Is it a bird? Is it a plane?... No it's a comic!

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Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it’s a comic worth over 9 million dollars!!

When three California brothers finally came to clearing out their mum’s attic after she passed away, they came across something quite remarkable amongst a box of old newspaper clippings.

A pristine copy of “Superman 1” – the first ever superman solo title comic published way back in 1939. Well, although there had been rumours from their mum of a rare comic collection somewhere,  they didn’t expect to find anything of value up there, they were just clearing stuff out.

But exactly two weeks ago today that comic went on auction at Heritage Auctions and fetched a record breaking $9.12 million (that's nearly £7million).

(Well maybe I can share that with my wife as a reason for keeping all that stuff up in the loft and in the garage. It might be worth something one day! Not sure that will go down well!)

It’s a lovely story, and those 3 California brothers, who have asked to remain nameless will perhaps be able to afford bigger Christmas presents this year.

I guess we’d all like to find some priceless treasure in a mundane place. What a sense of discovery, of adventure, of joy!

Well did you know you can! Jesus told the following very short story in Matthew chapter 13 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field”.

We can find treasure, of the most wonderful and joyful kind, and its found in a relationship with Jesus. Many people think that if Jesus was real, he would spoil our fun, break up the party, or turn life into a grey list of rules.

But discovering him in the pages of the Bible is like discovering treasure in a field, or a comic worth millions at the back of an attic.

Can I invite you personally, yes you listening today, to come along to church this Christmas. You’ll hopefully get a warm welcome, a mince pie, some Christmas music, but perhaps like a comic found in the attic, you’ll find in a very ordinary place like a Huntingdon church something that will change your life forever. Why not come along and join us!   Thanks for listening. 

Charlie Newcombe04DEC25