The ComicLink Fall Featured Auction is now open with a large selection of certified comic books and related original artwork from all eras. The auction includes a well rounded selection of high-end certified comic books from all eras. Most of the Silver Age and Bronze keys are present and there is a strong representation of Golden Age, including keys, pedigrees, and offerings that are among the highest graded in the world. Pristine Copper and Modern Age keys are also present.

Just a few of the comic book highlights include keys like Detective Comics #27 (first Batman), Marvel Comics #1 (first Marvel comic, first Human Torch and origin, Sub-Mariner origin), All Star Comics #8 (first Wonder Woman) CGC 5.5, and Amazing Fantasy #15 (first Spider-Man and origin) CGC 7.5. A few top original art session highlights include the complete 20-page Conan prototype story, “Kull Of Atlantis,” penciled and inked by Barry Windsor-Smith; the exciting original Carl Barks Donald Duck oil painting, “Terror of the River”; Bernie Wrightson illustration published in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein (A Marvel Illustrated Novel); and a Jack Kirby Doctor Doom page from Fantastic Four Annual #2.

One unique offering is a rare Night of the Living Dead 40” x 60” movie poster from 1968.

Some other comic book highlights include Action Comics #14 CGC 5.0, #19 CGC 5.5, and #252 (first Supergirl) CGC 9.0, Adventure Comics #61 (first Starman) CGC 9.0 Moderate Professional Restoration, All Star Comics #8 1.0, Amazing Adventures #11 (first furry Beast) CGC 9.8 (one of three), Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 5.5 and CBCS 5.0, and Amazing Spider-Man #1 (second Spider-Man, first Jameson) CGC 8.0, CGC 6.0 Signature Series and CGC 4.5, #2 (first Vulture) CGC 9.2, #7 CGC 9.6 Fantucchio, #13 (first Mysterio) CGC 9.6 Twin Cities Pedigree, #15 (first Kraven) CGC 9.4, #19 CGC 9.6 CVA, #33 CGC 9.6, #39 (first Romita/Goblin cover) CGC 9.6, #55 CGC 9.8, #121 (death of Gwen Stacy) CGC 9.8, #129 (first Punisher) CGC 9.8, and #361 (first full Carnage) CGC 9.9.

Aquaman number one Silver Age registry set featuring CGC 9.6 examples of almost the entire run including Aquaman #1 CGC 9.6 (highest graded, one of four), Avengers #1 (first Avengers) CGC 8.5 and 7.5 and #4 (first Silver Age Captain America) CGC 9.6, Batman #181 (first Poison Ivy) CGC 9.4, #232 (first Ras Al Ghul) CGC 9.8, #227 CGC 9.6 Signature Series (Neal Adams), and #234 (first Two-Face since the Golden Age) CGC 9.8, Batman Adventures #12 (first Harley Quinn) CGC 9.8, Brave and the Bold #28 (first Justice League) CGC 9.0, Brenda Starr #14 CGC 9.4 Mile High Pedigree (single highest graded) and CGC 6.5, Captain America Comics #60 CGC 8.5 White Pages, Conan #1 (first Conan in comics) CGC 9.8, and Detective Comics #36 (first Hugo Strange) CGC 3.0 Restored, #38 (first Robin) CGC 4.5 Restored, #122 (first Catwoman cover) CGC 8.0 Hawkeye pedigree, #140 (first Riddler) CGC 6.5, #168 (origin of Joker, first Red Hood) CGC 6.0, and #359 (first Batgirl/Barbara Gordon) CGC 9.2, 9.0, and 8.5 are offered.

Doctor Strange #169 (first issue) CGC 9.8, Fantastic Four #1 (first appearance and origin) CGC 6.5 and 4.5, #2 (second Fantastic Four, first Skrulls) CGC 9.0, #5 (first Doctor Doom) CGC 9.0, #12 (first Hulk crossover) CBCS 9.4 Pacific Coast Pedigree, #45 (first Inhumans) CGC 9.8, #46 (first full Black Bolt) CGC 9.6, #48 (first Silver Surfer and Galactus) CGC 9.6, #67 (first Adam Warlock) CGC 9.8, and #112 (classic Thing/Hulk battle cover) CGC 9.8, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (first Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler) CGC 9.8 Signature Series, Green Lantern #73 CGC 9.8 Fantucchio Pedigree (single highest graded), Hawkman #4 (first Zatanna) CGC 9.6 Fantucchio Pedigree, House of Secrets #92 (first Swamp Thing) CGC 9.4 CVA Exceptional and CGC 9.2, and Human Torch #25 CGC 9.2 (single highest graded) will be sold.

