The original art session of ComicLink’s January Focused Auction will close on Thursday, January 28, 2016 starting at 8 PM ET, so be sure to check out the offerings on ComicLink’s newly redesigned website. With over 600 no reserve art auction lots up for grabs, this is the largest original art auction ComicLink has ever offered in the Focused Auction format. 

“This is a great opportunity for collectors at almost any budget level to bid on some wonderful examples of original art from the last several decades by well-known artists working on beloved characters including an amazing collection of 13 Mark Bagley Ultimate Spider-Man covers offered individually,” ComicLink president Josh Nathanson said. Also upcoming is ComicLink’s Winter Featured Auction, which starts February 11, and which will include some great pieces of comic book related art. ComicLink is still accepting high quality consignments for the Featured Auction.

The January Focused Auction features a unique collection of Mark Bagley covers from the acclaimed Ultimate Spider-Man series. This was one of the most popular series of the early 21st century and Bagley and writer Brian Bendis made history with their 111 consecutive issues, the longest run by a Marvel creative team, beating out Stan Lee and Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four. Included in the auction you’ll find Bagley’s original cover art for 13 issues of Ultimate Spider-Man #21 (Kraven solo cover), #23, #30, #39, #41, #42, #49 (Kingpin and Spider-Man), #51 (sexy Black Cat cover), #53, #56, #59, #60 (first Ultimate Carnage) and #61 (Spider-Man Vs. Carnage) plus the cover art for the Ultimate Spider-Man trade paperback #7 (Spider-Man and Storm) and the complete story art for Ultimate Spider-Man #45.

Bronze Age original art highlights are a Dick Dillin/Dick Giordano page from Justice League of America #103 featuring the JLA in battle plus in-story appearances of Len Wein, Steve Englehart, and Gerry Conway from the Rutland Halloween story that was the first unofficial crossover between Marvel and DC, an important Gene Colan/Tom Palmer page from Tomb of Dracula #58 featuring the origin of Blade showing his actual birth, a John Buscema page featuring a key early appearance of Mockingbird from Astonishing Tales #12, the Gray Morrow title splash from House of Mystery #196 featuring Cain in a graveyard, a Gene Colan Captain America #134 half splash featuring Captain America and the Falcon plus two panel pages with Captain America and the Falcon from the same issue, a George Tuska/Nick Cardy early Bronze Teen Titans #36 page featuring Robin and Kid Flash, and a Jerry Bingham page from Black Panther #14 featuring Black Panther and Klaw.

Other Bronze Age art incldes George Tuska page from Creatures on the Loose #30 featuring J. Jonah Jameson and John (Man-Wolf) Jameson, an Ed Hannigan page from Defenders #60 featuring Dr. Strange and Nighthawk, a Herb Trimpe Godzilla #13 page with Godzilla vs. Red Ronin, a George Tuska page from Justice League of America #153 featuring Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow from the only Bronze Age issue not drawn by Dick Dillin, a Thing/Iron Fist team-up page from Marvel Two-In-One #25 by Ron Wilson, an Omega the Unknown #9 page by Jim Mooney, a Howard Chaykin page from Atlas/Seaboard’s Scorpion #2 (possibly with Kaluta inks), and a James Sherman page from Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes #236.

Silver Age and Golden Age original art highlights include a Herb Trimpe Nick Fury #15 page featuring the first appearance of the original Bullseye, a Win Mortimer Supergirl origin page from Adventure Comics #389, two pages from Showcase #77, the first appearance of Angel and the Ape by Bob Oksner, Stan Goldberg Kathy pin-up pages from the early ’60s Marvel title as well as Goldberg pages from the ’60s Marvel series Modeling with Millie, Dick Ayers pages from Siegel and Shuster’s Funnyman, a Golden Age page from Fight Comics #55, and 1935 Disney Studios’ Mickey Mouse “Mickey’s Service Station” drawings.

Modern Age original art highlights are a Bernie Wrightson Swamp Thing drawing created in 1999, a Brad Gorby Conan pin-up from 1995, an unpublished Ron Garney cover for Captain America #5, John Byrne’s cover to Star Brand #11 from 1988, a Dave Cockrum Batman #411 page featuring Batman, Robin, and Two-Face, a John Buscema/Marie Severin page from Epic Illustrated #12 featuring the Dragonmaster of Klarn, a John Buscema/Klaus Janson splash page from Kull the Conqueror #6, a William Van Horn Disney character montage published as a 1994 Overstreet ad, a Frank Quitely Superman commission, a page from X-Factor #1 by Jackson Guice and Bob Layton, a Howard Porter Superman page from JLA #1 (the popular Grant Morrison run), J.H. Williams III pages from Batman #550 and Batman Annual #21, a key Parallax saga page from 1995’s Green Lantern #64 featuring Hal Jordan vs. the JLA by Daryl Banks, a Stuart Immonen splash from Final Night #1 featuring a giant image of Superman backed up by the Legion of Superheroes, a great Kingpin page from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #17 by Ed Hannigan, a Lynn Johnston For Better or For Worse original daily strip, two Dawn pin-ups by Joseph Michael Linsner, the title splash from 1985’s Ice Man #4 by Alan Kupperberg, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic covers by Amy Mebberson, a Tony Harris Starman #12 page featuring both David and Ted Knight, and two pages by Dan Jurgens from Marvel Vs. DC #2 – one featuring Flash vs. Quicksilver and the other Aquaman vs. Sub-Mariner.

Additionally, the auction will include a very solid selection of original art including work on major characters and title runs by acclaimed artists such as Neal Adams, Ross Andru, Sergio Aragones, Rich Buckler, Ernie Chan, Frank Cho, Gene Day, Ron Frenz, Dick Giordano, Geof Isherwood, Jeff Jones, Joseph Michael Linsner, Tom Mandrake, Sean Murphy, Joe Orlando, George Pérez, Don Perlin, Humberto Ramos, Alex Schomburg, Marc Silvestri, Tom Yeates, and many more.

Now is the ideal time to consign and receive cash advances for comic book and original art consignments placed to the ComicLink Winter Featured Auction, which will begin on February 11 as well as the March Focused Auction and other future Auctions. If you are looking to sell anything good that is comic book related, be sure to contact a ComicLink sales consultant today. To reserve upcoming auction placement, simply email buysell@comiclink.com with your prospective sale list, or call (617) 517-0062 (option 1) to speak with Josh Nathanson, Douglas Gillock, Jason Crosby, Jon Signorelli, or Ross Kearney. If you do not prefer auctions, ComicLink is also always accepting new sellers for the ComicLink exchange marketplaces, brokering private placement deals, and buying outright. So, it pays to get in touch no matter your selling preference, and they always look forward to hearing from potential sellers.

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