ComicLink is now gathering consignments for their upcoming Fall Featured Auction, which will begin on November 14, 2018. Interested sellers can contact ComicLink at buysell@comiclink.com or (617) 517-0062 (option 1) to speak with Josh Nathanson, Douglas Gillock, Jason Crosby, Jon Signorelli, or Ross Kearney. Upfront cash advances are available upon request.

Major keys recently added to the Fall Featured Auction Preview include Strange Tales #110 (first Doctor Strange) CGC 9.4 Northland pedigree and CGC 9.2, More Fun Comics #73 (first Aquaman and first Green Arrow) CGC 6.5, X-Men #1 (first X-Men and Magneto) CGC 8.5, Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 8.5 and CGC 7.5, Amazing Fantasy #15 (first Spider-Man and origin) CGC 5.0, Incredible Hulk #1 (first Hulk and origin) CGC 6.0, Journey Into Mystery #83 (first Thor) CGC 7.5, Detective Comics #359 (first Barbara Gordon Batgirl) CGC 9.6, Batman #181 (first Poison Ivy) CGC 9.6, Aquaman #1 CGC 9.2 and #35 (first Black Manta) CGC 9.6 (top four), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 CGC 9.6.

Other new additions to the Auction Preview include Tales of Suspense #39 (first Iron Man, origin) CGC 6.5, Daredevil #1 (first Daredevil, origin) CGC 7.5, Avengers #16 (line-up change) CGC 9.4, and Silver Surfer #1 CGC 9.4.

Collector interest in early Silver Age issues of Fantastic Four has been on fire as of late and ComicLink has several in their auction preview, including Fantastic Four #1 (first Fantastic Four, origin) CGC 7.0, CGC 5.0, and CGC 3.0, #3 (first uniforms) CGC 8.5, and #4 (first Silver Age Sub-Mariner) CGC 8.0.

The Fall Featured Auction is filled with high grade Spider-Man comics. In addition to the Amazing Fantasy #15 and two Amazing Spider-Man #1 copies, ComicLink has just added #3 (first Doc Ock) CGC 8.0 and #4 (first Sandman) CGC 9.0. Also listed are two examples from issues that are in especially high demand right now – #13 (first Mysterio) CGC 8.5 and #14 (first Green Goblin) CGC 8.0. There’s a high grade Near Mint selection from a bit later in the Silver Age Amazing Spider-Man run including many pedigree examples and some in CGC 9.8 that very rarely come to market in that condition. They include Amazing Spider-Man #24 CGC 9.6 Northland pedigree, #30 CGC 9.8 Boston pedigree, #32 CGC 9.8 Massachusetts pedigree (highest, one of four), #33 CGC 9.8, #34 CGC 9.6 Curator pedigree, #37 (first Norman Osborn) CGC 9.6, #49 CGC 9.8, #53 CGC 9.8 Curator pedigree, #54 CGC 9.8 Curator pedigree, #58 CGC 9.8, #69 CGC 9.8 Rocky Mountain pedigree, #72 CGC 9.8, and others.

Other Silver Age highlights include Showcase #4 (first Silver Age Flash and origin) CGC 6.0, Action Comics #242 (first Brainiac) CGC 8.0 and #252 (first Supergirl) CGC 6.5, Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (first Carol Danvers, the current Captain Marvel) CGC 9.6, Captain Marvel #1 (second Carol Danvers) CGC 9.8, Justice League of America #9 (origin issue) CGC 9.6 (highest, one of five) and #30 (second JLA/JSA team-up) CGC 9.6 (highest, one of four), Avengers #1 (first Avengers and origin) CGC 7.5, #2 CGC 9.4, and #4 (first SA Captain America) CGC 8.0, and The Flash #132 CGC 9.6 and #139 (first Reverse Flash) CGC 9.2.

Golden Age highlights are Batman #11 (first Joker cover in title) CGC 5.5, Captain America Comics #3 (Red Skull cover, Stan Lee’s first published story) CGC 7.5 (A-2), Detective Comics #37 (last pre-Robin Batman story, Batman cover) CGC 6.0, #32 CGC 3.5, #34 CGC 3.0, and #225 (first Martian Manhunter) CGC 6.0, Action Comics #19 CGC 7.5, Archie Comics #1 CGC 4.0 slight (C-1), Marvel Family #1 (first Black Adam) CGC 8.0, Blue Beetle #52 (Kamen cover) CGC 9.0 and #54 (GGA cover) CGC 7.0, and Shock SuspenStories #16 Gaines File. Just added to the Preview is Action Comics #75 CGC 9.2 (single highest graded), as well as Startling Terror Tales #11 (classic L.B. Cole Spider cover) CGC 5.0.

The best of the Bronze Age is represented in the Auction Preview including Incredible Hulk #181 (first full Wolverine) CGC 9.8, Tomb of Dracula #10 (first Blade) CGC 9.8, House of Secrets #92 (first Swamp Thing) CGC 9.6 and CGC 9.2, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (first Darkseid) CGC 9.8, Amazing Spider-Man #121 (death of Gwen Stacy) CGC 9.8 and #122 CGC 9.8 (death of Green Goblin), Marvel Spotlight #5 (first Ghost Rider) CGC 9.4 and Ghosts #1 (1971 DC) CGC 9.8 (single highest graded). Modern era highlights include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (first Turtles) CGC 8.5, plus an example of the popular issue, Amazing Spider-Man #300 (first full Venom) CGC 9.8 Signature Series signed by Stan Lee.

