The ComicLink Spring Featured Auction is open for bidding and there are over 500 examples of highly collectible original art from the world of comic books, comic strips, and fantasy. Bidding for all items within the Original Art session will close on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
Note that a separate article in this week’s issue of Scoop will cover the certified vintage comics offered in this same auction which are closing the previous week.
“We are excited to have some incredible pieces of art in our current Featured Auction. One iconic piece is the Todd McFarlane cover to Spider-Man #4 from 1990, which is one of the best Spidey vs. the Lizard covers from the highly memorable ‘Torment’ saga,” ComicLink founder and Managing Director Josh Nathanson said. “Anyone who was collecting comic books in the late ’80s and early ’90s remembers what a huge deal it was when McFarlane launched a companion title to Amazing Spider-Man called simply Spider-Man. McFarlane’s initial saga was the bestselling comic book title in a generation as fans could not get enough of his hyper-detailed style and bombastic storytelling. This cover is truly one of the top McFarlane Spider-Man pieces that have ever come up for sale, and it is being auctioned free of any seller reserve price.”
Other exciting original art offerings now up for bidding include Barry Windsor-Smith 1971 cover to Conan the Barbarian #5, “The Claws of the Tigress”; Mike Mignola Hellboy: Wake the Devil #4 cover; Gene Colan Captain America #120 cover, Daredevil #20 page 1 title splash with image of Daredevil in action – this is one of the earliest and best large art Colan Daredevil splash pages ever to hit the market; and Jim Lee Superman/Batman #10 cover with the two icons plus Wonder Woman.
More featured original art offerings include Frank Miller Detective Comics #1000 variant cover featuring Miller’s iconic Dark Knight and Carrie Kelly Robin and a double page splash from Ronin #1; Dave Gibbons Watchmen #7 page with Nite Owl and Silk Spectre taking the Owlship out for its first ride in years; Andy Kubert Joker’s Asylum: Joker #1 cover with a maniacal yet superb depiction of the clown prince of crime; Chris Ware Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth page from 1997; Gil Kane Defenders #52 cover with a Hulk vs. Sub-Mariner battle scene and Giant-Size Master of Kung-Fu #3 cover with Joe Sinnott inks featuring Shang-Chi in battle with the Si-Fan Assassins; Michael Kaluta Detective Comics #428 cover with Batman staring down the barrel of a gun; John Buscema and Joe Sinnott three pages (sold separately) from Fantastic Four #112, the popular Thing/Hulk battle issue, plus a Buscema recreation of his now iconic cover for that issue with the Thing facing off with the Hulk.
There is also John Byrne Iron Fist #6 page with Iron Fist battling Colleen Wing, Fantastic Four #247 page with the Fantastic Four fighting Doom’s robots, and Incredible Hulk Annual #7 page with Hulk battling the Sentinels and Bob Layton inks; several Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pages plus their Gobbledygook #2 cover created before TMNT #1; Richard Corben “Curse of the Monolith” illustration from Sword and Fantasy; Jim Aparo Man-Bat #1 cover from 1975 featuring Man-Bat vs. Batman; George Pérez New Teen Titans Archives #1 cover, an ideal portrait of the popular team of the 1980s by their co-creator; Neal Adams Avengers #96 page from the Kree-Skrull War, Strange Adventures #212 page from the classic Deadman series, and Brave and the Bold #80 page with Batman and the Creeper and more; Adam Hughes double page splash from the recent landmark Ben Grimm/Alicia Masters wedding issue, Fantastic Four #650, showing an all-female Serpent Squad crashing Ben’s bachelor party; and Sal Buscema Rom #32 complete 22-page interior art with a key early appearance of Rogue, plus Mystique.
These and many other lots of original art are open for bidding in the Spring Featured Auction.
ComicLink is now accepting seller consignments for the next Focused Auction launching in June, which will also be an exciting one as it will promote other categories of collectibles including certified coins (both U.S. coins and ancients), cards, WATA-certified video games, movie posters, and more. The firm is also accepting consignments for the Focused Auction launching in July and the Summer Featured Auction launching in August (previews will post soon). Sellers interested in consigning may contact ComicLink at buysell@comiclink.com or (617) 517-0062 (option 1) to speak with Josh Nathanson, Douglas Gillock, Jason Crosby, Jon Signorelli, or Ross Kearney. Upfront cash advances are available upon receipt of seller material.
