Rare copy of Action comic that launched hero up for auction

Описание: (28 Feb 2009)
1. Mid of Stephen Fishler of Metropolis Collectibles, opening safe and pulling out Action Comics No. 1
2. Close up of comic cover showing Superman lifting a car
3. Push in to comic pages with Superman story
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen Fishler, Metropolis Collectibles:
"For me, if I had money to invest and I could put it into the stock market or I can put it into an unrestored Action Comic One from 1938, I don't think there's any question that at least I would put it into an Action One, and that's saying anything about an Action One, that's saying something about how bad the alternatives are. And I think a lot of people feel like that."
5. Mid shot Fishler turning pages of comic
6. Various close ups of comic
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen Fishler, Metropolis Collectibles:
"Well I think it's actually interesting that this character was sort of a creation of the depression, which is people's feeling of powerlessness and the notion of two kids creating a person that has all the abilities in the world, is sort of indicative of the era that he was created in, which was in the middle of the depression. And I think it's interesting today, given the economic climate that people would want an escapist fantasy."
8. Wide of comic book store, Midtown Comics
9. Mid of Superman figure
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jaime Servino, comic book reader:
"Superman's a great superhero, no question about that. It could get a lot of buyers cause Superman, ah man he goes way back."
11. Tilt down of Action Comics No. 1
STORYLINE
SUPERMAN COMIC TO SET RECORD
A rare Superman comic is up for sale in New York and is expected to set a new record for the man who is "faster than a speeding bullet."
After 58 years of holding onto it, a California man is auctioning off his 1st edition Action Comic book, the very first of the Superman comics.
Stephen Fishler, of Metropolis Collectibles, is handling the online auction and says he expects the comic to set a new record for an Action One book, which currently stands at 250,000 US dollars.
With the country in the middle of a recession, Fishler says comic books are a more solid commodity than stocks.
Experts say there are about ten high-grade copies of the comic known to exist -- those which have not been artificially restored.
The comic - which originally sold for 10 cents at a used book store - lays out the origin of Superman: his birth on another planet and how bullets bounce off him.
Some things are different: the "S" on his shirt has a slimmer style than today, and back then he couldn't fly, but only jump really high, or more accurately, "leap over tall buildings in a single bound."
Superman was created 71 years ago by two kids from Cleveland, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and introduced the notion of the costumed "super hero."
Fishler says superheroes still resonate today, with many fans looking for escapism, just like they did during the Great Depression.

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