Batman comic book beats Superman auction, sets record

A copy of 'Dectective Comics' #27 was sold for $1,075,500 in an online auction. This is a rare comic of Batman in 1939. 1939 was when Batman was first shown on the comic book scene. It was a big deal to a wide range of people, because seven bidders from three different countries were bidding. The comic book was sold from Heritage Auctions in Dallas to an anonymous and apparently wealthy comic book collector. The previous record for a comic book being sold was for one million dollars. The record was held for three days by Superman's debut in 'Action Comics' #1 in 1938. Vincent Zurzolo, who is co-owner of ComicConnect.com, said "Records are meant to be broken and this week will forever go down in comic book history."
I believe the reason a batman comic book was sold for more than a superman comic book three days later is because of the idea of hegemony. I believe this person who bought the batman comic book for $1,075,500 was making a statement. The person is actively trying put the idea out that batman is better than superman, and its the universal way of thinking. The anonoymous collectors' ideology might be that his/her culture should like an overall more realistic (tentatively said) superhero by choosing batman over superman. This theory is the only explanation I can come up for the buyer paying over a million dollars for a batman comic book.
I am convinced that in some way, shape, or form someone was trying to prove batman is better than superman. The online auction proves that either someone really likes batman, or that someone who very much dislikes superman was upping the bids to make the batman fan pay more. I believe the reason for the high bidding was the batman lover. This recent auction proves how much superhero's mean to some people. One should take note of how much the media pushes superhero's importance onto our culture. But for now, I am glad for batman beating out superman. I'm more of a Bruce Wayne kind of guy anyway.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/26/news/economy/batman_comic/index.htm