ComicConnect has closed their first bids of 2025 with lots of hot offerings in the Winter Mega Monthly Auction — even as Event Auction 61 gets ready to launch on Monday, February 24, 2025. 

The bidding over the Winter Mega Monthly Auction included a record setting sale for Creepy #7 CGC 9.8 with Frank Frazetta’s classic vampire vs. werewolf cover that went for $977. Werewolf By Night #43 CGC 9.8 Signature Series from the Mike Ploog Collection pounced to four figures for the first time when it sold for $1,462. Sales also spiked for Batman joining Wildcat in Brave and the Bold #97 CGC 9.8 that realized $495.

A selection of Underground Comix offered a rare first printing of Zap Comix #1 CGC 6.5 reached $1,552, and Civil Rights activist Julian Bond’s rare Vietnam CGC 7.5 anti-war comic sold for an unprecedented $522. 

Foreign book sales were led by Ghost Rider’s first appearance in Italy’s Marvel Spotlight #5 CGC 8.5, featuring a rare variant cover that also sports Daredevil, that roared to $1,705. A rare French-Canadian copy of the Punisher’s debut in Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 8.5 went for $805.

As noted, ComicConnect is heading right into Event Auction 61 as a showcase of vintage comics, original art, pulps, and rare memorabilia. That includes Golden Age greats such as high-grade copies of Wonder Woman #1, Batman #3, and Amazing Spider-Man #1, plus original art by George Pérez, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jim Lee, and others. Original art consignors can reach Micah Spivak at micahs@comicconnect.com; sellers can also contact Peter Barbella at peterb@comicconnect.com, and by calling (212) 260-4147 or (888) 779-7377.