The Focused Auction starts ending Tuesday evening, July 26, 2016. The auction is strong and diverse. It will close over several nights, concluding with the original art session on Wednesday, August 3. The first night, Tuesday, July 26, will be a big one. From 8 PM to 9 PM ET is the session devoted to a Special Collection of #1 Registry Sets featuring complete runs of popular Marvel titles from the late Silver and Bronze Age, mostly in CGG 9.8.

Session 1 of the auction will also kickoff that first night, offering over 1,250 certified, key, and high grade Silver and Bronze Age comic books. Session 1 will conclude on Wednesday night, July 27. Session 1 highlights include such key examples as Incredible Hulk #181 (first full Wolverine) in CGC 9.8 and Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) in CGC 9.8. Session 2 concludes on Thursday night, July 28 and offers an exceptional selection of over 600 Golden Age comic books including several runs of hard to find titles with multiple Pedigree, File, and single highest grade examples to choose from. Session 3, ending on Friday, July 29 and Monday August 1, offers over 1,650 pristine Copper and Modern Age books. Session 4, ending on Tuesday, August 2, offers a selection of nearly 300 miscellaneous Silver and early Bronze Age lots. Session 5, ending on Wednesday, August 3, offers a large selection of 300 works of comic related artwork.

The July Focused Auction will feature a special session devoted to the collection of a consignor who assembled the #1 CGC Registry sets for several popular titles including Captain Marvel, complete collection of 71 books (sold separately), of which 63 are in CGC 9.8. Includes Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (first appearance of Captain Marvel) CGC 9.8 and #13 (first Carol Danvers, the current Captain Marvel to be featured in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie) CGC 9.4 and the complete Silver Age and Bronze Age run on Captain Marvel #1-#62 including #1 in CGC 9.8, Marvel Feature a complete collection of Series 1 and Series 2 in CGC 9.8, 19 in total (sold separately), including Marvel Feature #1 CGC 9.8 (first Defenders) and Marvel Feature V2 #4 CGC 9.8 (price variant, single highest graded), Ms. Marvel complete collection (sold separately) of the 23-issue Bronze Age series in CGC 9.8 including #1 (first time Carol Danvers appears as Ms. Marvel), and #16-18 (the first three appearances of Mystique), Marvel Graphic Novel a complete collection (sold separately) in CGC 9.8 of the line that launched in 1982 with #1 (Death of Captain Marvel) and also included #4 (first appearance and origin of the New Mutants) and #5 (X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills). This series ran into the ’90s and includes many hard to find titles, especially in CGC 9.8, and Savage Tales includes #1 (first Man-Thing) through #6 in CGC 9.8 and others.

Session 1 offers over 1,250 certified, key and high grade Silver and early Bronze comic books including Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 7.0, #31 (first Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn) CGC 9.0, #121 and #122 (deaths of Gwen Stacy and Green Goblin) CGC 9.6, and #129 (first Punisher) CGC 9.8, Avengers #4 (first Silver Age Captain America) CGC 6.5 and #53 (Avengers/X-Men battle cover and story) CGC 9.8, Captain America #102 CGC 9.8 Rocky Mountain and a run of high grade late Silver and early Bronze Age, many in CGC 9.8, Daredevil #1 CGC 4.0 and a run of early Bronze Age issues in CGC 9.8, Doctor Strange (1974) multiple issues from #1 up, all in CGC 9.8, Fantastic Four #5 (first Dr. Doom) CGC 4.0, #26 (Avengers crossover) CGC 9.4, #28 (X-Men crossover) CGC 9.4, #44 (first Gorgon) CGC 9.6, #45 (first Inhumans) CGC 9.0SS, #46 (first full Black Bolt) CBCS 9.4, #48 (first Silver Surfer and Galactus) CGC 9.4, and #52 (first Black Panther) CGC 9.0, The Flash #106 (first Gorilla Grodd and first Pied Piper) CGC 7.5 and #123 (Flash of Two Worlds) CGC 7.0, Ghost Rider (1973) #1 CGC 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (first Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler and second full Wolverine) CGC 9.6, Green Lantern #76 (Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow begins) CGC 9.0 and #85 (classic Adams Speedy on drugs cover) CGC 9.8, Hero For Hire #1 (first Luke Cage) CGC 9.2, Incredible Hulk #181 (first full Wolverine) CGC 9.8 and several more #181 issues in various conditions, Iron Man #55 (first Thanos) CBCS 9.8, Justice League of America #1 CGC 6.5, Marvel Feature #1 (first Defenders) CGC 9.6, Marvel Premiere #15 (first Iron Fist) CGC 9.6, Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (first Captain Marvel) CGC 9.4 (also see Registry Set session for a CGC 9.8 of this issue), Showcase #22 (first Silver Age Green Lantern) CGC 6.0, Sub-Mariner #1 CGC 9.6, Tales to Astonish #44 (first Wasp) CGC 5.5, Tomb of Dracula #10 (first Blade) CGC 9.6, Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) CGC 9.8, Wonder Woman #199 (Jeff Jones bondage cover) CGC 9.8, X-Men #14 (first Sentinels) CGC 9.4, #95 (death of Thunderbird) CGC 9.8, and Annual #2 CGC 9.8.

