ComicLink is still accepting consignments now for the Winter Featured Auction which will begin on February 15, 2017 as well as other future auctions. The Featured Auction will include some of the best certified comic books and related original artwork in the world, spanning the eras and the genres.

“Though much more is incoming, we already have a fantastic line-up for this auction. We are introducing a new Silver Age pedigree; we have a rare, complete Barry Windsor-Smith Conan story; we have a complete Marvel Mystery Comics run; we have groundbreaking artwork from Frank Miller,” ComicLink founder and CEO Josh Nathanson said. “There is much to be excited about within the growing auction preview, and below we have set forth just some of the highlights already consigned, with comic books listed first, followed by original artwork. ComicLink looks forward to hearing from more sellers with strong offerings for us to highlight within this Featured Auction!”

It’s not too early to think about consigning for the March Focused Auction as well (a preview will be available soon). To consign, email your prospective auction list to buysell@comiclink.com or call (617) 517-0062 (option 1, for sales). Interested sellers are encouraged to get in touch as soon as possible to reserve placement.

The Winter Featured Auction includes the John G. Fantucchio Collection. The newly coined pedigree collection stretches back to the early Silver Age has been consigned to ComicLink. The firm will be unveiling examples from the Amazing Spider-Man run first within their Winter Featured Auction. These are high grade books with newsstand fresh colors and nearly all of them still have white interior page preservation. View the Fantucchio Pedigree collection on ComicLink’s website.  

The Winter Featured has a complete run of Marvel Mystery Comics, the quintessential Timely Golden Age series, from the first issue (#2) through the final issue (#92). Over 30 of these are graded CGC 7.5 or higher and of course all of the key issues are present. So many of the issues are special, with many featuring strong Alex Schomburg WWII themed covers with the Human Torch and Sub-Mariner. View them on ComicLink’s website.

The final grouping of an incredible collection of Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman, including 30 high grade examples between issue #44 and #106 – most among the highest graded, and including pedigree examples, among them numerous Mile Highs.

Another group includes rare Canadian White Golden Age comic books (many will also be offered in the January Focused Auction) including Colossal Comics #1 (very rare 1945 Canadian White, 384 pages, WWII cover) 5.0.

Some individual examples of early comic book consignments are Action Comics #13 (fourth Superman cover) CGC 1.5Q (married back cover), #23 (first Luthor) CGC 6.5, #76 (Japanese War cover) CGC 9.6 Mile High Pedigree (single highest graded), and #96 CGC 9.6, Adventure Comics #40 (first Sandman) CBCS 9.6 (professionally restored), All Star Comics #3 (first Justice Society) CGC 8.0 moderate professional restoration, All Winners Comics #21 (second All Winners Squad) CGC 8.5, Amazing Spider-Man #5 (Doctor Doom crossover) CGC 9.2, #8 (first Living Brain) CGC 9.8, #13 (first Mysterio) CGC 9.6 Twin Cities Pedigree, #32 CBCS 9.6, #33 CGC 9.8, #100 CGC 9.8, #101 (first Morbius) CGC 9.8 and 9.6, and #129 (first Punisher) CGC 9.8, and Avengers #1 (first gathering and origin of the Avengers) CGC 7.5 Signature Series, #4 (first Silver Age Captain America, classic Kirby cover) CGC 9.4 and CGC 9.0, #8 (first Kang) CGC 9.6, #55 (first full Ultron) CGC 9.4, and #57 (first Vision) CGC 9.6.

Batman #1 (coverless, first Joker, first Catwoman) CGC NG, #23 (classic Joker cover) CGC 7.5, #46 CGC 8.5 (one of top four graded), #49 (Joker cover, first Mad Hatter, first Vicki Vale) CGC 8.5, and #59 (first Deadshot) CGC 5.5, Blue Beetle (1967) #1 (first Question) CGC 9.8, Brave and the Bold #25 (first Suicide Squad) CGC 7.0 and #28 (first Justice League) CGC 4.0, Captain America Comics #2 (second Cap and Bucky) CGC 7.0, #27 (classic Schomburg “To Berlin” WWII cover) CBCS 6.0, #37 (classic WWII cover) CGC 7.0, and #39 (Schomburg war cover) CGC 8.5, Captain America #100 (first Silver Age issue, classic Kirby cover) CGC 9.8, Catman Comics #15 (rare) CGC 3.5, and Daredevil #1 (first appearance and origin of Daredevil, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page) CGC 9.4 and CGC 9.0 and many later Daredevil issues in CGC 9.8 will be offered.

