The current ComicLink Focused Auction begins to close on Monday, June 21, 2021, starting with a complete high grade X-Men set. This kicks off three weeks of comic book closings followed by original art and other collectible categories in partnership with CertifiedLink (video games, action figures, sports cards, Pokémon cards, movie posters, and coins). All together, there are close to 10,000 auction lots, the vast majority of which have no reserve.

The complete high grade X-Men set closing June 21 is the No. 2 CGC X-Men Registry Set and includes Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8 and #2 CGC 9.8, X-Men #1 CGC 8.0, #3 CGC 9.6, #4 CGC 9.4, #5 CGC 9.4, #8 CGC 9.6, #9 CGC 9.4, #12 CGC 9.0, #14 CGC 9.4, #50 CGC 9.8, #51 CGC 9.8, #56 CGC 9.8, #58 CGC 9.8, #94 CGC 9.4 Signature Series Stan Lee, #95 CGC 9.8, #100 CGC 9.8, #101 CGC 9.8, #107 CGC 9.8, #120 CGC 9.8, #129 CGC 9.8, and hundreds more. This comprehensive X-Men collection covers over 50 years of releases with a total of over 350 high grade issues of X-Men/Uncanny X-Men.

Also closing soon on Tuesday-Friday, June 22-25 is a wide range of Silver and early Bronze Age keys with many in higher grades, including Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 4.0, Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 2.5 Signature Series Stan Lee, #9 CGC 9.2, #14 CGC 9.6 Twin Cities pedigree, #15 CGC 9.0, #19 CGC 9.8, #20 CGC 9.2, #40 CGC 9.6, #50 CGC 9.2, and #129 CGC 9.6 and CGC 9.6 Signature Series Stan Lee, Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.6 and CGC 9.4, Fantastic Four #1 CGC 3.0, #2 CGC 8.0, #5 CGC 3.5, #48 CGC 9.6 and CGC 9.2 and #49 CGC 9.0, and Avengers #1 CGC 6.0, #4 CGC 9.2, #8 CGC 9.2, and #52 CGC 9.8.

Other Silver and early Bronze Age highlights are Astonishing Tales #25 CGC 9.8, Batman #146 CGC 9.6 (single highest graded), Daredevil #1 CGC 6.5, Incredible Hulk #180 CGC 9.6 and #181 CGC 9.4 and CGC 8.5, Journey Into Mystery #85 CGC 5.0, Man-Thing #1 CGC 9.8, Marvel Spotlight #2 CGC 9.4 and #5 CGC 9.0, Silver Surfer #1 CGC 9.2 and #2 CGC 9.8, Strange Tales #110 CGC 7.0 and #178 CGC 9.8, Sub-Mariner #1 CGC 9.8, Swamp Thing #1 CGC 9.8, Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 6.5, Tales to Astonish #35 CGC 8.0, Tomb of Dracula #1 CGC 9.8, Werewolf By Night #32 CGC 9.2, and X-Men #1 CGC 4.0 and #2 CGC 9.4.

Closing on Monday, June 28, are the Golden Age books, with hundreds of examples covering every genre, including key issues, classic covers, high grades, and even some pedigree collection offerings. Highlights include Weird Mysteries #7 CGC 9.2 Northford (single highest graded), Marvel Mystery Comics #16 CGC 7.0, Batman #13 CGC 8.5, #41 CGC 8.0, and #69 CGC 8.0, USA Comics #11 CGC 6.5, Vault of Horror #37 CGC 9.8 Gaines File (highest, one of two), Mad #1 CGC 8.5, Detective Comics #63 CGC 9.0, #151 CGC 9.2 (top two), and #215 CGC 9.0 (top three), Captain Marvel Adventures #4 CGC 8.5 (top five), Captain America Comics #27 CGC 3.5, USA Comics #11 CGC 6.5, Sensation Comics #29 CGC 8.5 (highest, one of three), Wonder Woman #5 CBCS 8.5, and Superman #28 CGC 9.2, #36 CGC 9.0, #41 CGC 9.2 (top five), #43 CGC 9.4 (top five), #46 CGC 9.4, and #76 CBCS 4.0 and CGC 3.5

On Tuesday, June 28 and continuing through Tuesday, July 6, thousands of post-1975 certified comic books, most in higher grades, will close. Top highlights include Amazing Spider-Man #194 CGC 9.8, #216 CGC 10.0 (single highest graded), #218 CGC 9.9 (single highest graded), #238 CGC 9.8, #252 CGC 9.8, #275 CGC 9.9 (highest, one of two), #277 CGC 10.0 (single highest graded), #298 CGC 9.8, #299 CGC 9.8, #300 CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.8 Signature Series Stan Lee and Todd McFarlane, #316 CGC 9.8, and #318 CGC 9.9, X-Men #101 CGC 9.8 and #129 CGC 9.8 newsstand and CGC 9.8 Signature Series Chris Claremont, Star Wars #1 (1977) CGC 9.8 CVA Exceptional, and Spider-Man #1 CGC 9.8 platinum edition.

Highlights from this group also include an Eternals run from the Federal Hill Collection including #1 CGC 9.6 price variant and CGC 9.8 CVA Exceptional, Evil Ernie #1 (first Lady Death) CGC 9.8, Marvel Spotlight #32 CGC 9.8, New Mutants #98 CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.8 Signature Series Rob Liefeld, Ultimate Fallout #4 CGC 9.8, Caliber Presents #1 (first Crow) CGC 9.8, The Crow #1 CGC 9.6, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1 CGC 9.8 newsstand, Spawn #1 black and white edition CGC 9.8 and #222 CGC 9.8 Kudranski variant cover, Transformers #1 CGC 9.8, Walking Dead #1 CGC 9.8, and Teen Titans V2017 #12 (first Batman Who Laughs) CGC 10.0 (highest, one of five).

The original art portion (set up in two parts) has over 400 lots by hundreds of different artists. Examples include Erik Larsen Amazing Spider-Man #337 splash with Spider-Man vs. Electro; Jae Lee NFTs Seven Sons #1 cover, double-page splash and a page; Dave Cockrum X-Men #94 cover recreation; Ron Lim Infinity Gauntlet #4 page with Thanos vs. Wolverine, #5 page with Hulk and Eros vs. Nebula, and #6 page with Warlock, Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, Thor, Gamora, and Pip the Troll; a rare Rob Liefeld Youngblood #4 splash with Diehard, Shaft and Badrock, and a Captain America #2 splash with Cap and Nick Fury; Jim Lee Batman illustration; Todd McFarlane Spawn #50 pages; and Neal Adams illustrations of Batman and Joker.

Original art includes Mark Bagley Amazing Spider-Man #355 page with Spider-Man, Moon Knight and Punisher; Bob Brown Detective Comics #389 Batman vs. Scarecrow page; John Byrne Captain America illustration, Wolverine illustration, and Incredible Hulk #317 origin page; Klaus Janson Punisher #1 two pages (sold separately) featuring the Punisher; Goseki Kojima Lone Wolf and Cub illustrations; Andy Kubert X-Men #52 splash with Bishop vs. Mister Sinister; Sean Murphy Detective Comics #27 two pages; Pia Guerra Y the Last Man #11 page with Yorick and 355; Frank Robbins Captain America #185 page with Cap and Falcon vs. Red Skull; Paul Ryan Invincible #97 cover; and Bill Sienkiewicz Santa, My Life and Times pages.

ComicLink is now accepting consignments for their summer auctions, starting on July 15 and August 12. The ComicLink Auction Schedule has more information.