The ComicLink September Focused Auction is now underway with over 5,000 auction lots up for grabs, consigned by sellers with confidence at no reserve. Most of the graded comic book lots are encapsulated by either CGC or CBCS, and there are over 600 original art lots included. There is a phenomenal selection of scarce and even high grade Golden Age, key and high grade Silver Age, and Bronze Age. Major highlights include the #1 Neal Adams Registry Set for DC and Marvel covers, Strange Tales #110 CGC 9.4, Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 4.5, Werewolf By Night #32 9.6, key, classic, and high grade Golden Age, pristine Moderns and so much more. With exciting original artwork as well, this auction has something to offer just about any comic book collector.

Session 1 of the September Focused Auction features select, key, and high grade Silver and Bronze Age comics and has a wonderful selection of important first and key issues and includes more than 1,900 lots. The session includes around 200 examples from the #1 Neal Adams Registry Set for DC and Marvel covers. This a collection of high grade comics featuring Adams covers including his most famous work on such titles as Batman, Detective Comics, Green Lantern, Avengers, and X-Men. Entitled “Simply the Best,” the set is just that, containing high grade examples that the consigning collector took over twelve years to assemble in the Near Mint conditions assigned.

Session 1 highlights include Silver Age Marvel keys like Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 6.5, #40 (origin of Green Goblin) CGC 9.2, #50 (first Kingpin) CGC 8.5 Signature Series, and #51 CGC 9.6, Avengers #1 (first gathering and origin of Avengers) CGC 4.0, #4 (first Silver Age Captain America) CGC 7.5, and #57 (first Vision) CGC 9.4, Captain America #100 (first Silver Age issue) CGC 9.0, Daredevil #1 (first appearance and origin issue) CGC 8.0, Doctor Strange #169 (first issue) CGC 9.6, Fantastic Four #4 (first Silver Age Sub-Mariner) CBCS 5.0 and #12 (first Hulk/Thing battle) CGC 7.5, Incredible Hulk #1 (first appearance Hulk, Bruce Banner, Rick Jones, Betty Ross, and Thunderbolt Ross) CGC 4.5, Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor) CGC 4.0, Strange Tales #110 (first Doctor Strange) CGC 9.4 Circle 8 Pedigree and #115 (origin of Doctor Strange) CGC 9.4 Don and Maggie Thompson Pedigree, Tales of Suspense #57 (first Hawkeye) CGC 9.4, Thor #169 (origin of Galactus) CGC 9.8 Rocky Mountain Pedigree, and X-Men #2 (second X-Men) CGC 8.5.

Silver Age DC keys include Aquaman #1 CGC 6.5, Brave and the Bold #28 (first JLA) CGC 3.0 and #85 (first revamped Green Arrow) CGC 9.2, The Flash #105 (first Silver Age issue, first Mirror Master) CGC 4.5, Superman #199 (first Superman/Flash race) CGC 9.0, and Wonder Woman #105 (scarce in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Silver Age origin, first Wonder Girl) CGC 4.0.

Early Bronze Age Marvel keys are Amazing Spider-Man #101 (first Morbius) CGC 9.4, #121 (death of Gwen Stacy) CGC 9.8, and #122 (death of Green Goblin) CGC 9.6, Avengers #87 (origin of Black Panther) CGC 9.6 and #100 (Barry Smith Art, anniversary issue) CGC 9.8, Conan #23 (first Red Sonja cameo) CGC 9.6 and #24 (first full Red Sonja) CGC 9.8, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (first Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and second full Wolverine) CGC 9.6, Incredible Hulk #180 (first Wolverine) CGC 9.6 and #181 (first full Wolverine) CBCS 9.2 and CGC 9.0, Iron Man #55 (first Thanos and Drax) CGC 9.6, Marvel Spotlight #2 (first Werewolf By Night) CGC 9.4 Oakland Pedigree, Tomb of Dracula #10 (first Blade) CGC 9.8, War is Hell #1 CGC 9.8 (highest graded, one of three), Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) CGC 9.6, Western Gunfighters #1 CGC 9.8 (highest graded, one of four), Western Team-Up #1 CGC 9.8 (highest graded, one of three), and X-Men #89 CGC 9.8.

