Nicolas Cage is a big time fan and collector of comic books.  Born Nicolas Kim Coppola, Nicolas changed his last name to Cage, inspired by the classic Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.  He’s actually nephew to acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, but Nicky Cage took a stage name to not let his family’s Hollywood history overshadow his acting career.

Nicolas Cage’s nearly pristine copy of Action Comics No. 1 is for sale on the comic book collection website, comicconnect.com for a whooping $2 million.  Originally stolen from Nicolas Cage back in 2000 and recovered April 2011, the comic book is currently at 900,000 dollars and the auction ends on November 30, 2011.  This would make the comic the most expensive comic book sold on the open market.

The comic is particularly famous as it is the first appearance of Superman back in 1938 and is essentially when the concept of the modern superhero was born.  The comic was found by a stroke of luck when a man bought the contents of an abandoned storage locker in San Fernando Valley.  While it is not official that the found comic is Cage’s, the history of the comic matches Nic’s stolen copy.  Experts are claiming the actor as the owner and it is listed under Nicolas Cage on the auction website.

There are about 100 copies in existence. The varying conditions of quality have a big impact on the value. Cage’s is considered a grade 9, the highest officially rated.  Another famous owner of a copy of Action Comics #1 was Charlie Sheen, who bought his in the 1980s. Sheen auctioned his copy in June of 2004, along with a signature stating his ownership.

Comic nerd Cage bought his copy of Action Comics #1 from Comic Connect in the late 90s, who bought it from Sotheby’s auctions in 1992 for $82,500. Then in 2000 Cage was the victim of a burglary. The robbers took his copy of Action Comics #1, another rare collector’s comic called Detective Comics #27 and another unnamed rare comic. Cage was apparently so devastated from losing the prized jewels of his comic books that he sold his whole remaining collection through Heritage Auctions soon after. He also ended up claiming insurance on the loss.

In 2002, a tip led investigators to believe they had found his copy in a safe deposit box in Tennessee. When police searched the box, they only found a replica cover of the copy, with a lady’s lingerie catalog inside.  Then in April of 2011, after being missing for over 10 years, Cage’s original copy was found during a auction of an abandoned storage locker in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley.  Unfortunately no arrests were made with the find.

Because Cage already claimed insurance, it is unclear who will benefit when Comic Connect sells the comic again.  While this edition only cost 10 cents originally, a copy sold last year for $1.5 million. Nicolas Cage’s high-grade copy is expected to fetch as high as $2 million if and when it goes up for auction.  In light of Cage’s last few years of financial and tax issues, it is unlikely he will be able to afford the price tag.  After all, he has been forced to sell several mansions, a castle and put his private island in the Bahamas.

Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage and his nice sets of photos.

Nicolas Cage, an American actor, producer and director was born January 7, 1964 in Lon Beach Californa. He was baptized with the name of Nicolas Kim Coppola to Joy Vogelsang and August Coppola and has been divorced in year 1976. Cage has already appeared on almost 60 films since year 1980’s. In addition, he was the nephew of the well known film director, Francis Ford Coppola as well as the actress, Talia Shire.

In his acting career, Cage changed his name early in his career to Nicolas cage, for him to avoid nepotism as he was the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. His named has the touch of the Marvel Comics superhero character named, Luke Cage. Since his portrayal on the movie entitled, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, alongside Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in well accepted films.

On the other hand, Nic Cage also included on the romantic-comedy film called, Moonstruck in year 1987 and in the cult classic comedy film of Raising Amazona, he also appeared on the offbeat film of Wild at Heart in year 1990, he also hooked one of the lead roles in the 1999 parademic drama of New York City entitled, Wild at Heart.

On his portrayal as a suicidal alcoholic man on his film, Leaving Las Vegas, Cage was nominated twice an honor for the Academy Award. He also earned nomination for playing the true to life screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman as well as its fictional twin Donald in film called, Adaptation.

In addition, Nicolas Cage has already made a comic book with the help of his son, Weston. They called the said comic as, Voodoo Child, which already published by the virgin Comics. Cage was a keen fan of comic books, and in fact, he auctioned collections of 400 classic comics through the help of the Heritage Auctions in year 2002. Also, he was reportedly broke the auction record for the Lamborghinis when he made a bid on the unusual Miura SCJ for an amount of $490, 000.

In his personal life, October 1997, he landed on the 40th spot of the Empire Magazine’s The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time List. Cage started dating his fellow actress, Christina Fulton. The former couple had a son who was born on December 1990 named, Weston Coppola. Cage has already been married for three times, he was first married to the actress, Patricia Arquette, they have been married since April 1995 until May 2001. He later married Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of the legendary icon, Elvis Presley, the two tied the knot on August 2002. After almost three months, they filed for divorce and made it official on May 2004. Then, Nicolas Cage met his third and her current wife, Alice Kim, who is a previous waitress at one of the Los Angeles restaurant called, Kibuki. The couple had a child name, Kal-El, it was reportedly named the birth name of Superman.

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