The Original Art session of the ComicLink Fall Featured Auction will on Thursday, November 30, 2017, with hundreds of premium quality original art lots up for auction. The session includes 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.

Original art session highlights are 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; Brian Bolland 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; and Jack Kirby’s 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.

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; 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 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 and 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; and 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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