The original art session of the ComicLink Summer Featured Auction is underway now and will come to a close Tuesday evening, September 13 starting at 8 PM Eastern Time (5 PM Pacific). This session offers a strong selection of comic-related artwork from all eras.

Highlights include: Neal Adams Kree-Skrull War pages from Avengers #95 and #96; Jim Aparo Phantom Stranger #9 complete 20-page story; Simon Bisley "Snow Leopard" Painting Used for Heavy Metal Magazine (Vol. 24) #3 cover  and other places; John Buscema Silver Surfer #7 three pages offered separately, Savage Sword of Conan #2 page; John Byrne the cover to Legends #3 (Superman, Batman, Flash, Beast Boy and the first modern Suicide Squad); the historic finale page of X-Men #141, the legendary "Days of Future Past" storyline; Gene Colan The 1968 cover to Doctor Strange #172 featuring the first major Doctor Strange vs. Dormammu battle cover; Greg Capullo's first public artwork on Batman used for a published print he distributed to promote the New 52 Batman title launch; Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #10 page featuring large Spider-Man images with our hero in dynamic Ditko battle action poses within every single panel; House of Mystery #258 rare complete 6-page story; two ink washed Eerie splash pages; Kevin Eastman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 preliminary page--a rare artifact from one of the most important comic books of the past 50 years, plus Eastman and Laird page from Fugitoid #1. 

Other standouts include: Frank Frazetta very impressive largescale Illustration of an Indian Fighter descending on an Indian holding a damsel in distress plus several other Frazetta pieces; Dave Gibbons cover to Watchmen #8 -- the only cover featuring heroes from the series; Mike Grell Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #2 wraparound cover-- first cover featuring Green Arrow and Shado together; Don Heck Avengers #9 page featuring the team and Wonder Man in his historic first appearance; Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets early store promo poster; J.G. Jones Catwoman #16 cover; Kelley Jones Sandman #26 page from the "Season of Mists" saga; Gil Kane Giant-Size X-Men #2 cover featuring the original X-Men vs. the Sentinels; Marvel Team-Up #41 cover featuring Spider-Man and the Scarlet Witch; Dale Keown Incredible Hulk #381 cover; Spider-Man/Deadpool #1 cover; Jack Kirby Fantastic Four Annual #1 page featuring the entire FF and the Sub-Mariner, Fantastic Four #28 page from the X-Men crossover issue featuring the entire original X-Men team and the FF; #39 page featuring Doctor Doom and Wally Wood inked panels of Matt (Daredevil) Murdock; a Tales of Suspense #60 page featuring early Kirby Captain America artwork with Baron Zemo; Black Panther #6 cover; Prisoner complete 17-page story from 1976; a gigantic Darkseid illustration.

More include: Joe Kubert Our Army At War #129 title splash; Jae Lee Batman #1, All Star Batman #1, and Harley Quinn #1 variant covers from 2016; Jim Lee splash pages for Batman #612, All Star Batman and Robin, the cover to Wonder Woman #175, the variant cover to Titans Hunt #1 (the prelude to DC's successful new Rebirth initiative) and more; Ron Lim Infinity Gauntlet #6 key climatic page featuring Warlock, Thanos and other key characters from one of the most popular Marvel stories ever; Todd McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man #312 page with Spider-Man and Green Goblin battling Hobgoblin; Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo Spawn art – a rarely seen McFarlane specimen featuring Spawn vs. Violator from Spawn #33; Mike Mignola Hellboy: The First 20 Years cover; Frank Miller Daredevil, Wolverine and Captain America pages; George Perez: Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Index cover featuring a portrait of all of the heroes who died in the series, Avengers: Visionaries TPB cover; Stephen Platt Supreme #12 cover; Marshall Rogers Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #136, a rarely available cover by the legendary Batman artist; John Romita Amazing Spider-Man #164 cover featuring Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin; Spidey Super Stories #17 cover featuring a bicentennial tribute with Captain America; Alex Ross Marvels #3 Galactus vs. Silver Surfer splash; Bill Sienkiewicz Elektra: Assassin pages; Paul Smith Uncanny X-Men #170 memorable page dealing with the aftermath of Storm stabbing Callisto; Jim Starlin Iron Man #55 page from the historic first appearance of Thanos and Drax featuring Thanos on the page (only the second page in the story to feature him) and the origin of Drax.

To wrap things up there’s also: Dave Stevens Rocketeer illustration and page from Rocketeer Adventure Magazine #2; Frank Thorne Red Sonja #5 cover plus two Red Sonja panel pages; Boris Vallejo Conan the Barbarian movie painting; Chris Warner Moon Knight #1 cover from 1985; Barry Windsor-Smith Poetry Illustration Opus #2--a stunning example of the artist’s fine art paintings in the tradition of Romantic art; Conan #7 page; Vampirella #9 page; Bernie Wrightson Swamp Thing #4 page plus several other pieces.\

ComicLink is currently accepting consignments for auctions to be held in the remaining months of 2016, including the October Focused Auction, and the Fall Featured Auction which will commence in November. The September Focused Auction goes live on Thursday, September 15. Interested sellers may contact ComicLink by emailing buysell@comiclink.com or by calling (617) 517-0062 (option 1) to speak with Josh Nathanson, Douglas Gillock, Jason Crosby, Jon Signorelli or Ross Kearney. In addition to auctioning items for consignors, ComicLink is also always accepting new sellers for the ComicLink exchange marketplaces, brokering private placement deals, and buying outright. 

ComicLink’s auction schedule and auction previews can be viewed online.