Auction lots within the open ComicLink Focused Auction will begin closing on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, starting with select, key, and high grade Silver Age and early Bronze Age comic books. “Whether you collect Golden, Silver, Bronze, or Modern Age comics, or original artwork, or all of it, it is very likely that you will find something in this auction you’ll want to add to your collection,” ComicLink founder and President, Josh Nathanson said. “The Focused Auction, which offers thousands of items with a starting bid of $1 and no seller reserve, includes certified comic books published in every era from the Golden Age to the present, as well as over 700 examples of comic book and fantasy related original artwork rendered by hundreds of different artists beloved within our hobby.”

Major Silver Age and early Bronze Age Marvel highlights include the first appearance of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 7.0, Incredible Hulk #1 (first Hulk, origin) CGC 6.5 and #181 (first full Wolverine) CGC 9.0, Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 5.5 and CGC 9.2 Conserved and #129 (first Punisher) CGC 9.8 Pacific Coast pedigree, Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor) CGC 6.0, Daredevil #1 (first Daredevil and origin) CGC 6.5 Fantucchio pedigree, Avengers #1 (first Avengers, origin) CGC 6.0, Fantastic Four #1 (first Fantastic Four, origin) CGC 4.0, X-Men #1 (first X-Men and Magneto) CGC 4.5, Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) CGC 9.6, Iron Man #55 (first Thanos) CGC 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (first “New” X-Men, third full Wolverine) CGC 9.4, X-Men #94 (first “New” X-Men in title) CGC 9.6, and Strange Tales Annual #2 (fourth Spider-Man, first crossover) CGC 9.2.

Among the Silver Age DC keys are Action Comics #252 (first Supergirl) CGC 7.5, Showcase #22 (first Silver Age Green Lantern) CGC 5.5, and Brave and the Bold #28 (first Justice League) CGC 4.5 Fantucchio pedigree.

This Focused Auction includes a selection of Golden Age comic book highlights across all genres from superhero to pre-code horror to good girl artwork and a large selection of over 70 rare Canadian White Golden Age comic books.

Many interesting covers from a variety of genres are offered, and numerous high grade examples are presented, some hailing from pedigree collections. Examples include Batman #50 (Two-Face cover) CBCS 7.5, plus Batman #7 CGC 5.0, #18 CGC 5.5 (Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini cover), #37 (Joker cover) CGC 4.5, and #62 (Catwoman cover, origin) CGC 5.0, Action Comics #55 (Superman WWII cover) CGC 6.5, Superman #3 CGC 6.5 Moderate (p), #7 (first Perry White) CGC 3.0, and #10 (first bald Luthor) CGC 5.0, Marvel Mystery Comics #6 (Schomburg cover) CGC 3.0, Captain America Comics #47 (Schomburg’s last German WWII cover for title) CGC 6.5, Detective Comics #225 (first Martian Manhunter) CGC 4.0, as well as many other Schomburg covers.

There are many classic pre-code horror, sci-fi, and crimes examples including Out of This World #1 (robot cover, first Crom the Barbarian) CGC 7.0 and Nightmare #13 (Baker cover) CGC 7.0, Dark Mysteries #19 (woman on “Rack of Terror” cover), Startling Terror Tales #11 (L.B. Cole Spider cover), Reform School Girl #nn (bad girl cover), Brick Bradford #6 (Schomburg robot cover), Crime Suspenstories #20 (hanging cover), Ghostly Weird Tales #24 (L.B. Cole cover), Shock SuspenStories #6 (Wood KKK cover), Weird Chills #2 (eye injury cover), and Wonder Comics #12 (Ingels cover) in CGC 9.0.

There is a very large selection of certified late Bronze through Modern Age comic books offered in the auction, many in high grade, with a large number of the key issues in numerous conditions. Examples include Amazing Spider-Man #194 (first Black Cat) CGC 9.8, #238 (first Hobgoblin) CGC 9.6 Canadian Edition, #300 (first full Venom) CGC 9.8, and #361 (first full Carnage) CGC 9.8, Batman Adventures #12 (first Harley Quinn in comics) CGC 9.8, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 CGC 9.8, Black Panther #1 (1977) CGC 9.8, Iron Fist #14 (first Sabretooth) CGC 9.8, Ms. Marvel #1 (1977, first Carol Danvers as a superhero) CGC 9.8 and CBCS 9.8, New Mutants #87 (first Cable) CGC 9.8 and #98 (first Deadpool) CGC 9.8, X-Men #101 (first Phoenix) CGC 9.6, Star Wars #33 CGC 9.8, Marvel Spotlight #32 (first Spider-Woman) CGC 9.8, All-Star Comics #58 (first Power Girl) CGC 9.8, NYX #3 (first X-23) CGC 9.8, Avenging Spider-Man #9 (first Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel) CGC 9.8, and Walking Dead #1 CGC 9.8.

The auction also offers original comic book and fantasy art including pieces by artists such as Jim Aparo, Dick Ayers, Chris Bachalo, Mark Bagley, Simone Bianchi, Simon Bisley, Rich Buckler, Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Nick Cardy, John Cassaday, Howard Chaykin, Jim Cheung, Darwyn Cooke, Tony Daniel, Kevin Eastman, Steve Epting, David Finch, Ron Frenz, José Luis García-López, Dale Giffen, Adi Granov, Jackson Guice, Russ Heath, J.H. Williams III, Dan Jurgens, Gil Kane, Dale Keown, Jack Kirby, Peter Laird, Jae Lee, Kevin Maguire, Francis Manapul, Steve McNiven, Mike Mignola, Tom Palmer, George Pérez, Frank Quitely, Steve Rude, Tim Sale, John Severin, Liam Sharp, Curt Swan, Bruce Timm, Herb Trimpe, Timothy Truman, George Tuska, Matt Wagner, Leinil Yu, and Mike Zeck.  

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