The auction includes Detective Comics #34 CGC 6.5, #67 (first Penguin cover) CGC 6.5, #68 (first Two-Face cover, second appearance) CGC 6.5, #90 CGC 9.2, #225 (first Martian Manhunter) CGC 5.0, and #226 (second Martian Manhunter and origin) CGC 8.0, Famous Funnies #209 (first Frazetta Buck Rogers cover) CGC 9.4, Fantastic Four #4 (first Silver Age Sub-Mariner) CGC 9.0, #5 (first Doctor Doom) CGC 7.5, #45 (first Inhumans) CGC 9.0, #46 (first full Black Bolt) CBCS 9.4, #52 (first Black Panther) CGC 9.6 Signature Series and CGC 9.2, #67 (first Warlock) CGC 9.4, and Annual #5 (first solo Silver Surfer story, Inhumans cover/story) CGC 9.8, Flash #123 (first Golden Age Flash in Silver Age) CGC 8.5, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (first Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler, second full Wolverine) CGC 9.8, Hero For Hire #1 (first Luke Cage) CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.4, House of Secrets #92 (first Swamp Thing) CGC 9.6, and Human Torch #1 (first Toro) CGC 6.0, #11 CGC 8.5 Chicago Pedigree (one of the top two graded), and #16 CGC 8.0.

Incredible Hulk #181 (first full Wolverine) CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.6, Iron Fist #14 (first Sabretooth) CGC 9.8, Iron Man #25 CGC 9.8 and #55 (first Thanos and Drax) CGC 9.8, Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor) CGC 5.0 Signature Series signed by Stan Lee, Joe Sinnott, Larry Lieber, and Sam Goldberg, Justice League of America #1 CGC 6.5, Marvel Feature #1 (first Defenders) CGC 9.8, Mighty World of Marvel #198 (rare 1976 British reprint of Incredible Hulk #181) CGC 9.6, New Fun Comics #6 (1935 DC with first Dr. Occult, Superman prototype by Siegel and Shuster) 1.8, Pep Comics #26 (first Veronica in Archie) CGC 2.0, Silver Surfer #4 (classic Thor battle cover/issue) CGC 9.6 and #18 (Kirby art, Inhumans) CGC 9.8, Skeleton Hand #1 (classic pre-code horror cover) CGC 9.4 (single highest graded), Star Wars #1 CGC 8.5 Price Variant, and Strange Tales #110 (first Doctor Strange) CGC 6.5, #111 (second Doctor Strange, first Mordo) CGC 9.0, and #126 (first Clea and first Dormammu) CGC 9.4 are in the auction.

Additional highlights are Superman #14 (classic patriotic cover) CGC 8.0, #53 (origin cover/issue) CGC 9.0, and #101 CGC 9.4, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (first Darkseid) CGC 9.4, Tales of Suspense #39 (first Iron Man) CBCS 9.0, #58 (classic Iron Man/Captain America battle cover) CBCS 9.4, and #59 (Silver Age solo Captain America series begins) CGC 9.8, Tales to Astonish #13 (first Groot) CGC 5.0, #27 (first Ant-Man) CGC 7.0, and #44 (first Wasp) CGC 8.5, Thor #165 (first full Warlock) CGC 9.4, Thunda #1 (only complete Frazetta comic) CGC 6.5, Tomb of Dracula #10 (first Blade) CGC 9.8, USA Comics #2 (WWII cover) CGC 6.5, Walking Dead #1 (first Rick Grimes) CGC 9.8, Weird Mysteries #7 CBCS 7.0, Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) CGC 9.6, Wonder Comics #15 (Schomburg airbrush cover) CGC 9.0, Wonder Woman #98 (first Silver Age origin of Wonder Woman) CGC 4.5, X-Men #1 (first X-Men and Magneto) CBCS 9.0, #2 (second X-Men) CGC 9.4, and #4 (first Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch) CGC 9.4, and Zip Comics #34 (classic cover) CGC 3.5.

Early original art consignments to the Winter Featured Auction include Barry Windsor-Smith Conan the Barbarian #6 rare complete 20-page story for the memorable 1971 saga “Devil-Wings Over Shadizar” (as far as they know, it’s the only complete Smith Conan story ever offered for sale) and a superb page from Conan the Barbarian #8; John Romita Daredevil #16 twice-up page from the historic first time Romita drew Spider-Man, pre-dating Amazing Spider-Man #39 (features Spidey in action in six panels), Marvel Special Edition #1 (“Spectacular Spider-Man” Treasury) from 1975 featuring a full page illustration of almost all of Spider-Man’s main foes attacking a large Spidey head, Captain America #143 strong page featuring Cap, Falcon, Nick Fury, Sharon Carter, and Dum Dum Dugan, and Spider-Man poster; and Frank Miller panel pages from two historic issues – Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #4 and Daredevil #158 plus a Daredevil #178 page with Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, and Dark Knight Batman illustration and the cover for Rom #3 with inks by Terry Austin.

