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Matt Carr/Getty Images Nicolas Cage's nearly-pristine copy ofAction Comics No. 1 featuring the very first appearance of Superman offered for any record $2,161,000 within an online auction marketplace that ended Wednesday.our editor recommendsNicolas Cage 'Vampire' Photo Available on eBayNic Cages Stolen Superman Comic Poised to interrupt Auction Record It's the first comic to market in excess of $two million at auction. The prior record was $1.5 million for any less well-maintained copy of Action Comics No. 1 offered in March 2010. PHOTOS: Comic-Book Figures In Dispute Cage's comic was stolen from his home in 2000 and just retrieved in April when an unknown guy bought the items in an abandoned Los Angeles storage locker. Couple of comics have as interesting or complicated a back story as Cage's copy ofAction Comics No. 1. Licensed Guaranty Company, the key grader of the standard of collectible comics, lately designated this copy a grade of 9., which makes it the greatest openly-rated copy of Superman's first appearance. Roughly 100 copies ofAction Comics No. 1 remain around. PHOTOS: Greatest Hollywood Splurges Experts believe no more than five others, all in private hands, are of near-equal quality to Cage's copy and just one -- the legendary "Edgar Chapel Collection" copy, that has never been openly seen -- might exceed it. Cage's Action Comics No. 1 first produced a stir when an obscure collector introduced it to public attention by consigning it to auction at Sotheby's in 1992. The sudden appearance of the formerly unknown high-grade copy of these an essential comic is really a rare occurrence. Sotheby's offered it for any then-record $82,500.Cage purchased in 1997 for around $150,000. On The month of january 21, 2000, Cage reported the comic stolen towards the La Police, together with high-grade copies of Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics No. 27 and Marvel Mystery No. 71. Based on anaccountComicconnect Boss StephenFishler published on the collector's website, Cage had the books displayed in security frames mounted towards the wall. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Riches to Rags: 18 Stars Who've Dropped It All The precise moment from the thievery is unknown however the comics had possibly been missing for any week when Cage discovered the frames were empty. TheMarvel Mysteryresurfaced a couple of several weeks later however the other two comics continued to be lost. In April 2011, Cage's copy ofAction Comics No. 1 was retrieved inside a San Fernando Valley storage locker. The guy who found the comic had bought the items in an abandoned locker. Cage's publicist launched an argument in the actor at that time calling the recovery from the comic "divine providence" and indicating hope "the heirloom is going to be came back to my loved ones.Inch Cage had received an insurance coverage payment for that comic but at that time expressed curiosity about reaching funds to restore possession from the book. The missingDetective Comics No. 27 hasn't been found. Fishler wouldn't confirm this is actually the Action Comics stolen from Cage but theprovenanceof the comic -- from the purchase in early the nineteen nineties to the thievery in 2000 -- matches a brief history from the Cage comic. Comicconnect is selling it for that current owner, that is still thought to become Cage. Earlier, several websites dedicated to comicsspeculatedthat this is actually the copy of Action Comics from Cage's collection. Reps for Cage didn't react to a request fromThe Hollywood Reporterfor comment. Regardless of the record cost for Cage's copy other Superman memorabilia fetched more modest prices. For individuals thinking about possessing a bit of history, single pagesfromAction Comics No. one in fair condition might be had for around $300 and something of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's "favorite t shirts"offered just for $51. The coverage from the fabled CageAction Comics No. 1 is below. Nicolas Cage