The latest ComicLink Spring Featured Auction begins closing this Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Comic books will continue to close weekdays through Tuesday, June 7, followed by the Featured Auction original art session closing on Wednesday, June 8. This is one of the biggest ComicLink Auctions of the year and it’s packed with key books and significant original art.
All comics are CGC-graded unless otherwise mentioned.
Golden Age:
- Mask Comics #1 CGC 8.0 (top two) and #2 CGC 8.5 (single highest graded) featuring two of L.B. Cole’s greatest covers
- Detective Comics #1 3.0, #29 8.0R, and #31 3.0
- Action Comics #2 4.0, #3 3.5, #4 4.5, #5 4.5, #7 (second Superman cover) 1.0, #9 4.0, #11 7.5 (top four), #12 3.0, #14 7.5 Larson, and #16 7.0 (top four)
- Captain America Comics #2 8.0, #3 2.5, #7 8.5, and #74 7.0 Diamond Run
- All Star Comics #8 (first Wonder Woman) 2.0 and 7.0R, and #33 (Solomon Grundy cover) 8.5
- Batman #1 4.5R and #23 9.0
- Black Cat Mystery #50 5.5
- Contact Comics #12 7.5
- Crime Patrol #15 (first Crypt-Keeper) 4.0
- Detective Comics #29 8.0R, #42 8.5 Billy Wright (top four), and #76 (Joker cover) 8.0
- Flash Comics #86 (first Black Canary) 6.5
- Human Torch #14 8.5 (highest, one of three)
- Marvel Mystery Comics #32 7.0 and #52 8.0
- More Fun Comics #69 9.2 (top three)
- Mystic Comics #1 (1940) 6.0 and #6 8.0
- Phantom Lady #17 3.5
- Planet Comics #3 8.5 Billy Wright (top four) and #4 9.0 (top five)
- Sensation Comics #53 9.8 (single highest)
- Shock SuspenStories #6 9.4
- Star Spangled Comics #1 8.5
- Startling Comics #49 (Schomburg robot cover) 7.0
- Sub-Mariner Comics #1 6.5
- Suspense Comics #1 (1943) 8.5 Crowley (top three)
- Thrilling Crime Cases #49 9.4 (highest, one of two)
- Young Allies #1 8.0
Silver Age:
- Amazing Fantasy #15 7.5 CVA and 6.5
- Tales of Suspense #39 9.0 and 6.5, and #57 9.4 White Mountain
- X-Men #1 8.0 and 4.0 Signature Series Stan Lee, #4 9.2, and #50 9.8
- Captain America #117 9.8
- Action Comics #252 9.0
- Amazing Spider-Man #1 4.5 and 4.0 Signature Series Stan Lee, #2 9.0 and 8.5, #3 9.0, #4 9.0, #5 9.0, #6 8.5, #7 9.0, #8 9.0, #9 9.0, #10 9.2, #13 9.4, #14 8.5, #50 9.6, and Annual #1 9.0 and #3 9.8 Pacific Coast Pedigree
- Avengers #1 8.5 and #4 9.0
- Daredevil #1 8.0
- Fantastic Four #1 5.0 and 2.5 Signature Series Stan Lee, #2 7.5 Big Apple, #4 7.0, #5 4.0, #12 8.5, and #46 9.8
- Green Lantern #1 8.0
- Incredible Hulk #1 5.5R
- Iron Man #1 9.8 and 9.6
- Journey Into Mystery #83 6.0
- Silver Surfer #4 9.6
- Strange Tales #89 7.0, #110 8.0, and #126 9.6
- Tales to Astonish #13 6.5 and #27 7.0
Bronze to Modern Ages:
- Giant-Size X-Men #1 9.8
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 9.6, 9.0, and 8.5
- Gobbledygook #1 7.5
- Incredible Hulk #180 9.4 and #181 CGC 9.6
- Ghost Rider #1 (1973) CGC 9.8
- Ultimate Fallout #4 CBCS 9.8 variant and CGC 9.6 variant
- Amazing Spider-Man #101 9.8 and #129 9.8
- Conan the Barbarian #1 9.8
- Edge of Spider-Verse #2 CBCS 9.8 Verified Signature Stan Lee, variant
- Foom #10 9.8
- Green Lantern #76 9.6
- House of Secrets #92 9.4
- Special Marvel Edition #15 9.8
- Spider-Man 2009 #1 10.0 (single highest)
- Thorn Tales From the Lantern #nn 9.2 (predates Bone #1 by eight years, not certified due to size)
- Tomb of Dracula #10 9.6
- Werewolf By Night #32 9.2
- X-Men #94 9.6, #101 9.8, #129 9.8 newsstand, and #137 9.9
Original art:
- Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #34 page with Spider-Man and Kraven the Hunter, Tales to Astonish #38 title splash, and Ghostly Haunts #54 cover
- Frank Frazetta Vampirella illustration
- Rob Prior Iron Man Revealed (as Stan Lee) painting from the Stan Lee Legacy Collection
- Jim Lee Alpha Flight #87 cover with Wolverine looming over the team, Batman/Catwoman #6 cover, Batman #616 “Hush” page with Batman and Ra’s al Ghul, Uncanny X-Men #276 page, and Fantastic Four #2 page with Namor
- Adam Kubert Wolverine #75 splash with the key scene where Magneto extracts adamantium from Wolverine
- John Byrne Amazing Spider-Man #12 finale splash with Spider-Man and Venom, X-Men: The Hidden Years #13 cover with Angel taking flight, and Wolverine #21 cover with a close-up of a maskless Logan
- Barry Windsor-Smith Conan the Barbarian #6 page
- Bernie Wrightson Marvel Graphic Novel #22 Amazing Spider-Man finale splash, Swamp Thing #9 page with Swampy emerging from the swamp, plus inks by Jeff Jones, and The Monsters: Color the Creature Vampire illustration
- Adam Hughes Catwoman #47 cover and Fairest #7 cover
- Ross Andru Amazing Spider-Man #133 page 12 splash and page 13 with Spidey vs. Molten Man
- George Pérez New Teen Titans #30 splash with Terra revealing her new superhero outfit
- Frank Cho Harley Quinn #14 variant cover
- Gil Kane Tales of Suspense #89 page with Captain America battling the Red Skull
- Neal Adams Batman Book and Record Set page with Batman sharing Man-Bat’s history with Robin
- Mike Mignola Cosmic Odyssey #3 cover with Kirby’s Darkseid and Etrigan the Demon together
- Frank Brunner Doctor Strange #2 half splash with a great Doctor Strange image plus Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, the Avengers, and the Defenders
- Rafael Grampa Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child #1 splash/promo poster/Black Label cover with Carrie Kelley as the new Batwoman
- Barry Windsor-Smith Conan the Barbarian #6 page
- J. Scott Campbell four Spider-Man variant covers and one each from series featuring the X-Men, the Champions, and the Civil War II event
- John Buscema and Joe Sinnott Fantastic Four #112 page with Thing vs. Hulk
- John Buscema and Tom Palmer Avengers #75 page with Captain America and the Vision battling Quicksilver
- Sal Buscema Avengers #71 page with the Avengers and Kang
- David Finch Batman: The Dark Knight #8 cover
- Joe Kubert House of Mystery #301 cover
- Joe Quesada Wolverine: Origins #3 cover with Logan vs. Nuke from “Daredevil: Born Again”
- Geof Darrow Spawn #11 insert poster with Spawn and the key first appearance of Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Hard Boiled #3 splash, plus more Darrow pieces
- Mike Zeck Captain America #258 complete 22-page story and Epic Graphic Novel: The Punisher – Return to Big Nothing half splash
- Dick Dillin Justice League of America #123 page 1 title splash from the annual JLA/JSA crossover
ComicLink is accepting consignments for future auctions, including the next Focused Auction that starts on June 9 and the Summer Featured Auction that begins in August. They can be reached by emailing buysell@comiclink.com or calling (617) 517-0062. Cash advances are available.