Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel’s final page for 1974’s The Incredible Hulk #180, featuring the first ever appearance of Wolverine, brought $657,250 (including 19.5% Buyer’s Premium) on May 16, 2014, at Heritage Auctions in Dallas when it was purchased by collector Thomas Fish, a sports card dealer based on the east coast.

“We knew when this artwork surfaced that is was, without doubt, one of the most significant pieces of original comic art ever drawn,” said Todd Hignite, Vice President of Heritage Auctions. “It has now brought a final price realized commensurate with that status.”

The final price realized ties the record price set by Heritage in July of 2012 for Todd McFarlane’s original cover art for 1990’s Amazing Spider-Man #328 and sets a new benchmark for interior pages.

Alex Raymond’s original Sunday page for Flash Gordon, dated August 28, 1938, blew through its $50,000+ pre-auction estimate to realize $215,100, setting another record for the auction house. The image from the strip’s second panel was used in the creation of the 1995 commemorative stamp issued by the U.S. Post Office.

The top comic book offering in the auction was a GCG 9.4 copy of Wonder Comics #1 which sold for $68,713. Its star character, Wonder Man, is notable as the first to attempt to ride Superman’s coattails. Publisher Victor Fox was immediately slapped with a lawsuit by DC (then National Periodical), and the character did not appear in subsequent issues.

Among the other highlights, a 1906 Winsor McCay Little Nemo in Slumberland original Sunday page realized $89,625 (a new price record for the artist), Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers’ original page 1 splash for Incredible Hulk #5 closed at $71,700, Bill Watterson’s original art for the Calvin and Hobbes daily dated May 9, 1987 sold for $47,800 (more than double its $20,000+ estimate), and a CGC-certified 3.5 copy of All-American Comics #16, the first appearance of Green Lantern, went for $44,813.