The ComicLink February Featured Auction starts on February 13, 2013 and a growing preview is now available for viewing. ComicLink Consignment Director Douglas Gillock checked in to mention some of the early highlights already posted to this auction.

“ComicLink has already received numerous impressive items from consignors for this first ComicLink Featured Auction of 2013 across both the vintage comic book and original comic art segments. With key, high-grade Silver Age such as Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 9.4 and Fantastic Four #1 CGC 9.0 and exciting Golden Age issues such as Captain America Comics #2 (in CGC 9.0), Batman #1 and Jackpot #3, the comic book segment is shaping up to be a good one. The original artwork received already includes a few grail-type pieces, among them the complete 16 page (large art) Kirby story to Thor #134 featuring two incredible splash pages (and the best we’ve ever seen of Galactus), a great Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man page, and a Jim Lee half-splash of Wolverine from Uncanny X-Men,” he said.

“Here are some of the comic books already slated for the auction: Adventure Comics #44 CGC 6.5 (third Sandman), All Select Comics #4 CGC 9.2 (single highest), All Star Comics #5 CGC 8.0 (first Hawkgirl), Amazing Spider-Man #28 CGC 9.4, Batman #1 CGC 1.8 Q, Batman #40 CGC 9.4 (highest, one of two, Joker cover), Captain America Comics #2 CGC 9.0, Creepy #17 CGC 9.9 (Frazetta cover, single highest), Daredevil #1 CGC 9.0 (first Daredevil), Detective Comics #168 CGC 7.5 (Joker origin), Fantastic Four #1 CGC 9.0, Flash #109 CGC 9.2, Human Torch #1 CGC 6.5, Jackpot Comics #4 CGC 3.0 (first Archie cover), Silver Surfer #1 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 9.4 (first Iron Man), Tales of Suspense #59 CGC 9.8 (Captain America begins, highest), and Whiz Comics #25 CGC 9.0 (first Captain Marvel, Jr.),” he said.

“Original art already posted in the preview includes Jack Kirby’s full, 16 page ‘twice-up’ lead story from Thor #134 including the title splash and the best Kirby Galactus splash we’ve ever seen, a Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #37 page featuring an iconic image of Spidey in action, X-Men art by Jim Lee (including an incredible Wolverine half-splash), a Gil Kane and John Romita Conan battle cover, four of the best covers from Howard Chaykin’s controversial Black Kiss series, Silver Age Hawkman and Flash art (a page from Hawkman’s second appearance by Joe Kubert), Silver and Bronze Age Gene Colan Daredevil art including the #25 title splash and the Daredevil Annual #1 title splash, a Bill Everett Sub-Mariner #58 action page with great Namor images, a Mike Zeck Web of Spider-Man page from the famous “Kraven’s Last Hunt” story arc, and more! Material is coming in daily from consignors seeking early preview exposure for their auction lots, so interested collectors may want to bookmark the growing preview page and come back often to see what’s new,” he said.

“We encourage sellers that have taken note of the outstanding auction results realized in prior ComicLink auctions to capitalize on the opportunity to let our aggressive bidders compete for your items, and to consign early for maximum preview exposure! As always, we will offer you an auction deal that can’t be beat, and we look forward to hearing from you and promoting your items to the fullest,” he said.

To reserve February Auction placement or to consign to other ComicLink auctions, email buysell@comiclink.com with your prospective auction list, or call (617) 517-0062, option 1, to speak with Gillock, Josh Nathanson, Jason Crosby, Sean Goodrich, Jon Signorelli, or other members of the ComicLink team.