Detective Comics #31 CGC 4.0 All-time Classic Cover 3rd Batman Cover OW/WHITE

Sold For: $26,000.00 Seller: sparklecitycomics ( 43509 )

Description:

OCTOBER GOLDEN AGE EVENT AUCTION

Welcome to Sparkle City's first Event Auction. We plan on having a few Golden Age Event Auction's every year which will feature a wide array of rare and high grade CGCs from 1934 to 1955. The October Event Auction will consist of 2 sessions and will last 10 days. There is something here for just about every golden age collector as auction estimates range for $500 to over $30,000. Have fun bidding and good luck in the auction.

Detective Comics #31 CGC 4.0 All-time Classic Cover 3rd Batman Cover OW/WHITE

Considered by many as maybe the best Batman cover of all-time, this classic cover by Bob Kane features a larger than life image of Batman in the night rising behind a castle on a lonely hill. This unforgettable image is just one of the reasons this issue is so high on just about every Dark Night and golden age collector's list. Another reason is the fact that this is only Batman's 3rd cover appearance and this issue is the first the the Batp[lane appears. A strong majority of the known copies are restored so having a solid unrestored copy at auction with off-white to white pages is a rare treat. Demand for pre_robin tecs is at an allt-ime high and we expected a frenzy of bidding. Auction estimate is $25,000 +

The Book:

Daredevil #127 Original Cover Art Framed With Comic Marvel Torpedo

Sold For: hippiedoomster666 ( 388 ) Seller: $12,202.01

Description:

I'm new at this comic/toy stuff but I have an experienced comic guy helping me so questions welcome and will be answered to the best of our abilities. This is the original cover art for daredevil #127. The frame is still in good condition although there are some blemishes. The glass just needs to be cleaned which I will do before shipping it out.

The Book:

Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 9.2 1st Iron Man ow/white pages

Sold For:$72,100.00 Seller: sparklecitycomics (43337)

Description:

*Last CGC 9.2 sold for $56,763* 1st appearance of Iron Man. Only 14 examples grade higher. Stunning crisp example of this early marvel key. Nearly perfect centering, beautiful newsstand color and fresh off-white to white pages. This showstopper is poised to set a record . Looks as sharp as any 9.4 copy we have seen.

The Book:

Twin Cities Books

The Atom #3 Twin Cities pedigree (DC, 1962) CGC NM 9.4

If you've read any of these you know of my affinity for green covers.

Wonder Woman #178 Twin Cities pedigree (DC, 1968) CGC NM+ 9.6

Green psychedelic covers? Where do those sit on my personal scale? Pretty damn high.

The Avengers #57 Twin Cities pedigree (Marvel, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8

I'm cool with this book. It's got a lot going for it. The Vision is a cool character (he's one of "my" Avengers,) the Spectre homage is cool and who doesn't love the Avengers?

Batman #200 Twin Cities pedigree (DC, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8

This is a dopey cover AND I LOVE IT.

Batman #227 Twin Cities pedigree (DC, 1970) CGC NM/MT 9.8

This is the complete opposite of a dopey cover. CLEARLY.

Silver Age

Action Comics #252 (DC, 1959) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages

A fun book to me.

Adventure Comics #247 (DC, 1958) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages

I want this to be a hot book. I don't know why.

The Amazing Spider-Man #28 (Marvel, 1965) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages

What's the value here? We saw $15,000 for Pacific Coast 3-4 years ago. This book boggles my (non-Spider-Man collecting) mind.

The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (Marvel, 1967) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages

Here's a Spider-man book I'd actually want to own although at the price this will get, I'm not sure I'd want to pony up for this one.

Detective Comics #327 (DC, 1964) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages

Look at this thing:

The Flash #105 (DC, 1959) CGC NM 9.4

I don't know why I've never actively collected Flash books. I've always been focusing on something else I guess. Great book.

Showcase #4 The Flash – Bethlehem pedigree (DC, 1956) CGC VF/NM 9.0

There it is, one of my favorite books ever.

Stay tuned, hopefully I'll find time for Part 2 and 3 before this auction goes off.

The Couch Jeffrey Jones early 1990's fine art painting

Sold For: US $11,500.00 Seller: neverturnyourbackonamonster ( 483 )

Description:

This is 'The couch' by Jeffrey Jones, oils on stretched canvas, nicely framed, huge painting, 1992. A magical painting with a bit of attitude. It is in near perfect condition.
Jones was truly a great and talented artist, this painting confirms what Frank Frazetta said years ago 'Jeffrey Jones is the greatest living painter.'

'The Couch' was published in the books 'Age of Innocence' and 'Jeffrey Jones: A Life In Art' .

