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High Value eBay Comics Auction For the Week Ending 2011.7.9 Captain America Comics issue #3

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:

Five for Friday (Venom Lethal Protector, TOS #8, Iron Man #281 CGC 10.0, Planet #2, Mike Turner DPS)

Michael Turner Original! Superman Batman! 2 pg Splash!!

That's a pretty bad-ass splash page, I have to say.

Planet Comics 2 CGC 5.5 Fiction House Scarce Lou Fine c

What's not to love about Early Planets? NOTHING, that's what.

Iron Man #281 CGC 10.0 white pages ( War Machine ) !

It's MINTY.

Venom Lethal Protector #1 Black error CGC 9.6!

My kind of book, just because of how rare it is for a new book.
For more on this cover.

Tales of Suspense #8 CGC 8.5 1st APP MONSTRO CLASSIC

Yeah, you love early TOS. You know you do.

Five for Friday (Darwyn Cooke, Wrightson, Finch, Wonder Woman #1, Famous Funnies #1)

Wonder Woman #1, CGC 9.0 Restored Grade, Summer 1942

You know I'm a big Wonder Woman fan, so if a copy of #1 ends up on eBay I'm going to feature it here.

FAMOUS FUNNIES #1 CGC 6.5 Unrestored Fine+ 1934 Rare!

A "Rare!" book that's actually pretty rare. What an odd book to see just show up on eBay.

###DAVID FINCH MOON KNIGHT #3 COVER###

This is a pretty memorable cover. Great design work.

# BERNI WRIGHTSON LARGE ORIGINIAL BATMAN ILLUSTRATION#

Wrightson turned into a "batman" guy at some point. I wish he'd drawn the character regularly in the 1970s. That would have been a magical combination for collectors.

DARWYN COOKE~ORIGINAL ART~PAINTING~SMOKIN'…LITERALLY

And finally… DARWYN COOKE IS THE MAN. BOOOOOOOM.

Five for Friday

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.

High Value eBay Comics Auction For the Week Ending 2011.5.21 (Batman #1)

Batman #1 Spring 1940 Attractive CGC 2.0 Recent Find
Sold For:$22,150.00 Seller: cbj77 ( 8529 )

Description:

Very Attractive low grade copy… Good condition…Cover and centerfold detached…Unrestored…CGC# 0804338001…

Photos of Batman #1 before I had it slabbed by CGC are included below

News Item: Recently Found Batman #1…41 years ago Mary was given 3 comics. She stored them at her parents house. She just discovered that one of the 3 comics was an original Batman #1 from 1940…This is 1st public sale .

The Book:

Five for Friday (Phantom Lady 17, Superman 14, Fantastic Four 73, Mystic 7, Mopsy 1)

PHANTOM LADY # 17 CGC 4.5 UNRESTORED(OLD LABEL)

Classic cover!

Superman #14 CGC Graded 5.0 Classic Flag Cover Nice!

The MOST classic cover!!

FANTASTIC FOUR #73 CGC 9.8 HIGHEST GRADED vs AVENGERS

I love this cover, personally. Bone white, by the looks of it. I even like the date stamp. I'm not a date stamp hater, but that one seems almost well placed.

MYSTIC 7 CGC 3.5 (R) Classic Kirby Hitler ! 1st WITNESS

Not a book you see on eBay all that often.

MOPSY COMICS #1 CGC CENTRAL VALLEY PEDIGREE HIGHEST

And now… for something pretty random. That's a neat book.

High Value eBay Comics Auction For the Week Ending 2011.5.14

CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 (1941) APPT. NM 9.4 (RESTORED)

Sold For: $24,000 Seller: robojo33 ( 3164 )

Description:

A different restored NM Cap #1 than the equally superb gem I listed and sold 4 months ago, here is the large image link for this comic:

http://s497.photobucket.com/albums/rr337/Robotics223/Cap1_060111.jpg

This listing is for an incredible, slightly professionally restored Captain America #1 in apparent NM condition with creamy off-white pages, featuring the first Captain America appearance, published in 1941 by Timely (Golden age Marvel Comics).

It has slight color touch, several minor "invisible" tear seals, and a very tiny piece replaced (1/16th inch), all professionally done, that will not be visible to most hobbyists. This gem does not look or feel restored.

It has not been trimmed.

The comic is glossy, clean, original, and complete.

The colors are superb, brilliant hues, and very rare deep, brilliant cover reds (most have long faded to orange), the paper quality magnificent.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMIC IS BEING LISTED AS RESTORED with FULL DISCLOSURE and WILL GRADE RESTORED IF AND WHEN SUBMITTED.

An apparent grade reflects the overall appearance after restoration.

This was obviously a beautiful high grade example prior to the minimally slight pro restoration.

The Book:

Five for Friday (McKean, Lim, McFarlane, Batman #1, Frank Miller)

RON LIM Original Art Drawing SILVER SURFER VS THANOS

I'm a fan of the artist and the characters so there it is. You now know why I featured it first :)

BLACK ORCHID #1 P 32 ORIGINAL ART BY DAVE MCKEAN NO RES

Early McKean. That was a hot book for a few months a long time ago. Just thought you should know…

Batman #1 Spring 1940 Attractive CGC 2.0 Recent Find

Feast your eyes on an unrestored Batman #1. Even with the rusty staple, that's an appealing option for a lot of people.

Todd McFARLANE Detective #576 BATMAN YR 2 Battle Pg NR!

While Year 2 is no Year 1, I do have a soft-spot for the work McFarlane did on this series.

Frank MILLER WOLVERINE Mini-Series #2 Page No Reserve

And the flood of Miller art begins? Might be time to finally take the plunge and buy something from Daredevil.

Five for Friday (Alex Ross, Firefly, All Select 11, Sandman, Sienkiewicz)

Firefly's KAYLEE by JO CHEN, signed by Jewel Staite

I live Firefly AND it's for charity. Say no more.

All Select #11 Blonde Phantom Cover High Grade- Timely

Classic cover. I like me some classic covers.

Sandman 6 pg 18 Rare Original Dringenberg Art Gaiman

There's been some movement on eBay with early pages surfacing. It's an interesting development. If they keep listing them, I'll keep posting them :)

BILL SIENKIEWICZ Original Art Painted VAMPIRE PLATE 80s

I had this portfolio, so this is a very memorable piece for me. Nice to see the original still out there.

Alex Ross Original KINGDOM COME SPLASH Large Art

See above.

Five for Friday (Classics #1, Finch art, Jim Lee WildCats, Transformers #1, Spider Jerusalem)

Classic Comics #1 (O) VG- 3.5 Three Musketeers 1941

Not a book I've seen very often on eBay. Not that I've been looking, but it's valuable enough that if it were listed often, I'd see it.

TRANSFORMERS 1 1984 CGC 9.8 1'st OPTIMUS PRIME,MEGATRON

Just throwing out a curve ball. I clearly showcase books from the 1980s, but how often does this list include a book like this? Not very often.

JIM LEE SCOTT WILLIAMS WILDCATS PAGE! NO RESERVE!!!!

For sale by Williams himself.

Original Comic Art Transmetropolitan: Darick Robertson

This is a sick, sick piece. It's just a great example featuring one of the great comic characters of the past 20 years.

New Avengers – All Action – Finch!!

I love Finch's stuff. You should too.