Superman Comic's Record Price "超人"漫畫拍賣價創紀錄
Superman Comic's Record Price "超人"漫畫拍賣價創紀錄
Steve Kingstone, BBC News
Action Comics No 1 sold originally for 10 cents.
媒體英語會帶大家一起學習 BBC 撰稿人在報道世界大事時常用到的單詞和短語。
Background: 以超人為封面的第一冊漫畫以2千1百萬美金成交，創下漫畫書拍賣的世界新紀錄。這本初版“動作漫畫"是1938年出版的，這次通過美國的一個拍賣網站進行拍賣。
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When it appeared on newsstands 73 years ago, the first edition of Action Comics cost just ten cents. The cover design showed a well-built man in blue tights and a red cape, smashing a car against a rock.
Superman was introduced to readers as a "champion of the oppressed," who could "run faster than an express train."
Only a hundred copies of that first issue survive. And for comic buffs this one was in breathtakingly good condition.
In an online auction it fetched a little over $2 million, a world record for a comic. The buyer remains anonymous. The seller is rumoured to have been the actor Nicolas Cage.
Connoisseurs of the comic world say this type of investment has become popular during troubled economic times because rare collectibles hold their value more reliably than property or shares.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- a newsstand報亭，報攤
- the cover design首頁設計
- the oppressed受排擠的，受壓迫的
- a buff一個對什么事情或東西特別感興趣的人
- to be in breathtakingly good condition品相令人難以致信的好
- to fetch得到
- to be anonymous匿名，沒有公開
- a connoisseur鑒賞家，行家
- a collectible收藏品
- to hold its value保值