Also offered in Session 1 are many pristine File copies and Pedigree examples from the following runs: Space Family Robinson Lost in Space (21 examples), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (18 examples), Beverly Hillbillies (12 examples), F-Troop (7 examples), Rin Tin Tin/Rin Tin Tin and Rusty (27 examples), and Bonanza (7 examples).

Session 2 offers over 600 Golden Age comic books. Such publishers as DC, Timely, Fawcett, EC, and Quality are represented. Many genres are offered including superhero, sci-fi, horror, good girl and others can be found with a lot of interesting treasures to be uncover.

Highlights include Batman #6 CGC 3.0, #12 CBCS 8.0, #23 (second Joker cover in Batman) CGC 6.0 and many more examples from this ever popular title, Captain America Comics #27 (classic cover) CGC 1.8 and #64 (scarce in high grade) CGC 3.0, Marvel Mystery Comics #21 (Human Torch and Sub-Mariner, Schomburg WWII cover) CGC 3.5, numerous Action Comics and Detective Comics issues, Jumbo Comics #1 (first issue of classic run) 5.0, America's Best #10 (classic WWII cover) CGC 3.5, Blonde Phantom #16 (Golden Age Captain America story) CGC 7.0, All-Star Comics #38 (first Black Canary with JSA) CGC 4.0, Blue Beetle #42 (one of top three graded) CGC 8.0, Captain Marvel Adventures #3 (very early issue) CGC 5.5, Catman #27 (LB Cole flag cover) CGC 3.5, many examples from the Atlas title Mystic, Seven Seas #3 (classic GGA cover) CGC 5.0, Shock Suspenstories #13 (Frazetta’s only solo story for EC) CGC 4.0, Skyman #1 (origin Skyman) CGC 5.5, Speed Comics #42 (File Copy) CGC 9.0 and other issues, and Spirit #3 (Fiction House run, horror cover) CGC 7.5.

Also included in the Golden Age Session (Session 2) are several runs including many Pedigree examples as well as single highest graded and only CGC graded examples from titles such as Popular Comics (49 examples), Boy Comics (6 examples), Feature Comics (10 examples), Li’l Abner (38 examples), Dotty Dripple (22 examples), Big Shot Comics (5 examples), Red Ryder Comics (30 examples), Heroic Comics (6 examples), Gene Autry Comics (24 examples), Famous Funnies (49 examples), Gabby Hayes Western (12 examples), and Cisco Kid (4 items).

Session 3 features CGC graded late Bronze, Copper, and Modern Age Comic Books. It includes over 1,400 lots up for bid. A small selection of some of the highlights within this session are an almost complete run of the Cockrum/Byrne era “New” X-Men in CGC 9.4 or higher including the following issues in CGC 9.8: #119, #123, #125, and #141/#142 (Days of Future Past, sold separately), All-Star Comics #58 (first Power Girl) CGC 9.6, Amazing Spider-Man #194 (first Black Cat) CGC 9.8, #238 (first Hobgoblin) CGC 9.8SS, #252 (first black costume) CGC 9.8SS, and #300 (first full Venom) CGC 9.8, Batman Adventures #12 (first Harley Quinn in comics) CGC 9.8, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 CGC 9.8 Signature Series, Daredevil #131 (first Bullseye) CGC 9.6 Signature Series and #158 (first Frank Miller art) CGC 9.8, Iron Fist #14 (first Sabretooth) CGC 9.6, New Mutants #98 (first Deadpool) CGC 9.8, New Teen Titans #2 (first Deathstroke) CGC 9.8, Preacher #1 CGC 9.8, and Star Wars (1977) #1 CGC 9.8 and CBCS 9.8.

Session 4 is assorted comics with hundreds of affordable comic books, mostly certified examples from the Silver Age and Bronze Age.

Session 5 original art is covered in a separate article.

ComicLink is currently accepting consignments for the upcoming Summer Featured Auction which will begin in August. The firm encourages everyone to contact them soon to reserve auction placement. You may also consign to the September Focused Auction (an initial preview will post soon).

ComicLink Founder/CEO Josh Nathanson, Vice President/Senior Consignment Director Douglas Gillock, and Sales Consultants Jon Signorelli and Ross Kearney will be at Comic-Con International in San Diego this weekend, meeting with clients and accepting consignments for upcoming auctions. If you will be in attendance, the firm looks forward to seeing you at the ComicLink booth 1100.

If you won’t be at the show, and want 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 have raw books that you'd like to get certified, ComicLink can help with that. ComicLink is not only an auction house, 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 ComicLink always looks forward to hearing from potential sellers.

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