Comics include Incredible Hulk #1 (first Hulk and origin) CGC 5.5 and CGC 9.2 Slight Restoration, #5 CGC 9.0, #180 (first Wolverine) CGC 9.8, and #181 (first full Wolverine) CGC 9.8 Mile High II and CGC 9.6, Iron Fist #14 (first Sabretooth) CGC 9.6 Price Variant (highest graded, one of three), Iron Man #1 CGC 9.4 and #55 (first Thanos and Drax) CGC 9.6, Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor) CGC 7.5, #103 (first Enchantress and Executioner) CGC 9.4 Fantucchio Pedigree, #112 (Thor vs. Hulk) CGC 9.4 CVA Fantucchio, and #118 (first Destroyer) CGC 9.8 (single highest graded), Justice League of America #1 CGC 7.0 and CGC 6.5, #13 CGC 9.4, #49 CGC 9.8 (single highest graded), and #63 CGC 9.8, Mad #12 CGC 9.8, Marvel Feature #1 (first Defenders) CGC 9.8, and Marvel Mystery Comics #7 (classic cover) CGC 8.5, #9 (classic Torch vs. Sub-Mariner cover) CBCS 5.5 Restored, and #13 (Schomburg cover, first Vision by Simon and Kirby) CGC 8.5.

Marvel Premiere #1 (Him becomes Warlock) CGC 9.8 and #15 (first Iron Fist) CGC 9.8, Marvel Spotlight #28 (first solo Moon Knight) CGC 9.8 Price Variant, My Greatest Adventure #80 (first Doom Patrol) CGC 9.0, Showcase #4 (first Silver Age Flash and origin) CGC 4.0 and #22 (first Silver Age Green Lantern and origin) CGC 6.0, Silver Surfer #1 (origin of Silver Surfer) CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.6, Star Wars #1 CGC 9.4 Price Variant, Startling Terror Tales #11 (classic L.B. Cole Spider cover) CBCS 7.0, Strange Tales #110 (first Doctor Strange) CGC 9.4, #115 (origin of Doctor Strange) CGC 9.6 Don and Maggie Thompson Collection, Annual #2 CGC 9.4 (first Spider-Man crossover/same month as ASM #3) CGC 9.4 John Fantucchio Pedigree, Sub-Mariner #1 CGC 9.8, Superman #53 (origin issue) CGC 8.0, #145 CGC 9.4 (top two), and Superworld Comics #1 CGC 7.5 will be sold.

Additional comic highlights are Tales of Suspense #39 (first Iron Man and origin) in multiple conditions, #57 (first Hawkeye) CGC 9.4 and more, Tales to Astonish #27 (first Ant-Man) CGC 7.5, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (first Turtles) CGC 8.0, Thor #166 (second full Warlock, classic Thor vs. Warlock battle cover) CGC 9.8, Walking Dead #1 CBCS 9.8 CVA Exceptional, Uncanny X-Men #145 (Doctor Doom cover) CGC 9.9 (highest graded), Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.6 Signature Series, Wonder Woman #32 CGC 9.2 Mile High Pedigree (single highest graded), X-Men #1 (first X-Men and Magneto) numerous examples, #3 (first Blob) CGC 9.4, #4 (first Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch) CGC 8.5, #14 (first Sentinels) CGC 9.6, #26 CGC 9.8 (highest, one of three), and #101 (first Phoenix) CGC 9.8, Young Allies #4 (classic Red Skull cover/story) CGC 8.0 (top five), and Zip Comics #1 CGC 8.0.

