The ComicLink Winter Featured Auction is underway with a strong selection of certified comic books and related original artwork from all eras. This is the first Featured Auction of 2016. “ComicLink is celebrating 20 years in business this month and we are proud to mark the occasion by offering an extremely strong selection of vintage comic books and related original comic art,” Josh Nathanson, President of ComicLink said. “Whether you are into key and high grade comic books or original art, the Winter Featured Auction likely has something you’ll want to bid on. There’s no end in sight to the popularity of characters derived from comic books – 2016 is possibly the biggest year yet for comic book related movies and TV shows, fanning hobby interest and creating more fans across the globe who are seeking out the classic early appearances of these characters, who have become an indelible part of mass popular culture.”

ComicLink shared that they are thrilled to bring their bidders an exceptional variety of key comic books and comic art within this auction. It’s simple to sign up and bid on their user friendly site, but if you have any questions or would like to discuss consigning items to one of their future auctions, you can always reach out to them via email at buysell@comiclink.com or by calling (617) 517-0062 (option 1) any time during regular business hours.

Vintage comic book highlights in the Golden Age are Action Comics #7 CGC 2.0 (scarce, second Superman cover), #13 CGC 1.5 (fourth Superman cover), #19 CGC 6.5, All-Star Comics #8 CGC 6.5 (first Wonder Woman), #18 CGC 9.6, More Fun Comics #65 CGC 7.0 (classic Spectre cover), Adventures Into Weird Worlds #8 CGC 9.2 Spokane Pedigree, Batman #5 CGC 7.5 Signature Series Jerry Robinson Collection, Batman #13 CBCS 9.0, Superman #4 CGC 8.0 (first Luthor in Superman title, second Luthor overall, and first non-reprint issue of Superman), Superman #17 CGC 8.5 (Hitler and Hirohito cover), Blue Beetle #54 CGC 6.5 (classic “good girl” cover), Captain America Comics #73 CGC 7.5 (one of top four graded), rare early issues of Detective Comics including #14 CGC 7.5, #18 CGC 6.0 (classic Fu Manchu cover) and #34 CGC 6.5, Detective Comics #80 CGC 9.0 (rare Two-Face cover from 1943), Human Torch #3 CGC 8.5 (Big Apple Pedigree), #17 CGC 8.5 (first Japanese WWII cover, one of top three graded overall), Marvel Mystery Comics #21 CGC 7.5 (classic Schomburg WWII cover, first Patriot) and #46 CGC 5.0 (classic anti-Hitler cover), Daring Comics #11 CGC 9.2, Startling Terror Tales #11 CGC 5.5 (classic L.B. Cole Spider cover), Terrifying Tales #12 CGC 9.4 (classic L.B. Cole cover), Wonder Woman #6 CBCS 8.5 (first Cheetah), Wonder Woman #23 CGC 9.2 (highest graded, one of two), Terry-Toons #7 CGC 8.0 (second highest rare anti-Hitler cover), Young Allies #4 CGC 7.0 (classic Red Skull cover), Adventure Comics #75 CGC 9.0 (Simon and Kirby Thor cover, one of top three graded), Phantom Lady #15, #16 and #18 all in CGC 8.5.

Also featured are pristine EC examples including highest graded premiere issues such as Crime Patrol #15 CGC 9.8 (first Crypt Keeper and Crypt of Terror, highest) and #16 CGC 9.8 (second Crypt Keeper, highest), Tales From the Crypt #20 CGC 9.8 (premiere issue, highest graded), and #28 CGC 9.8 (highest, one of three), Weird Science #1 (#12 on cover) CGC 9.6 (highest, one of five), a full run of Haunt of Fear Gaines File copies including #1 CGC 9.6, MAD #1 CGC 9.4, and EC’s Crime Illustrated #1 CGC 9.8 (highest graded, one of five).

