This is the last weekend to bid in the vintage comic book portion of the exceptionally strong ComicLink Fall Featured Auction with the first lots closing this coming Tuesday night, December 6, 2016 starting at 8 PM ET. Over 1,600 comic book lots end during the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 6-8. Over 400 premium-quality original art lots end the following week on Tuesday, December 13. 

The Fall Featured Auction includes an impressive selection of certified comic books and related original artwork from all eras. “It’s great to see that our final auction of 2016 has such exciting material to offer. Whether you are into key and high grade comic books or original art, this auction likely has something you’ll want to bid on,” Josh Nathanson, President of ComicLink said. “On the comic book side, we have very special, major Marvel keys in rare conditions, in the form of Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor) CGC 9.4 and Tales to Astonish #27 (first Ant-Man) CGC 9.4. With the much anticipated Marvel Studios sequels Thor: Ragnarok and Ant-Man and the Wasp both hitting theaters in the next year and a half or so, these two 1962 early Silver Age keys are enjoying a continuing increase in demand! On the Golden Age end we are offering more examples from the famed Mile High pedigree collection then we’ve ever offered in one auction, over 100 examples including the Mile High Sub-Mariner Comics #32 in CGC 8.5 – a rare example of a Mile High Timely coming up for public auction! Art-wise, we have a fantastic selection, from classic Marvel and DC covers and splash pages to more esoteric artwork such as the original Bernie Wrightson Frankenstein plate featuring Frankenstein’s Monster, an incredible Frank Brunner Doctor Strange piece from Marvel Treasury Edition #6, Michael Kaluta’s cover for The Shadow #11, John Romita Jr.’s cover for Amazing Spider-Man #244, and George Tuska’s cover for Iron Man #17.”

Overall, this is one of the best selections of Golden Age keys, Pedigrees, high grades, and special runs ComicLink has ever offered of high grade and rare Golden Age comic books including not just superb offerings from DC and Timely, but also a fantastic assortment from many other publishers. So many pedigree examples grace the auctions, from collections including the Mile High-Edgar Church, San Francisco, Hawkeye, Bethlehem, Big Apple, Davis Crippen, Western Penn, Gaines, Crowley and Pacific Coast, and more. There are over 100 examples offered from the Mile High pedigree collection alone.

Just a few of the many Golden Age highlights are All Select Comics #1 (classic Schomburg cover) CGC 8.0, All Winners Comics #21 (final All-Winners Squad with "Big Three" Timely heroes) CGC 9.0, All-Star Comics #8 (first Wonder Woman) CGC 2.0, Captain America Comics #nn (rare 132 page 1942 Annual), Detective Comics #31 (the Classic Batman cover) CGC 6.0 (mod) and #71 (classic Robinson Joker cover) CGC 7.5, Marvel Mystery Comics #33 CGC 9.4 (single highest), More Fun Comics #52 (first Spectre, origin begins) CGC 3.0, Sensation Comics #1 CBCS 5.5, and Sub-Mariner Comics #32 (classic Everett cover/Sub-Mariner origin) CGC 8.5 Mile High pedigree (an extremely rare care of a Timely Mile High coming to public auction), Weird Fantasy #13 (#1) CGC 9.6 Gaines File Copy, and Weird Tales of the Future #2 CGC 9.4.

High Grade Golden Age runs including a large, high grade selection of DC's Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman including a continuous high grade run from #41 to #67 with many among the highest or highest graded and multiple pedigree examples; 54 issues of Jungle Comics extending from #81 to #155 with many pedigree and single highest graded examples; a collection of 23 high grade Wings Comics issues between #74 and #119 including many pedigree and single highest graded examples; and a collection of Sub-Mariner Comics issues including over 20 higher grade examples, some of which are the best or close to the best known to exist; a collection of scarce DC Golden Age #1s from the 1950s, many in very high grade for the particular issue.

There’s a group from the collection of very rare Canadian Whites that ComicLink has been auctioning over the past few months including such titles as Active Comics, Commando Comics, Triumph Comics, and an extremely rare Robin Hood #1 tabloid (the only known copy).

There are also strong, high grade groups with a lot of highest or near highest graded examples from Adventure Comics, All-Flash, Boy Comics, Feature Comics, Flash Comics, Target Comics, and others.