Original art session highlights are Jack Kirby Kamandi #20 cover and #25 chapter splash (“Freak Show”) plus Kirby’s pure pencils for an unused Kamandi cover, Captain America #193 page, The Eternals #16 page featuring the Hulk, cover recreations for Amazing Spider-Man #10, and Tales of Suspense #47; Neal Adams Action Comics #468 cover featuring Superman vs. Terra-Man, Avengers #93 page from the landmark Kree-Skrull War with Captain Marvel, and Detective Comics #408 page 1 with Batman in five panels plus Robin; Art Adams Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem #1 splash featuring the X-Babies and X-Men Annual #14 half splash; Simon Bisley Batman and Judge Dredd covers; Stephen Bissette Saga of the Swamp Thing #24 cover from the classic early Alan Moore run with the JLA crossover as Swamp Thing battles the Floronic Man; and Brian Bolland an epic splash page from Camelot 3000 #1 featuring the first appearance of King Arthur in the story, Robin #3 cover, and Sensational She-Hulk #14 cover with Howard the Duck.

Art includes Rich Buckler Spectacular Spider-Man #119 cover featuring black costumed Spidey and Sabretooth; Sal Buscema the finale page from The Defenders #1 featuring Dr. Strange, Namor, and Banner and Sub-Mariner #34 finale page from the first Defenders prelude issue featuring Namor, Hulk, and the Silver Surfer; John Byrne memorable finale splash featuring a huge image of Superman from the final page of the final issue of his historic revamp and The Man of Steel and a Byrne title splash from Superman #4; Byrne/Sinnott page from Fantastic Four #212 featuring Galactus, Iron Fist #11 page with Danny battling the Wrecker, and the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #11 wraparound cover; Robert Crumb detailed character design illustrations; and Geof Darrow Dark Horse Futures: Hard Boiled cover ‒ the first published Hard Boiled cover Steve Ditko twice-up Captain Atom #88 page from 1967 featuring the inspiration for Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen in battle with a large Spider-like creature and a full page illustration of the fanzine hero the Defender from Comic Crusader #8.

Kevin Eastman two strong pages (auctioned separately) from Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 (1985, early Turtles spinoff); Al Feldstein Tales of Terror Annual #1 revisited oil painting featuring the famous image of the Crypt-Keeper, the Vault-Keeper, and the Old Witch together; Frank Frazetta White Indian #1 page; Steve Geiger Incredible Hulk #337 cover featuring the Hulk with X-Factor; Mike Grell Warlord #39 cover; James Jean Stunning Jack of the Fables painting featuring Jack Frost and the Snow Queen used for the covers of both issues 6 and 11; Michael Kaluta Savage Sword of Conan #91 painted cover; Jim Lee X-Men: Wolverine and Psylocke Hunting Party illustration published in Wizard: Jim Lee Millennium Edition, Fantastic Four #2 page; Todd McFarlane prime era art from Amazing Spider-Man #308, Incredible Hulk #339, and Spawn #33 pages with Greg Capullo including two splashes; Frank Miller Daredevil #190 page from the origin of Elektra; and Sheldon Moldoff Rare Silver Age Batman title splash from Batman #196 will be sold.

Additional art highlights are Joe Quesada X-Factor Poster original art; Marshall Rogers Marvel Tales #250 cover featuring a pin-up type illustration of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four; Alex Ross Avengers Classic #5 poster painting in collaboration with John Buscema; John Romita Amazing Spider-Man #117 title splash and #107 page 5 (a four-panel Spidey fight scene) and Astonishing Tales #22 cover featuring It the Living Colossus, Spider-Man birthday card art; Sanjulian Gonteekwa’s Gift painting; Mark Schultz The War That Time Forgot #3 cover; E.C. Segar Popeye 1936 daily; Walt Simonson Star Wars #53 page featuring Leia reliving A New Hope; Jim Starlin Avengers Annual #7 page featuring Thanos’ soul gem being destroyed by Iron Man and Thor and Marvel Feature #12 page featuring Thanos holding the Cosmic Cube; Michael Turner The Darkness #11 cover, Soulfire: Chaos Reign #2 variant cover, and Witchblade #15 cover; George Tuska Iron Man #22 page 1 title splash; Barry Windsor-Smith Machine Man #3 page with Trimpe breakdowns featuring X-51 vs. Iron Man 2020; Basil Wolverton Space Patrol #3 rare unused cover (1939); and Rudolph Zirm (Attributed) The Devil's Pigeon: Undercover Detective pulp painting.

ComicLink is currently accepting consignments for upcoming auctions including the January Focused Auction which starts on January 10 and the Winter Featured Auction which will begin on February 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. 

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