Rare first edition of The Incredible Hulk comic sells for $490,000

The near-mint condition copy of the first Hulk story, in which the hero is depicted as grey not green, is the most expensive ever sold

A 60-year-old comic featuring the Incredible Hulk - in which the superhero is depicted in his original grey, rather than his signature green - has been sold for almost half a million dollars.

The rare copy of Incredible Hulk #1, which was published in 1962, was bought by a private collector for $490,000 (360,000). Comic Connect, an auction site which handled the sale, said it was the most expensive copy of the first Hulk story ever sold.