We were just talking about Detective #28s and how tough they are. Here's one on ebay:

Detective Comics #28- CGC GRADED 3.5
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The Kansas City Action #1 CGC VF 8.0 is listed as Sold on the Comic Connect site.

It's the first publicly reported sale over $1,000,000 of a comic book.

It's actually the first publicly reported sale over $500,000, but who's counting?

The price is stronger than what I feel the book is worth (by about 25%), but I'm happy to be wrong in this situation. $1,000,000 is a nice round number that will generate a lot of press. Press= good for the hobby (as long as any new people stay away from the books I want to collect )

With the speed of the sale, it's clear to me that there's a possibility that this transaction was prearranged or even consummated long before the book was even announced. Comic Connect would have been smart to do so, so as to guarantee the maximum exposure and publicity for the sale and to protect against a protracted, potentially embarrassing (if it went on long enough) $1,000,000 listing with no takers.

Here it is, the belle of the ball.

ALL STAR 9, STUNNING RARE SPECTRE SPLASH PAGE, 1942!!!

Winning bid: US $12,414.02 Seller: daytona67 ( 432 )

Description:

All Star Comics 9. FEB 1942. Page 1 opening splash page to the Spectre Story. Pen/brush and ink, 'Twice up artwork'. Inked onto medium thick board. As i'm sure all interested parties will know this is a very rare opportunity to acquire an important piece of Golden age Spectre art, i personally have never seen an earlier image than this one of the Spectre, and i don't believe it would be possible to find a better image than this stunning Splash page, i would guess that the art is by Bernard Baily as he was responsible for most early Spectre art, but please do your own research on this. It is in excellent condition overall, there is some light surface discoloration and dirt and a few corner bumps to the board. The top dialogue box is a stat and looks to be original as it's hand inked. There is a VERY small amount of white out to the lower part of the Spectre's leg in the big image and 2-3 very tiny spots in the smaller box's (please see pic), there is a date stamp on the back reading 'FEB. 1942'. The image size is approx 17.3/4" x 12.3/4". I am a long time collector and am selling a few of my pieces, some of which (including this one) hav'nt been on the market for many many years. I will be happy to answer any question's to the best of my knowledge, so please use the 'ask seller a question' button and i will do my best to help.

And the page:

Okay, maybe not the only two (you might want an All Star #8, too.) Still, this is a nice duo and Wonder Woman is a hell of a character.

Wonder Woman, to me, is wildly underappreciated by the collector community. Just like Superman and Batman she's been published continually since the 1940s and just like those two she's a huge fixture in current DC continuity.

We just need to get her a movie
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No, that's not a typo. Yeah, there's a killer #54 in this auction, but take a look at this book:

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Comiclink has a Featured Auction ending this week. Not that they've exactly flown under the radar, but we've all been paying just a little bit of extra attention. Time to give CL some love:

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Had you thought about the first Joker cover recently? I hadn't. Then I saw this beauty:
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Hopefully I'll be able to get through a few of these before the auction closes. This is such a great auction it deserves attention beyond the obsessive refreshing of the Detective 27 page to see if it's received any new bids.

Anyway, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the story of the Gainers file copies, when Jerry Weist and Bob Overstreet were putting together the books for sale they grouped and ranked the books in sets based on condition. The #1 set was the best, the #2 was second best and so on. Many of these sets have been subsequently broken up, so it's interesting to see one with such a low number come up for sale, complete, with a single owner post-Gaines sale.

As you can see from the grades, these books were truly the cream of the crop. So many 9.6s and 9.8s.
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This post is exactly what the title says. All the early Actions without Superman on the cover. The later ones have him in the inset, but don't feature him. These are both awesome and kind of weird, because Superman turned out to be such a big deal and they didn't initially realize what kind of a phenomenon they had on their hands.

Enjoy!

Action Comics #2

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Batman #5 CGC NM 9.2 White 1941 Error cover – Joker

Happy New Year!

What a cool book. I haven't seen Mark show up on this list for a while (if ever, actually.) Nice to see a cool book like this actually sell on eBay.

Sold For: US $17,000.00 Seller: dizneyart( 2826 )
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