his brother, Jonathan Rorrer, now 29, liked comic books. He said his great uncle, who died in 1994 at age 66, never mentioned his collection.

    The Action Comics No. 1 - which Wright bought when he was about 11 - is expected to sell for about $325,000. A Detective Comics No. 27, the 1939 issue that features the first appearance of Batman, is expected to get about $475,000. And the Captain America No. 2 with Hitler on the cover that had caught Rorrer's eye? That's expected to bring in about $100,000.

Read the complete report at the USA Today website.



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