Silver Age highlights are Amazing Fantasy #15 CBCS 9.4 restored and CGC 5.5 (first Spider-Man), Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 8.0, Amazing Spider-Man #10 CGC 9.8 and #16 CGC 9.8 (highest graded, one of four), Silver Age Amazing Spider-Man issues from the Westport Collection Vol. 2, Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 6.0 (first Hulk) and #6 CGC 9.6 (rare in grade), Strange Tales #110 CBCS 9.2 (first Doctor Strange), Avengers #4 CGC 9.6 (first Silver Age Captain America), X-Men #1 CGC 8.0 (first X-Men and Magneto), Fantastic Four #5 CGC 9.2 (first Doctor Doom), #48 CGC 9.8 White Pages (Northland Pedigree, first Silver Surfer and Galactus), #52 CBCS 9.4 (first Black Panther), and Annual #1 CGC 9.6, Tales of Suspense #39 CBCS 9.6 restored, Signature Series (first Iron Man, signed by Stan Lee), Captain America #100 CGC 9.6 (first issue), Journey Into Mystery #83 CGC 7.5 (first Thor), Thor #165 CGC 9.6 (first full Him, who becomes Adam Warlock), Daredevil #4 CGC 9.4 (first Purple Man, high profile villain from Marvel’s Jessica Jones TV show), Marvel Super-Heroes #12 CGC 9.8 (first Captain Marvel), Justice League of America #1 CGC 7.0, Justice League of America #21 CGC 9.4 (first JLA/JSA team-up), Showcase #55 CGC 9.6 (Pacific Coast Pedigree, first Silver Age Solomon Grundy), Green Lantern #40 CGC 9.6 (Western Penn Pedigree, Origin of Crisis, first Golden Age Green Lantern in Silver Age title), Brave and the Bold #54 CGC 9.4 (first Teen Titans), and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 CGC 9.6 (first Darkseid), and Zap Comix #1 CGC 9.9 second print (Don Donahue File Copy).

Bronze Age books are Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.6 (first full Wolverine), Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8 (first Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, second full Wolverine), Conan #1 CGC 9.8 (first Conan in comics), #24, CGC 9.8 (first full Red Sonja story), Werewolf By Night #32 CGC 9.6 (first Moon Knight), Avengers #83 CGC 9.8 (first Valkyrie and Liberators, highest graded, one of five), Avengers #112 CGC 9.8 (first Mantis), Detective Comics #400 CGC 9.6 (first Man-Bat) and #411 CGC 9.8 (first Talia, highest, one of three), Hero For Hire #1 CGC 9.6 Signature Series signed by John Romita (first Luke Cage), House of Secrets #92 CGC 9.6 (first Swamp Thing), Batman #237 CGC 9.8 (classic Adams cover), Amazing Spider-Man #96, #100, and #101 CGC 9.8 (first Morbius) and #129 CGC 9.6 (first Punisher), and X-Men #49, #68, #71, #75, #84, and 91 CGC 9.8.

Copper/Modern Age books include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 CGC 9.8 (first Turtles), New Mutants #98 CGC 9.9 (first Deadpool), Batman Adventures #12 CGC 9.8 (first Harley Quinn comic), Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 CGC 9.8 (first John Constantine), The Crow #1 CGC 9.6 and Superman: Man of Steel #18 CGC 9.9 (first full Doomsday) – also available in this auction from Superman #74 featuring the first ever meeting of Superman and Doomsday.

Original comic art from the Platinum Age includes a Winsor McKay Dream of a Rarebit Fiend Sunday from 1908.

Golden Age highlights are Dick Sprang’s Batman #30 cover – a very rare Golden Age Batman cover with a World War II theme – a true piece of Americana that belongs in a museum, a rare 1943 H.G. Peter pin-up type piece featuring Wonder Woman’s best friend Etta Candy boxing the Cheetah, a complete Graham Ingels story from Rangers Comics #9, classic EC art including Joe Orlando’s title splash from Weird Science #14, a near complete Valor #4 story by Orlando, a Wally Wood page from Incredible Science Fiction #33 and a Wood page from MAD #17, and an Al Williamson/Frank Frazetta title splash from John Wayne Adventure Comics #8.

Silver Age art includes the historic page one title splash from Iron Man #1 by Gene Colan and Johnny Craig, a Jack Kirby Incredible Hulk #4 page from 1962 featuring the Hulk attacking a movie studio, a Kirby/Sinnott page from Fantastic Four #46 featuring an early appearance of the Inhumans including Medusa, Gorgon, Karnak, and Crystal battling Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Girl, a superb Kirby Fantastic Four #99 page featuring the Human Torch taking on the Inhumans including Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak, Triton, and Crystal, a page from the historic Tales of Suspense #52 – the first appearance of the Black Widow – with images of Iron Man, Black Widow, and the Crimson Dynamo by Don Heck, John Buscema’s Silver Surfer #7 finale half splash, two Gil Kane Silver Age Zatanna pages from her second appearance ever in Atom #19 including a full page chapter splash, a Gil Kane/Wally Wood splash from Green Lantern #69, and a Jack Kirby/George Tuska page from the classic Captain America “Sleeper Saga” from Tales of Suspense #72.

