In 1962, leaning at their desks, screenwriter Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko created a new character. In Queens, New York, a teenager is bitten by a spider. Peter Parker finds himself transformed into Spider-Man, a superhero in a red and blue costume who moves from building to building using his new fibroin threads. The story evolves in comics sold for a handful of cents on New York newsstands. The Spider-Man then becomes a pop-culture staple! The universe has gone beyond the comic book format, and has been transposed into films, cartoons and even video games. The comic is now a collector’s item. So collectible that an issue of “Amazing Fantasy” was sold at auction in Dallas for a sum of 1.26 million euros. A record sale for a copy of Spider-Man, especially when we know that in 1963, the comic was sold for the paltry sum of 12 cents. Heritage Auctions justifies the price by the rare and intact nature of the example. And according to the vice president of the auction, Barry Sandoval, it was obvious that the lot would drive up costs that high. An issue of Superman, published in 1939, sold for 2.15 million euros. Staggering prices that make our superheroes abundant piggy banks. All that's left to do is rummage through grandpa's and grandma's attics, hoping to find a vintage comic!