…the first comic book story was published in 1896? American illustrator Richard Felton Outcault created The Yellow Kid, a series of stories that were published in the New York Sunday World newspaper. The series helped define how we view comics today.

… the most expensive comic book cost 3.2 million dollars? Action Comics 1 was released in 1938 and featured Superman for the first time. It was sold for this amount at an auction for collectors in 2014. The amount is close to 17 million reais at the current exchange rate. 

…Spiderman was almost not published? Cartoonist Stan Lee created the character in 1962, but his boss did not like the idea. His boss explained that people hate spiders, and so nobody would be interested in the comic book. Luckily, Stan Lee insisted, and the superhero became a success. 

…X-men 1 was the comic book with the most sales ever? In 1991, Marvel decided to reintroduce the X-Men story, retelling the story from the beginning with new uniforms and plots. The fans loved it, and the comic book sold more than eight million copies in the United States alone. 

Sources:  Galileu, The Secret History of Marvel Comics Book, Omelete, O Povo, and O Vício

Questions

1) Which was the first comic book in history?
a) The Yellow Kid
b) Avengers
c) Spiderman
d) X-Men 

2) Why was Spiderman almost not published?

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