The very first appearance of Mickey Mouse in a comic book, Four Color Comics (Series 1) #16 just sold for $6,499 on eBay. The book also showcases the first battle with a villain that would go on to become Mickey’s lifelong foe, The Phantom Blot.
Graded 6.0 by CGC, this hard to find Golden-Age book is tied with one other at that grade. There are seven other issues of this title that have been graded higher. This issue is from the first series of Four Color as published by Dell.
The title debuted in 1939 and the first round lasted until 1942. The company immediately rebooted the title and it lasted over 1,330 issues. Donald Duck beat Mickey into comic books when he appeared in issue #4 of this first series.
