Darren Adams, who owns Pristine Comics in Federal Way auctioned off his copy of “Action Comics No. 1” for a record $3.2 million earlier this week.

The sale breaks the previous record of $2.1 million set in 2011, when actor Nicolas Cage sold a different print of the same comic. The eye-catching price tag can be attributed to the fact that “Action Comics No. 1” introduced the world to Superman.

Adams’s copy was perhaps one of only 34 unrestored originals, and was rated 9.0 on the Certified Guaranty Company’s rating scale. It is the highest grade an “Action Comics No. 1” has ever received. The only other Action Comics No. 1 to receive a similar rating was the copy Cage sold in 2011.

According to Adams, the book is in pristine condition because it was bought off a West Virginia newsstand in 1938, and then proceeded to sit in a cedar chest for the next four decades. There were only two other owners before Adams bought the book “several years ago.”

“I was lucky,” Adams told the Mirror earlier this summer.

Pristine Comics is located at 2008 S. 314th St., Federal Way. Visit their website at www.pristinecomics.com or call 253-941-1986.