First comic book featuring Superman sells for $317,200

Sold!

A super price for comic

A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner had bought it in the 1950s for 35 cents. The winning bid for the 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, which features Superman lifting a car on its cover, was submitted late Friday by John Dolmayan, drummer for the rock band System of a Down, according to managers at ComicConnect.com, which handled the auction. Dolmayan, who is also a dealer of rare comic books, said he acquired the Superman comic on behalf of a client he declined to identify.

People

Trump sued over condos

Donald Trump is being sued by buyers who lost millions of dollars in deposits on a failed hotel-condo complex on Mexico's Baja California shores. Attorney Bart Ring said Friday that the 69 buyers he represents purchased 71 units in Trump Ocean Resort Baja, paying deposits totaling between $18 million and $20 million. Buyers were told last month the project was being scrapped and their deposits would not be returned.

Double the fun

"Iron Chef America" star Cat Cora, 41, says she and her partner, Jennifer, 37, are each expecting sons. "(Jennifer) carried my embryo and I carried hers," Cora told OK! magazine. Cora said she and her partner will deliver their babies about three months apart. The couple already has two sons. The same anonymous sperm donor fathered all four children.

Law & disorder

Gospel singer charged

Grammy-winning gospel singer BeBe Winans, 46, was charged with misdemeanor domestic assault after a Feb. 13 dispute with ex-wife Debra Winans in Nashville, Tenn. Bebe Winans said "the allegations are inconsistent with my character."

Lohan warrant issued

An arrest warrant was issued in Beverly Hills, Calif., for actress Lindsay Lohan, 22, possibly in connection with a 2007 drunken-driving arrest after she crashed her Mercedes-Benz into a tree, police said Saturday. The warrant issued Friday by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge carries a bail amount of $50,000, Sgt. Mike Foxen said. "We believe it has to do with her arrest for DUI," Foxen said. He said he did not have any other details.

Tejano star pleads guilty

Grammy-winning Tejano-music star Emilio Navaira will spend three days in jail and serve two years' probation after pleading guilty Friday in Houston to driving while intoxicated when he wrecked his tour bus in suburban Houston last year.

Hard times

Paper chase

The Morrow County Municipal Court in north-central Ohio said it will only accept new case filings from people who bring their own paper. Judge Lee McClelland said the court has just enough paper to handle hearing notices and other documents for pending cases and the court will stop accepting case filings Monday because it can't afford more paper.

Today in History

44 B.C.: Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

1913: President Wilson met with reporters for what has been described as the first presidential news conference.

Today's Birthdays

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 76. Actor Judd Hirsch, 74. Rock singer Dee Snider, 54. Actress Park Overall, 52. Actress Kim Raver, 40. Actress Eva Longoria Parker, 34. Rapper will.i.am, 34.

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