This is the last weekend to bid in the ComicLink August Featured Auction which features over 1,200 vintage comic book and original comic art lots. There are impressive highlights across all segments of the hobby. The comic book segment of this auction closes on Tuesday, August 27 (titles “A” thru “H”) between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM ET and on Wednesday, August 28 (titles “I” thru “Z”) between 8:00 PM and 11:30 PM ET. The original art segment of the auction closes on Thursday, August 29 between 8:00 PM ET and 11:45 PM ET.

“This auction will draw in aggressive bidders from each corner of the hobby,” said Josh Nathanson, ComicLink’s President. “With so many stand-out comic books from the Golden Age, Silver Age, and Bronze and Modern Ages, and our broadest Original Artwork segment to date, the August Featured Auction is one we are proud of.” 

“There are far too many standout items to list in a single article,” said Douglas Gillock, ComicLink’s consignment director, “but it is definitely worth pointing out just a few of the major comic book and original art items featured. To make things easier for bidders, we have also set up highlights pages for some of the top comic books and original comic art in the auction. Even these lists are not all inclusive of all the high quality material, though, so it definitely makes sense to take some time to review the full listings.”

Some examples of the numerous Silver Age keys featured in this auction include Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 9.4, Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 7.0 (and 6.0 and others), Amazing Spider-Man #5 CGC 9.8 (single highest), Journey Into Mystery #83 CGC 9.2 (first Thor), Avengers #4 CGC 9.4 (first Silver Age Captain America) universal and signature series examples, Batman #189 CGC 9.8 (highest, first S.A. Scarecrow), Brave and the Bold #28 CGC 5.5 (first JLA), Fantastic Four #1 CGC 7.0, Fantastic Four #12 CGC 9.0 (first FF vs. Hulk battle), Fantastic Four #48 (first Silver Surfer) CGC 9.6, Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 5.5, Iron Man #1 CGC 9.8, Journey Into Mystery #89 CGC 9.4 (classic cover), Justice League of America #1 CGC 7.0, Silver Surfer #1 CGC 9.6, Showcase #4 CGC 5.5 (first Flash) & #22 CGC 7.0 (first Green Lantern), Star Trek #1 CGC 9.6, Strange Tales #110 CGC 8.0, Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 7.5, Tales to Astonish #27 CGC 7.5, Teen Titans #1 CGC 9.8, X-Men #1 CGC 9.2 (rare, highest graded UK edition) and more.

A small sample of the high-grade superhero comic books in the auction include multiple early 9.4-9.8 graded Amazing Spider-Man #25 CGC 9.8 (the only 9.8 to hit the auction block), Avengers #8 CGC 9.8 (first Kang, the only 9.8 ever to hit the open market), Batman #163 CGC 9.8 Pacific Coast (Joker cover, single highest), Fantastic Four #53 CGC 9.8 (origin or the Black Panther, only 9.8 ever to hit the market), Flash #110 CGC 9.0 (first Wally West, Kid Flash), Journey Into Mystery #113 CGC 9.8 (highest, one of two), and Strange Tales #117 CGC 9.8 (highest, one of two), just to name a few. This auction contains many exciting early 9.0 to 9.8 graded Marvel and DC issues from the Silver Age, as well as ones from other publishers. Also special in this auction are single highest graded Atlas examples such as Amazing Adult Fantasy #12 CGC 9.4, Journey Into Mystery #52 CGC 9.2, Mystery Tales #22 CGC 9.0 and Uncanny Tales #35 CGC 9.6 (the only 9.6 in the entire run).

Numerous key and high-grade Bronze and Modern Age comic books are also featured in this auction.

“Aother valuable comic book that we are bringing to market for the first time is the only example of New Mutants #98, which introduces Deadpool, to be assigned a grade of 10.0 by CGC,” said Gillock.

Aso included in this auction are perennial Bronze Age keys such as Green Lantern #76 CGC 9.6 (start of the Neal Adams run), Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8, X-Men #94 CGC 9.8, Iron Man #55 CGC 9.8 duble cver (the only double cover 9.8 of the Thanos’ first appearance), Amazing Spider-Man #101 CGC 9.8 (first Morbius), Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8, Conan #1 CGC 9.8, Tomb of Dracula #10 CGC 9.8 (first Blade), Hero for Hire #1 CGC 9.8 (first Luke Cage, Power Man), Batman #232 CGC 9.8 (first Ra’s), House of Secrets #92 CGC 9.2 (first Swamp Thing), and beloved moderns such as Albedo #2 CGC 9.8 (highest, one of three), Amazing Spider-Man #300 CGC 9.9, X-Men #266 CGC 9.9, and much more!”