Gil Kane Thor #216 cover – strong Bronze Age battle cover with inks by John Romita; Murphy Anderson Fantastic Worlds #5 page 1 title splash; Ross Andru Amazing Spider-Man #178 page featuring a Spider-Man and Green Goblin battle, Giant-Size Spider-Man #4 page featuring a strong Spider-Man action sequence, and Superman Family #194 wraparound cover featuring the entire Superman family and mini versions of the JLA; Simon Bisley Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge video game packaging cover; John Bolton Black Dragon #1 page; Bob Brown Avengers #116 page from the classic "Avengers/Defenders War" saga featuring Cap, Thor, Dormammu, Loki and more; John Buscema Foom #14 cover featuring Conan and Red Sonja, Conan the Barbarian #115 page featuring Conan and Red Sonja, Savage Sword of Conan #23 title splash, and Silver Surfer #7 page; Sal Buscema Star Wars #102 title splash; John Byrne Superman & Batman: Generations III: the complete covers for issues #1-12 (sold separately), Action Comics #593 page from infamous sequence where Darkseid shows Mr. Miracle a video of his wife, Big Barda, about to be intimate with Superman, West Coast Avengers Annual #4 page featuring Captain America and the Wasp vs. Storm of the X-Men with Terry Austin inks, and X-Men: The Hidden Years #14 page; and J. Scott Campbell Gen13 #4 half splash are offered.

The auction includes Dave Cockrum Marvel Fanfare #3 page from 1982 featuring the X-Men – Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Angel; Gene Colan Daredevil #64 cover with Daredevil vs. the Stunt-master, Daredevil #67 splash featuring Daredevil in battle with Stilt-Man disguised as Stunt-master, and Sub-Mariner #40 page featuring Namor with Spider-Man; Terry Dodson Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 variant cover featuring a tribute to Miller's Wonder Woman and two versions of Carrie Kelly – Robin and Catgirl; Frank Frazetta "Came the Dawn" illustrations from the legendary unpublished EC story; Paul Gulacy Master of Kung-Fu title splash featuring Shang Chi vs. Fu Manchu; Adi Granov Captain America: Living Legend #2 cover; Tom Grindberg Silver Sable and the Wildpack #12 cover featuring Sandman; Jackson Guice Alpha Flight Special #1 cover; Russ Heath Showcase #27 page from the first appearance of the Sea Devils; and Don Heck Avengers #108 page featuring the core Avengers in battle with the Grim Reaper and the Space Phantom with inks by Dave Cockrum.

Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets illustration; Adam Hughes a beautiful pin-up illustration of Wonder Woman and a tribute to the Betty cover of Archie Comics #50; Michael Kaluta Books of Magic #63 cover featuring Neil Gaiman’s Tim Hunter; Greg Land Shadow Hunter #1 cover featuring Jenna Jameson; Jim Lee Justice League #3 (New 52 era) splash featuring a large Wonder Woman battle image plus other team members and Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad April Fool's Special page featuring Harley battling the JLA; Joe Madureira Inhuman #1 Medusa battles Lash in his first appearance; three Todd McFarlane pages from Spawn #33 (offered separately); and Steve McNiven S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 variant cover featuring Agents Coulson and May plus Daredevil are in the auction.

They have Mike Mignola cover for B.P.R.D. The Warning #3 and multiple Hellboy pages; Norman Mingo Alfred E. Neuman portrait painting for MAD Special #39; Tony Moore The Walking Dead #5 page; Earl Norem Savage Sword of Conan #174 cover; George Pérez New Titans Heroes RPG Sourcebook cover featuring a superb portrait of two generations of Teen Titans, an oversized full color illustration of the classic Avengers line-up from 1980, and Infinity Gauntlet #3 page featuring almost every major Marvel hero; Eric Powell The Goon #17 cover – a rarely available cover from the long-running, fan-favorite series; Esad Ribic Silver Surfer: Requiem unused painted cover featuring the Surfer and Spider-Man; and Alex Ross America's Best Comics Special #1 painted cover – featuring most of Alan Moore's ABC characters including Promethea, Tom Strong, Top 10, Jack B. Quick, Mr. Hyde from LOEG and several more.

Additional highlights are Tim Sale Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 variant cover; Mike Sekowsky Justice League of America #14 early JLA page featuring most of the team; Bill Sienkiewicz Fantastic Four #230 page with Joe Sinnott inks; Marc Silvestri Wolverine #41 Logan vs. Sabretooth battle page from the memorable issue – "You're not my father" and "Blood will tell my boy"; Jim Starlin Giant-Size Defenders #3 page featuring Hulk, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and more battling the Grandmaster and superb Thanos illustration with Captain Marvel and Death published in Back Issue Magazine; Frank Thorne Red Sonja #9 page featuring Sonja being tortured; Ethan Van Sciver Batman: The Dark Knight #19 wraparound cover; Rick Veitch Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 finale page with John Totleben inks – features Swamp Thing and Abby and the start of Alan Moore’s epic “American Gothic” saga; and Bernie Wrightson Swamp Thing #5 origin recap page.

This large list represents just some of the highlights within the Winter Featured Auction preview and much more is to come. If you are selling, ComicLink would love for you to be a part of it.  Interested consignors may contact ComicLink by emailing buysell@comiclink.com, by calling (617) 517-0062 (option 1 for sales) or by reaching out to your favorite ComicLink sales consultant.

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. The firm is always brokering higher end comic books and artwork to collectors, so it pays to get in touch if you are selling or buying significant items.

To review ComicLink’s auction schedule and auction previews, visit their website.