Early Bronze Age DC keys include Batman #227 (homage to classic gothic cover of Detective Comics #31) CGC 9.6, #232 (first Ras Al Ghul) CGC 9.6 and 9.4, #234 (first modern Two-Face) CGC 9.6, #244 (Ras Al Ghul dual cover) CGC 9.8, and #251 (classic Joker cover/story) CGC 9.4, Detective Comics #400 (first Man-Bat) CGC 9.0, #405 (first League of Assassins) CGC 9.6, and #411 (first Talia) CGC 9.4, Forever People #1 (first full Darkseid) CGC 9.6, Green Lantern #76 (Adams and “Green Lantern/Green Arrow” begin) CGC 9.2, #85 (Speedy on drugs cover) CGC 9.6, and #87 (first John Stewart) CGC 9.4, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (first Darkseid) CGC 9.6 Rocky Mountain Pedigree, Swamp Thing #1 CGC 9.8, and Wonder Woman #199 (Jeff Jones bondage cover) CGC 9.8.

Session 2 contains a strong selection of Golden Age examples, with nearly 600 lots. This session is packed with keys, scarcities, high grades, exceptional covers, and pedigree examples. Golden Age DC including Action Comics #42 (first Vigilante) CGC 5.0, Adventure Comics #65 (Starman cover) CGC 5.5, All-Star Comics #2 CGC 6.0R, #14 CGC 8.5Q, and #15 (first Brainwave) CGC 5.0, Batman #23 (second Joker cover in Batman title) CGC 4.5 and nine other Batman examples, Detective Comics #22 (first Crimson Avenger cover) CGC 1.8, #69 (classic Joker cover) CGC 1.8, Comic Cavalcade #13 (rare Solomon Grundy Golden Age appearance) CGC 5.0, More Fun Comics #69 (Doctor Fate cover) CGC 6.5, Superman #11 (classic cover) CGC 3.5 and #100 (anniversary cover) CGC 4.5, Western Comics #24 (DC) CGC 9.4 Mile High Pedigree and single highest, Wonder Woman a large selection of tough to find examples ranging from #7 to the end of the Golden Age including #8, #10, #12, #14, #16 (Crippen Pedigree), #17 (Crippen Pedigree), and 22 more.

Golden Age Timely, Atlas, and Marvel titles include All Winners Comics #13 CGC 4.5, Astonishing #5 (Marvel Boy cover) CGC 4.5 plus eight Astonishing examples from the Atlas horror era, Journey Into Unknown Worlds six examples for the Atlas series, Marvel Boy #1 (1950 Marvel origin and first appearance) CGC 4.0, Marvel Mystery Comics #64 (Schomburg cover) CGC 4.5, six issues of Mystic from the Atlas run, Rawhide Kid #1 (first issue of long-running Marvel title) CGC 3.0, Space Squadron #3 (rare 1951 Atlas title) CGC 5.5 (one of top two graded overall), Spaceman (Speed Carter, Spaceman on cover) #1 (1953 Atlas) CGC 5.0 and four other examples from this hard to find short run, Two-Gun Kid #49 CGC 6.5 only CGC graded, and Uncanny Tales #17 issues from the Atlas run.

Other Golden Age titles are Archie Comics #50 (classic Betty “headlights” cover) CBCS 6.0, Boys Ranch #1 (Simon and Kirby) CGC 8.5 (one of top 5 ever graded), Bulls Eye #1 (Simon and Kirby) CBCS 8.5 (single highest), Captain Marvel Adventures #51 CGC 9.4 (double cover) and #78 (first Mister Atom cover and story) CGC 9.0, Charlie Chan #1 (1948, Simon & Kirby cover) CGC 7.5, Dick Tracy 35 issues (offered separately) most high grade Pedigree or File copies, many single highest graded, Dollman Quarterly #1 (1941, first issue of Long Run) CGC 5.5, Famous Funnies a run of File and high grade examples from the historic first comic book title, Ibis #1 (early Fawcett solo title) CGC 4.0, Jackpot Comics #4 (first Archie cover, same month as Pep #22) CGC 0.4, Lawbreakers #1 CGC 7.0, MAD #9 CGC 7.5, #17 CGC 8.0, and #20 CGC 8.0, Popular Comics 15 issues of the very early title starting with examples from 1936, Strange Worlds eight out of the first nine issues from the Avon run, Tales from the Crypt #37 CGC 6.0 and #40 CGC 5.5, Tarzan #1 (1948) CGC 5.0, Thrilling Comics #39 (Schomburg WWII cover) CGC 6.5, #40 (Schomburg) CGC 6.0, and #48 (Hitler cover Canadian edition) CGC 6.5, Tomb of Terror #14 CGC 9.2 (highest graded, one of two), Wambi Jungle Boy a high grade run including single highest graded and Mile High pedigree examples, Weird Fantasy #6 CGC 7.5, Western titles in high grade spectacular runs including multiple pedigree examples from the Mile High, Hawkeye, and Crowley pedigree collections for such titles as Gabby Hayes Western, Gene Autry Comics, Indians, Monte Hale Western, Rocky Lane Western, Rod Cameron Western, Roy Rogers Comics and Western Hero, and Zago #1 (Kamen GGA cover) CGC 7.0.

