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Comic Books Found in Martinsville Sold for Millions

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Martinsville, VA - A California man stumbled across quite a find when he was cleaning out his great aunt's Martinsville home.

Michael Rorrer says he found his great uncle's collection of 345 comic books, which are very valuable.

The collection that Billy Wright had went up for auction Wednesday in New York City. In total, the comics sold for about $3.5 million.

One single comic book sold for more than $200,000.

The collection includes the debuts of Superman and Batman.

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