by Kevin Zelman

A copy of “Superman No. 1,” the 1939 issue that introduced
everyone to the Man of Steel in his first solo title, sold for
$9.2 million on Thursday at an auction run by Heritage, in
near-pristine condition.

This price beats the previous record, set in 2024 when “Action
Comics No. 1,” the comic where fans met the Kryptonian hero,
sold for $6 million. Even prior to that, a copy of “Superman No.
1” held the record with a sale of $5.3 million in 2022.

For a comic being 86 years old, it’s in excellent condition,
being graded a 9.0 out of 10 by the Certified Guaranty
Company, the leading third-party grading service for
comic books.

This rare comic was discovered by three brothers in a box
full of yellowed newspaper clippings, while they were in the
attic of their late mother’s house.

WABC radio fired DJ Alan Freed on November 21, 1959 after
he refused to sign a FCC statement denying that he had
accepted money for promoting records, a practice known
as "payola."

While WABC cited its "contractual right to terminate," the
dismissal happened amid a larger payola scandal that
ultimately ruined his career.

Albert James "Alan" Freed
(December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965)

    
    
    
    
   
On November 21, 1976, Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone
as the underdog prizefighter Rocky Balboa, debuted in
New York City.

Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone is 79.

Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis went on trial in Nuremberg,
Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II
beginning on November 20, 1945.

The Nuremberg trials were conducted by an international
tribunal made up of representatives from the United States,
the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain.

Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, the British member, presided
over the proceedings, which lasted 10 months and consisted
of 216 court sessions.

Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence (left).

Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins) is an American actress
and model. She began her career as a child model before
deciding to pursue acting on the advice of a talent agent.     

The sex icon best known for the provocative 1979 rom-com
"10."