Bronze Age highlights are Frank Brunner’s Fear #16 cover featuring Man-Thing, Dave Cockrum’s cover for Iron Fist #12 – the classic Iron Fist vs. Captain America battle cover, Jim Starlin’s Thanos origin page from the classic Avengers Annual #7, Starlin’s Warlock #15 title splash with a huge Adam Warlock hovering over the globe, three peak era Starlin Captain Marvel pages including pages from #25, #27 and a cool page from #31 where Thanos reveals his plan to destroy Earth to his beloved Death, three great Bronze Age Gil Kane covers including the Captain America #189 featuring the Cap and the Falcon vs. the Red Skull and the Masters of Evil, Kane’s Daredevil #125 cover and his Astonishing Tales #23 cover featuring It, the Living Colossus.

They are selling a stellar Neal Adams Avengers #95 page from the famous Kree-Skrull War storyline featuring Cap, Thor, Iron Man, the Vision and Triton of the Inhumans vs. the Mandroids, a key page from the Tony Stark alcoholism storyline from Iron Man #125 by John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton, a 1976 John Byrne color pin-up of Iron Fist and his supporting cast including the Daughters of the Dragon, a Jack Kirby DPS from Captain America #199 featuring Cap and the Falcon, Bernie Wrightson title splash which is a homage to Graham Ingels featuring EC’s Old Witch, a Wrightson page from Marvel’s Chamber of Darkness #7, the “floating heads” cover for Defenders #65 by Keith Pollard and Terry Austin, the finale page to Amazing Spider-Man #151 by Ross Andru and John Romita Sr., the John Buscema/Neal Adams cover for Marvel’s Tarzan #11, and a Dave Sim Cerebus #7 page.

Modern Age art includes Adam Hughes’ Catwoman #45 cover featuring the only Batman/Catwoman cover from his classic run, Mike Golden’s cover for Savage She-Hulk #8 featuring She-Hulk vs. Man-Thing, Frank Miller’s front and back covers (offered separately) for the Absolute Dark Knight collection, a Frank Miller half splash from Daredevil #179 featuring a great image of Daredevil, a peak John Byrne/Terry Austin X-Men #129 page from the first part of the Dark Phoenix saga featuring Wolverine, Scott, Jean, and Professor X, a peak era 1980 John Byrne Captain America #247 page featuring Captain America in battle with Baron Strucker, Barry Windsor Smith’s cover for Deadpool #60 featuring a homage to his Uncanny X-Men #205 cover, Mike Zeck’s complete 22-page interior art for Captain America #275 featuring Cap vs. Nazis, pages from the historic 1992 “Death of Superman” saga including the historic first meeting of Superman and Doomsday from Superman #74 by Dan Jurgens, a double page spread from Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 featuring dozens of heroes by Dan Jurgens and Jerry Ordway, and a Michael Turner double page splash from Superman/Batman #13 with incredible character inclusion featuring Turner’s beautifully drawn renditions of the full casts of the JLA, JSA, Teen Titans, and Outsiders.

Modern Age art also includes Art Adams’ Avengers #24 (2014) cover featuring the classic X-Men in a homage to Neal Adams’ Avengers #92 cover, Brian Bolland’s cover for Robin #5 (1991), three Jack Kirby Captain Victory covers including the last issue of the series, an Alex Ross Marvels #4 page featuring Gwen Stacy, a Bob Larkin painting for the cover of Doc Savage #111, the cover to Millennium #1, the big ’80s crossover event from the late ’80s featuring dozens of heroes by Joe Staton, Mark Bagley’s finale splash from Ultimate Spider-Man #91 featuring the first appearance ever of Ultimate Deadpool, a Bill Sienkiewicz New Mutants #21 page from the classic “Slumber Party” story, the Bill Sienkiewicz New Mutants #26 page featuring the first panel appearance of Legion, Lee Bermejo’s cover from Batman: Gotham Knights #51 featuring Batman, the Joker, and the Riddler, John Romita Sr.’s cover for Amazing Spider-Man #583’s “Tribute to dating” issue featuring Peter Parker with two Romita babes, a Daniel Clowes Eightball #10 page from the "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron" story, George Pérez’s iconic Wonder Woman #22 cover, a Rob Liefeld double page splash from New Mutants #98 featuring an enormous image of Cable, a Jim Lee splash page of Batman from All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #6, Walking Dead pages by Charlie Adlard from #29 (page 1), #38, and #53, a James O’Barr Crow painting published in Heavy Metal in 1991, Dave Steven’s “Jill the Witch” painting, Dale Keown’s cover for Incredible Hulk #398, the last issue of his historic run, and a portrait cover of the original Guardians of the Galaxy by Jim Valentino from Overstreet Price Guide Update #14.

There will be hundreds of significant lots of similar quality available for bid, the vast majority with no reserve.

ComicLink is already accepting consignments for upcoming auctions including the firm’s Spring Featured Auction, which begins in May the firm’s next Focused Auction, which begins on March 10. 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 they are 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 we always look forward to hearing from potential sellers.