Newly added original art pieces include Barry Windsor-Smith Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #5 page; Art Adams Avengers Classic #5 cover featuring the original Avengers; Jim Lee Superman #204 splash; Tim Sale Superman Kryptonite cover from the collection of his work with Darwyn Cooke; Dave McKean painted cover to Amazing Heroes #152 promoting his Black Orchid series with Neil Gaiman; John Buscema Fantastic Four #174 page; Denys Cowan Jonah Hex #92 memorable cover to the final issue of the long-running series featuring Hex as a skeleton with Janson inks; Brett Blevins cover to New Mutants #49; José Luis García-López wraparound cover to the Justice League: The Detroit Era Omnibus with a great team portrait, plus a double page title splash from Tarzan #250; Wally Wood Witching Hour #15 title splash; Frank Brunner cover to Roy Thomas Presents the Heap #2 with the Heap reading an issue of Man-Thing; Ciruelo Cabral Conan and the Emerald Lotus cover painting and Dragon King cover painting; Adam Hughes a huge color illustration of Jean Grey as the Black Queen; and Declan Shalvey Deadly Class #1 variant cover from the Image.

More newly added art pieces are Ernie Chan unpublished painted Savage Sword of Conan cover from 1978; Jaime Hernandez page from Love and Rockets #4; Gene Colan Captain America #132 page; Sal Buscema page from Captain America #153, the issue with the first appearance of the 1950s Cap; Don Perlin Defenders #123 double-page splash with the original team of Hulk, Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange and Sub-Mariner; Michael Zulli The Sandman #71 two pages from climatic saga, “The Wake”; Ethan Van Sciver Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion #3 variant cover featuring Hal Jordan leading a GLC made up of the core JLA members; Tony Harris Justice League Unlimited #15 cover; Meghan Hetrick A-Force #5 variant cover with Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, and Medusa and Uncanny Avengers #15 cover with Captain America, Deadpool, Cable, Rogue, and team; Dave Johnson Ultimate Comics X-Men #18 cover with Kitty Pryde on top of a Sentinel; Steven Hughes two pages from Evil Ernie Resurrection #1; Ian Churchill Supergirl #9 double-page splash; Rich Buckler DC Comics Presents #33 page with Superman turned into Captain Marvel by Mxyzptlk; and Charlie Adlard: Passenger #1 promo art.

Other original art pieces previously mentioned include Ross Andru title splash to Amazing Spider-Man #134 featuring a large image of Spider-Man swinging near the Hudson River; Todd McFarlane Incredible Hulk #338 page with an ideal battle scene; Gene Colan Tomb of Dracula #42 cover featuring Blade; Carmine Infantino Detective Comics #403 a rare title splash featuring Batman from the early “Creature of the Night” period plus early Silver Age pages from The Flash #112, #119, #132, and #135; Earl Norem painted cover to Savage Sword of Conan #80; Ernie Chan cover to Master of Kung-Fu #17, the first issue of the long-running series, with Shang-Chi battling Blackjack Tarr in the latter’s first appearance; Tim Bradstreet The Punisher #16 cover – a rare cover featuring both Punisher and Wolverine, plus the variant cover to Before Watchmen: Comedian #2; Steve Dillon the finale splash from Preacher #60 with Jesse and the Saint of Killers; Glenn Fabry painted recreation of that same Preacher splash (offered separately); and Bernie Wrightson painted Spider-Man vs. monster page from the “Hooky” Marvel Graphic Novel.

Other art highlights include Frank Brunner Howard the Duck #1 page with Howard, Bev, Peter Parker and Jonah Jameson; Dave Cockrum Giant-Size Avengers #3 page featuring Hawkeye in seven panels plus a Ms. Marvel #21 page with Carol Danver’s alter ego battling the Lizard Men; John Buscema Savage Sword of Conan #5 chapter splash and a page from #23 and Conan Annual #4 battle page, a page from Howard the Duck #3 with Howard and Bev, the title splash to Marvel Super Special #12 with the Warriors of the Shadow Realm, and a page from the first issue of the memorable 1982 X-Men miniseries, Magik, with Illyana being trained by an elderly Ororo; and John Romita page from Captain America #141 with Cap and the Falcon battling the Grey Gargoyle, and a page from Amazing Spider-Man #118 with Spider-Man swinging through the city.

Additional highlights include Rob Liefeld Prophet/Cable #1 cover; Alex Ross Paradise X #9 cover with Iron Man 2020, Deathlok and Machine Man and #12 cover with the Thing and Mister Fantastic; Werner Roth X-Men #32 page from the Silver Age with Juggernaut unmasking; Ron Lim and George Pérez Infinity Gauntlet #4 page with Thanos, Silver Surfer and Warlock; Paul Ryan Avengers #316 cover with the Avengers and Spider-Man battling the Hordes of Nebula; Mike Ploog page from Werewolf By Night #7; two Mike Mignola covers; Pablo Marcos Who’s Who Update ‘87 #5 wraparound cover with the first time the characters from Watchmen appeared on the cover of a DC publication; Ivan Reis Justice League #31 (2014) cover with Batman, Lex Luthor and team; John McCrea Demon Annual #2 full page splash showing the very first time Tommy Monaghan becomes Hitman; and John Cassaday Shadowland #1 cover with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Punisher, Moon Knight, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, Shadowland #3 cover with Punisher, Spider-Man, Moon Knight and Ghost Rider, Uncanny Avengers #4 variant cover, a homage to Kirby’s Avengers #4 cover with Cap, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Rogue and Havok, and a page from Star Wars #6 with Luke Skywalker battling Boba Fett.

ComicLink and its affiliates (sportscardlink.com, certifiedlink.com) are seeking consignments of vintage comic books, comic related artwork, vintage sports cards, and certified coins. The firm provides upfront cash advances for consigned material, third-party grading evaluation and submission, and promotion to their aggressive base of global bidders acquired over 22 years in the hobby – all for a low commission rate.

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ComicLink’s entire Featured Auction preview (as well as the current auction and auction schedule) can be viewed at ComicLink.com.