Hake’s Auction #242 is now open for bids, with 2,067 lots of pop culture and historical memorabilia ready for new homes. Multiple sections spotlight specific collecting categories, including original art from comic books, comic strips, and more.

Leading the charge is the Marvel Comics Presents #114 Wolverine cover by Steve Lightle. The dramatic image shows a slightly burned Wolverine with a rifle in hand and claws extended as he stands atop a pile of bodies. The cover comes from Part 6 of the “Typhoid’s Kiss: Crisscross” storyline by Ann Nocenti.

Comic greats John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson worked together on the Punisher/Batman Hero Illustrated #14 cover. The landscape oriented cover with full figures of the pair, along with Joker, Jigsaw, and Azrael is based on a one-shot DC/Marvel collaboration. Also included with this artwork are six copies of the press samples of the unused cover for the printed comic book Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights. It comes from the Gary and Dawn Guzzo Collection.

The Destroy!! #1 cover by Zot! creator Scott McCloud features an explosive, action-packed image of The Red Basher bursting through a concrete wall. Destroy!! was touted as “The Loudest Comic-Book In The Universe,” with McCloud serving a slugfest between The Red Basher and Captain Maximum. The art has been personalized “To Gary” and signed by McCloud as “Scott.”

Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #17 page 13 by Jack Kirby with inks by D. Bruce Berry from “The Human Gophers of Ohio!” storyline has five panels of humanoids and Kamandi escaping man-like apes. Spider-Man: Master Plan #1 variant cover B by penciler Ron Lim and inker Scott Hanna shows the Wall Crawler swinging in for an attack.

Hake’s is offering multiple Amazing Spider-Man daily comic strips by John Romita Sr. The three-panel strips from 1980 show Spider-Man facing multiple foes and difficult situations. They come from the Gary and Dawn Guzzo Collection.

The original art offerings spread out from comics to G.I. Joe concept art by Greg Berndtson. The Cobra Maggot art features images of the “R.A.T.T. (Rapid All Terrain Tank)” on one sheet and “ABT (Air-Borne Tank)” on the other. The Tomahawk tandem rotor heavy-lift transport helicopter shows numerous design changes to weapons, cockpit, rotors and more.

Hake’s premier Auction #242 is now open for bids at hakes.com. The auction runs until Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19-20, 2024.