ComicLink sold Amazing Spider-Man #50 CGC 9.8, featuring the first appearance of Kingpin, for the new record price of $125,000. This is the first time that the issue broke the $100K mark, and it is one of only a handful of issues from Amazing Spider-Man that has eclipsed six figures. Not only does the classic 1967 release introduce Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, it has John Romita’s iconic “Spider-Man No More” cover. The book was sold on August 27, 2024, in their current Featured Auction. (Original art in ComicLink’s Summer Featured Auction closes on September 5; art highlights in the auction are covered in another Scoop article this week.)

“This is the first sale of an example of Amazing Spider-Man #50 to break six figures and we were thrilled to see it clear that barrier by a significant amount,” ComicLink founder and Managing Director Josh Nathanson said. “This is one of only eight examples of this book ever graded in CGC 9.8, the highest grade ever achieved for the issue. This example is from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree, a collection of pristine Silver Age comic books that ComicLink first brought to the market back in 2008.”

Despite it being a relatively late Silver Age key, Amazing Spider-Man #50 is one of the most significant issues in the popular run. Kingpin is a massive mob boss who would go on to become a major foe of Spider-Man in the late 1960s and 1970s. In the early 1980s, superstar creator Frank Miller made the Kingpin the archnemesis of Daredevil in one of his greatest comic book runs. The Kingpin (played by Michael Clarke Duncan) was the primary villain in the Daredevil movie released in 2003. Then Vincent D’Onofrio received major accolades for his performance as the Kingpin in the Daredevil TV series that started in 2015. He reprised the character in the series Hawkeye and Echo, and will star in the upcoming series, Daredevil: Born Again.

ComicLink is accepting consignments of valuable comic books and related art. Their sales team can be reached by emailing buysell@comiclink.com or calling (617) 517-0062. Consignments are being taken for upcoming auctions including the Focused Auction that begins on September 6, the Focused Auction that starts in October, and the Fall Featured Auction launching in November. Auction placement can be reserved at the ComicLink Auction Schedule.