A special collection of Golden Age Canadian Whites that are extremely rare examples, many the only CGC graded example. They include Active Comics, Better Comics, Colossal Comics, Commando Comics, Dime Comics, Freelance Comics, Funny Comics, Grand Slam Comics, Jetman Comics, Joke Comics, Lucky Comics, Rocket Comics, Three Aces Comics, Triumph Comics, and Wow Comics. These examples are part of a large collection of Canadian Whites being auctioned off in various ComicLink auctions in the coming months.

Session 3 of CGC-graded late Bronze, Copper, and Modern Age comic books features more than 1,400 lots of the most collectible comic books from the past 40 years. Some of the best examples of the key books being offered are All-Star Comics #58 (first Power Girl) CGC 9.8, Amazing Spider-Man #194 (first Black Cat) CGC 9.8, #252 (first black uniform) CGC 9.8, and #300 (first full Venom) CGC 9.8, Batman Adventures #12 (first Harley Quinn in comic books) CGC 9.8, Daredevil #131 (first Bullseye) CGC 9.6 and #168 (first Elektra) CGC 9.8, New Mutants #98 (first Deadpool) CGC 9.8, Preacher #1 (first Jesse Custer, Tulip and Cassidy) CGC 9.8, and X-Men #129 (first Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde) CGC 9.8.

Session 4 of assorted lots has almost 500 lots including more affordable examples of many great Silver Age and Bronze Age comic books. This session is ideal for collectors looking to fill in runs with respectable looking mid-grade examples.

Session 5 houses the original art. “The selection of original art within our Focused Auctions continues to improve, and there is a lot of artwork by well regarded artists offered within this auction,” ComicLink President Josh Nathanson said. 

Highlights include a wide selection of comic related original art with close to 600 pieces including work by such key artists as Art Adams, Jim Aparo, Sergio Aragones, Mark Bagley, Ed Benes, Lee Bermejo, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Frank Brunner, John Buscema, John Byrne, John Cassaday, Howard Chaykin, Gene Colan, Amanda Connor, Mike Deodato, Steve Ditko, David Finch, Frank Frazetta, Cathy Guisewite, Gene Ha, Tony Harris, Russ Heath, Gilbert Hernandez, Adam Hughes, Carmine Infantino, Phil Jimenez, J.G. Jones, Jeff Jones, Joe Jusko, Michael Kaluta, Joe Kubert, Joseph Michael Linser, Mike Mignola, Gray Morrow, George Pérez, Whilce Portacio, Marshall Rogers, Steve Rude, Alex Schomburg, Marc Silvestri, Frank Thorne, Alex Toth, J.H. Williams, Bernie Wrightson, and dozens more.

Higher end original art can be found in ComicLink’s quarterly Featured Auctions including the upcoming Fall Featured Auction.

There’s plenty more in the September Focused Auction. Also, keep in mind that the ComicLink Fall Featured Auction is coming up as well, beginning November 17 and the firm’s October Focused Auction beginning on October 12. ComicLink is currently accepting consignments for these and other future auctions. To reserve upcoming auction placement any of the firm’s future auctions, simply email buysell@comiclink.com with your prospective sale list, or call (617) 517-0062 (option 1). If you do not prefer auctions, ComicLink is also always accepting new sellers for the ComicLink exchange marketplaces, brokering private placement deals, and buying outright. So, it pays to get in touch no matter your selling preference, and ComicLink always looks forward to hearing from potential sellers.