ComicConnect’s Event Auction 62 is filled with vintage comics, original art, foreign titles, rare pulps, and more. It includes classic key issues full of first appearances from heroes, villains, and other beloved characters.

Golden Age keys include Penguin waddling into the spotlight in Detective Comics #58, the Riddler’s start in Detective Comics #140, and Doctor Fate’s debut in More Fun Comics #55. Silver Age firsts are Fantastic Four #1 8.5 and Iron Man’s intro in Tales of Suspense #39 9.4, plus Incredible Hulk #1, Daredevil #1, and X-Men #1 alongside the Green Goblin’s start in Amazing Spider-Man #14 9.2.

There are plenty of Bronze Age firsts like a run of X-Men graded 9.8, beginning with Giant-Size X-Men #1 and going to X-Men #94. Other big beginnings range from the first appearance of the Black Panther to Doctor Strange’s debut in Strange Tales #110. There’s even the Scarecrow terrorizing the Golden Age in World’s Finest #3 and the first appearance of a manga superstar (in American comics) with the Gold Key one-off Astro Boy #1.

Fantastic firsts also prominently figure amongst Event Auction 62’s original art selection, with John Buscema introducing the Valkyrie on his feminist cover to Avengers #83. Steve Ditko unveils Iron Man’s red and gold uniform on a beautiful page out of Tales of Suspense #48, while Jack Kirby starts the career of Jasper Sitwell in a wild page from Strange Tales #144. These highlights and more are part of the auction ending June 8-12, 2025.