The Painting:

1974 JIM STARLIN CAPTAIN MARVEL #30 PG. 23 COMIC ART

You know I love Starlin's Marvel cosmic comics. I'll always share.

Ashley Wood – Popbot Original Painting

Ash Wood is so much fun. His art is great.

Ed McGuinness! Iron Man! She-Hulk! Hulk! Shield! Wow!

Dynamic! It's not even an action page but Ed McGuiness just does dynamic in his sleep.

All Select #11 Blonde Phantom Cover High Grade- Timely

Always a favorite book.

Avengers #93 CGC 9.4 Neal Adams Marvel Captain America

Another favorite and I don't feature enough bronze age books here. Rectified.

Captain America Comics issue #3 Timely WWII

Sold For: $4,999.00 Seller:josfriend2 (2656)

Description:

Captain America Comics
issue #3
Timely Golden Age
WWII
SWASTIKA COVERS
RED SKULL COVER
Captain America Comics #3
Timely Golden Age
Cream to off-white pages.
The spine is rough. There is a hole in the C of Captain as can be seen in the scan. The cover is loose. Two centerfolds are loose. There is some minor bug damage as can be seen in the scans.

Contains Stan Lee's first work for Marvel.

The Book:

The Original Arabic Superman Collection 1964-1975

Can someone explain this to me? What are these? Why are they worth so much money? Is this all a dream?

Silver Surfer 48 pg 22 Thanos Galactus splash Ron Lim

You knew this was coming, didn't you?

AWESOME MCFARLANE SPIDERMAN ORIGINAL ART PAGE!

Here's one to balance out the power cosmic splash page above. I have no interest in this myself, but I know other people would dig it, so here it is…

SANDMAN #5 Page 6 Original Art SAM KIETH & NEIL GAIMAN

This is a really great page. I think it would be an excellent standalone page to hang up in your house. It's somehow complete. Very cool.

Chris Ware – original "Jimmy Corrigan" artwork – 1999

I'm not exactly a "fan" of Ware, but I really appreciate what he does so I thought I should share this one.

ORIGINAL COMIC PAGE STEVE DITKO HULK #6 PAGE 3 1963

HULK SMASH.

He didn't really talk that way at this point. He just more of a jerk, than a dumb, SMASHING brute. Cool page, yo.

ACTION COMICS #24 ~ Vintage Superman Comic ~ CGC 8.0

Early Action Comics on eBay. You know I'm going to link to that.

Iron Man 55 CGC 9.8 NM/M White pg 1st Thanos Starlin

I should get a nice 9.4 of this book. I've got no interest in playing the 9.8 game here, but a nice 9.4 would do me nicely. (Runs to GPA) $400? Heck yeah. That's a plan.

HULK Issue 396 page #13 by DALE KEOWN

Two hulk pages on on Friday. I'm game. Especially since they're at the far end of the spectrum in terms of style. I loved Keown's run on this book. It was a blast each and every month.

WOLVERINE/WITCHBLADE #1 Pg.15 M. TURNER ORIGINAL ART!!!

I link to Mike Turner's art. 'nuff said.

Tak Toyoshima, the man behind Secret Asian Man, has, after a lengthy absence decided to relaunch a book he started way back in the 1990s- The Couch. I asked him a few questions about the book and his plans.

1. What's the book about?
The Couch is a sci-fi murder mystery that involves punk rock, retribution and reincarnation. A punk kid named Jesse is shot dead on his Couch by a mysterious hooded killer. Jesse's blood mixes with all the crap you find in your couch: hair, dead skin cells, finger nails, pizza crumbs … and spontaneously a gooey life form emerges and the Couch is born. It has no idea what it is but it knows that it is hungry. But soon it realizes the more it eats (by absorbing things into its body) the more memories it gains from the people and things around it. When it realizes that it is Jesse reincarnated it proceeds to try to solve its own murder.

2. Why has it been on hiatus so long?
I got distracted. I started working on The Tick. Then soon after I started Secret Asian Man and it became my main focus. I've always wanted to finish The Couch but I realized the reason why I never did was because I didn't have time to draw it myself. So I decided to hook up with an illustrator whose style I thought was a great match for The Couch, dusted off the script and voila, we created a 16 page preview edition that we are currently pitching to publishers,

3. What are the plans for the book going forward?
We want to find a good publisher who will let us produce The Couch as a one shot graphic novel. Around 140 pages. Full color if they let us.

Meanwhile we premiered the book at the Boston Comic Con in early May and lined up some local signings at Comicazi, Million Year Picnic and New England Comics. We're also going down to the ComicConn in Connecticut on August 27.

Here's a sneak peek: