Remember that Action Comic #1 that was found after an abandoned storage unit was sold at auction? With only 100 copies of that comic known to be in existence, a lonely 6 are in the near mint condition. And this one is one of those 6.

Sadly, the comic book was stolen. It was purchased at auction in 1995 for an unreported amount. The theft was reported in January 2000, and after a lengthy investigation, the actor received insurance money for the loss.

It’s difficult to tell if the book is the exact one that was stolen, but detectives and the actor are working with the insurance company to determine ownership. The insurance company keeps records on certain aberrations (unique characteristics) in order to identify valuable objects. Since the edition is so valuable and fragile, solving this mystery isn’t as easy as opening the comic and reading any markings within. How this item ended up in the storage unit is equally a mystery, and one that probably won’t be solved any time soon.

So who did this valuable mint edition belong to? Ironically it was a man who played the part of a treasure seeker in Disney’s National Treasure: Nicholas Cage. A huge fan of the Superman character, Cage even named his son Kal-El, Clark Kent’s Krypton name.

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