Silver Age and Bronze Age keys include Amazing Fantasy #15 (first Spider-Man) CGC 6.5, Amazing Spider-Man #1 (series begins) CGC 8.5, #10 CGC 9.8 White Pages, #16 (Spider-Man meets Daredevil) CGC 9.6, and #121 (death of Gwen Stacy) and #129 (first Punisher) in CGC 9.8, Aquaman #1 CGC 9.4 (one of only six in 9.4), Daredevil #1 CGC 9.2, Avengers #57 (first Vision) CGC 9.6, Brave and the Bold #28 (first Justice League) CGC 8.5, Detective Comics #359 (first Batgirl) CGC 9.4 Pacific Coast pedigree, Fantastic Four #48 (first Silver Surfer and Galactus) CGC 9.6, Ghost Rider #1 CGC 9.8, Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8, Green Lantern #76 (first Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow) CGC 9.4, Hero For Hire #1 (first Luke Cage) CGC 9.8, Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 5.0, #3 CGC 9.4, #181 (first Full Wolverine) CGC 9.8 and 9.6, Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor) CGC 9.4 (one of only seven in 9.4), Marvel Spotlight #5 (first Ghost Rider) CGC 9.4, Marvel Premiere #15 (first Iron Fist) CGC 9.8, Showcase #4 CGC 3.5, Strange Tales #110 (first Doctor Strange) CGC 8.5, Tales of Suspense #39 (first Iron Man) CGC 8.5, Tales to Astonish #27 (first Hank Pym/Ant-Man) CGC 9.4 (highest one of only two in 9.4) and #35 (first Hank Pym as Ant-Man; first Ant-Man in costume) CGC 9.2, and X-Men #1 (first X-Men and Magneto) CGC 9.0.

There are many near pristine examples within this auction of high grade Silver and Bronze Age groups from both Marvel and DC titles. Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Captain America, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, X-Men, and more.

Original art highlights include but aren't limited to Frank Brunner Marvel Treasury Edition #6 Doctor Strange centerfold illustration artwork; John Buscema Thor #278 "And Now Ragnarok" cover and Conan the Barbarian #118 cover; John Byrne Action Comics #584 cover for landmark first issue of mid-1980s revamp featuring Superman battling the New Teen Titans; Greg Capullo Wizard #139 wraparound cover featuring Spawn vs. Angela; Daniel Clowes Your Flesh Magazine #27 cover – rarely available Clowes cover art; Darwyn Cooke DC: The New Frontier #2 a superb Batman page from the classic series; Steve Ditko Eerie #8 twice-up Silver Age horror page; Frank Frazetta Maasai Warriors illustration; and Paul Gulacy Master of Kung-Fu #18 splash page featuring Shang Chi vs. Fu Manchu.

Russ Heath Showcase #27 page from the very first Sea Devils story; Carmine Infantino historic Mystery in Space #75 title splash featuring the 1962 Adam Strange story with the first crossover ever of the Justice League of America into another title; inks by Murphy Anderson; Michael Kaluta Shadow #11 cover and King Conan #19 cover; Jim Lee Batman #609 double page spread from the historic "Hush" storyline with Scott Williams inks; Todd McFarlane Spawn #33 splash page (uncommon Spawn art as McFarlane holds on to almost all of it) and Amazing Spider-Man pages; and Frank Miller Daredevil #171 page from the classic run featuring Daredevil in action and at Josie's bar, Sin City: Hell and Back #4 splash, and gigantic solo Miller Elektra illustration are offered.

George Pérez Infinity Gauntlet #1 double page splash featuring Thanos from the premiere issue of this important series, Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 epic double page spread from the ultimate event series, Fantastic Four: Visionaries cover with Sinnott inks, Wonder Woman #2 cover from Pérez's popular post-Crisis run, and more from this beloved artist; Stephen Platt Marc Spector: Moon Knight #58 cover and the splash page to #57; John Romita Jr. Amazing Spider-Man #244 cover and Thor #21 cover featuring Thanos; Bill Sienkiewicz Elektra: Assassin #8 page featuring strong images of Elektra in action from the classic 1980s Miller/Sienkiewicz collaboration; Marc Silvestri Wolverine #34 page 1 splash featuring a strong image of Wolverine; and Walt Simonson X-Factor #24 key page from the historic first appearance of Archangel as the transformed Angel/Warren Worthington attacks Jean Grey are in the auction.

Additional art highlights are Tom Sutton Ghost Rider #1 page from the Bronze Age run; Curt Swan Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #123 cover with Murphy Anderson inks; Michael Turner Fathom #4 cover and trading card art; George Tuska Iron Man #17 cover; Boris Vallejo Savage Sword of Conan #15 cover; Ron Wilson Son of Satan #5 cover (1976); Barry Windsor-Smith Conan the Barbarian #13 half splash, Savage Tales #1 Conan page, Marvel Comics Presents #79 key page from the legendary Wolverine origin story "Weapon X" featuring his escape from the captors who turned Logan into Wolverine and the first time he uses his metal claws to kill, and the intricate and awe-inspiring illustration artwork entitled, Poetry; and Bernie Wrightson "Frankenstein's Monster" published plate from The Lost Frankenstein Pages, House of Secrets #92 historic key origin page from the very first Swamp Thing story, and a phenomenal Swamp Thing #2 one page origin recap.

Much more can be found within the auction. Interested sellers that would like to consign to the upcoming ComicLink Winter Featured Auction or in the January Focused Auction, or interested in consigning generally, 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, Ross Kearney, or other sales associates.

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