This Featured Auction is bringing out many Golden Age keys, interesting covers, and high-grade gems. Examples of just some of these keys include Superman #1 CGC 2.0 (that looks 4.0), Sensation Comics #1 (first Wonder Woman cover) CGC 8.0 and 4.5, Batman #1 CGC 2.5, All-American Comics #16 CGC 3.0 (first Green Lantern), Detective Comics #38 CGC 2.5 (first Robin), Flash Comics #1 CGC 6.0 and CGC 3.5 (first Flash and Hawkman), Forbidden Worlds #1 CGC 9.0 Mile High, Green Hornet Comics #1 (1940) CGC 9.2 Mile High (highest), Green Lantern #1 CGC 6.5, MAD #1 CGC 9.2, Startling Comics #1 (1940) CGC 8.5, and Whiz Comics #2 (#1) CGC 1.5 (first Captain Marvel, rare, unrestored example), Pep Comics #36 CGC 2.5 (first Archie cover in Pep) and Super Comics #nn (1942) CGC 5.0 Rest. (rare, first Canadian Archie from Pep #22).

Interesting covers noted as “classics” by many include All-Negro #1 CGC 7.5 Crippen (Highest, one of two), Blue Beetle #52 CGC 6.5 (Kamen bondage cover), Giant Comics Edition #12 CGC 7.0 (Matt Baker cover), Reform School Girl #nn CGC 7.5 & 1.5 (“SOTI” cover), Black Cat Mystery #50 CGC 9.0, Famous Funnies #215 CGC 8.5 (Frazetta cover, highest), The Spirit #22 CGC 3.0 (Eisner cover), Startling Comics #49 CGC 7.5 (Schomburg sci-fi cover), Startling Terror Tales #11 CGC 6.0 (LB Cole cover), Suspense Comics #3 CGC 3.0, Suspense Comics #8 CGC 7.0 (LB Cole cover), Target Comics #7 CGC 6.0 (Wolverton Spacehawk cover), Thunda #1 CGC 7.0 (Frazetta cover), and Weird Tales of the Future #3 CGC 3.0 (Wolverton cover).

A few examples of the kind of high grade Golden Age gems in this auction are Batman #15 CGC 8.5, Detective Comics #14 CGC 7.5, Detective Comics #128 CGC 9.2 (Joker cover), Captain America Comics #52 CGC 9.4, Flash Comics #104 CGC 8.5 (scarce final G.A. issue), Haunt of Fear #14 CGC 9.6 Gaines, Marvel Mystery Comics #48 CGC 9.2 (one of the top three existing examples), Stuntman #1 CGC 9.6, Sub-Mariner Comics #17 CGC 9.0 (second highest), Superman #74 (Luthor cover) CGC 9.6 (single highest, double cover), Wonder Comics #12 CGC 9.6, Wonder Woman #23 CGC 9.2, and World’s Finest Comics #26 CGC 9.6 Spokane.

The original art segment of this auction is broader than ever before, with some very impressive highlights, Nathanson said.

“Examples include a powerful Jack Kirby Fantastic Four #40 Thing vs. Doctor Doom battle page, a stunning Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #34 page featuring Spidey taking on Kraven and a classic panel that inspired the very first Spider-Man model set, a rare, full color 1991 cover-poster pin-up by Jim Lee and Scott Williams of the entire X-Men team.”

Also among the attention-getters are Kevin Eastman’s cover to the 4th printing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, Kirby’s pre-hero monster title splash to Strange Tales #96, the cover to Champions #6 (which is a rare example of Kirby cover artwork including X-Men or Black Widow), Frank Miller’s 1980 Captain America #245 cover art, a rare full page Frank Miller splash from Sin City, Neal Adams’ Superboy #175 cover art, a wonderful 1934 Hal Foster Tarzan Sunday that served as an inspiration for Frank Frazetta and hung on his wall.

The offerings also include George Perez’s Fantastic Four #186 cover and New Teen Titans #3 (Baxter) cover, Dave McKean’s Hellblazer #20 cover, Al Feldstein’s third cover artwork for E.C. from A Moon, A Girl… Romance #9, an explosive John Buscema Silver Surfer #7 half splash with a huge Surfer figure and the unpublished cover to the same issue, a stunning John Byrne FF versus Doom battle page from Fantastic Four #246, a Weird Sex-Fantasy portfolio plate, a rare Stephan Pastis Pearls Before Swine daily from 2002, a wonderfully composed John Totleben Swamp Thing #53 page with Batman, Erik Larsen’s complete Savage Dragon #17 art including both covers, the complete 22-page interior (and the “adult” shower scene page removed from some editions.

The original art selections also include rarely offered Paul Pope Batman Year 100 pages, a significant Mike Mignola Hellboy cover, Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams’ X-Men #286 title splash, Bill Griffith’s historic Young Lust #1 cover, a grouping of impressive Joe Jusko cover paintings, coveted Michael Turner Witchblade artwork, and, John Romita, Jr.’s cover and complete story to Amazing Spider-Man #503, and Jim Starlin’s Warlock Special Edition #1 wrap-around cover. 

“There are so many other highlights within the art segment of this auction that we are also excited about and we know our bidders will be too,” he said.

ComicLink is now accepting consignments for its September through November auctions and has recently launched a growing preview for the November Featured Auction (which will be similar in structure to this August Featured Auction).

“Sellers who have taken note of the outstanding auction results realized in prior ComicLink auctions may wish to capitalize on the opportunity to let aggressive bidders compete for their best items at auction at a low commission rate,” said Douglas. “Consigning early gives you maximum preview exposure and the most generous of cash advances.”

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

ComicLink’s auction schedule is now online.