JFK-Superman comic book art sells for $112K in U.S.

Cover art for a 50-year-old comic book featuring Superman’s alter-ego, Clark
Kent, as President John F. Kennedy in disguise was sold at an auction for
$112,015 US.Curt Swan’s original cover drawing for Action Comics (hash)309 sold
at auction last week in York County, the York Daily Record reports.

The cover
shows Superman shaking hands with Clark Kent and a word arrow asks the reader,
“Who is the mystery masquerader?”Alex Winter, general manager of
Hake’s Americana and Collectibles, says the comic book came out days after the
president was shot to death Nov. 22, 1963. Winter says the coincidence has made
the comic book almost legendary and the timing of the auction was planned to
coincide with the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s death.