Camp Comics #2 Mile High pedigree (Dell, 1942) CGC NM 9.4 White pages.

I've never seen this book before and the Church copy no less.

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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.

I went through the catalog yesterday. I limited myself to picking twelve lots of interest to share with you guys. It was tough because this is an auction full of some interesting material. The Joe Kubert lots themselves could have produced a decent set of 12 items to ogle.

The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC NM- 9.2

This is clearly the book of the auction. I don't get excited easily by Silver Age marvels, but this book brings a smile to my face. It's tough to find in high grade and it's the HULK.

Hulk smash!

As of this writing it sits at $45,000. Still plenty of room for a thrill bid, I think.
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Start your engines:

Sunday Session:

Monday Session:

These both arrived today:

Yes, a GD- (according to Heritage, at least) Green Lantern #1 next to a gorgeous Pacific Coast Green Lantern 42. Quite a pair.

I'll be reading the GL #1 tonight.

I won two books on Sunday night for roughly the same price:

Green Lantern #1 (DC, 1960) Condition: GD-

and

Green Lantern #42 CGC 9.2 Pacific Coast

I'm happy with both purchases. I've never actually owned a Green Lantern #1. That won't be my last copy, of course. I'm going to need a high grade copy to round out the run I've started working on, so there's be something a little more expensive in my future. Still I love #1s and keys so even a beater GL #1 is nice to have.

And I'm not the world's biggest Spider-Man fan.

But this book is still cool:

eBay: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16 cgc 9.0 1st DAREDEVIL Cross-Over

Andy's Preacher Art

That page includes the following quote:

"The following images show my Preacher art collection, drawn by Steve Dillon and lettered by Clem Robins. They are arranged as a series of linked html files in order to avoid image loading delays with mosaic."

I added the link so you can click through and see just how old that page must be to mention Mosaic (a decade.)

"Q: I am very familiar with the story of this pedigree. Only two copies of AF 15 were in the original White Mountain set but one remained ungraded and was sold at an estate auction by accident by an owner's trustees. The other copy had previously been sold for 150,000. Your copy will be worth at minimum double that amount. Please e-mail me as my company would like to acquire it. We are interested in flying you and the item to our Dallas office to see the item. I have sent you an e-mail with the details. Your response is greatly requested."

"A:Hi E.J. – I am sorry, I've made it firm that this item will remain as a true auction. Please play fair, and bid like the others. I had a buy-it-now option at the beginning of the listing, however it was not utilized, and so true bidding was enabled when someone placed a bid. Best of luck in your bidding."

Amazing Fantasy #15 1962 Spider Man – Better than NM+

Now, why can't the White Mountain Daredevil #1 show up like that?