Incredible Hulk #1 Grade: 9.0 No Reserve!

Really nice looking copy. Color touch be damned, someone is going to be happy with that book.

Winning bid: US $6,100.00 Seller: bijoubaby05 ( 113 )

Description:

Incredible Hulk #1

Features: 1st Appearance of the Incredible Hulk
Grade: In my opinion this comic is in 9.0 shape. There is a small amount of color touch on the cover of the comic. It doesn't detract anything away from this beautiful comic.
Page Quality: Off-White/White

And the book:

This was a strange week. A lot of good, raw, material- but not so much that really knocked my socks off.

Oh well, on with the show.

Michael Turner Original art Ballistic Issue #3 pg23-24

Turner really burst onto the scene back in the day. This page, from his first series, shows why. He worked in a popular style, but managed to have his own flourishes that really set him apart. He also had a great design sense. Oh, and he was a solid artist. He was stylized, certainly, but underneath everything he could really draw. That set him apart from a lot of guys that were starting out back then.

He's missed.

JAE LEE X-Men: Apocalypse/Dracula #4 Cover!

A Jae Lee cover up for auction AND it's for charity? Bid!

FANTASTIC FOUR 89 , CGC 9.4 , PACIFIC COAST

An old label Pacificc Coast Fantastic Four… hrm… There may be some interest.

GARY FRANK SUPERMAN COVER Original Comic Art

Talk about solid artists… Gary Frank is crazy good. There, I said it.

Captain America Comics #6 Rare Bucky Origin Father TIme

Not a bad looking copy. Technically not all that high grade, but it presents really well. Will make someone very happy, I think.

X-MEN #1[1963]1st APPEARANCE

Sold For: US $12,750.00 Seller: tomorrowstreasures ( 3408 )

Description:

X-MEN #1[1963]1st APPEARANCE

FEATURING: Vintage KIRBY/LEE origin.

BOOK DESCRIPTION: Complete, original, sound copy. The BEST copy I have SEEN in 10 years.

COVER DESCRIPTION: Attached, tight, clean, bright, sharp, very small creases.

INTERIOR PAGE DESCRIPTION: supple, solid.

INTERIOR PAGE COLOR: cream.

CONSERVATION: none.

REPAIR: none.

RESTORATION: none
GRADE: VF+

PRICE: $18,000.00

And the book:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3 CGC 9.2 OW *1st app Doctor Octopus

Sold For: US $8,999.00 Seller: iecarus ( 3388 )

Description:

This is an exceptional opportunity to add a high grade copy of an earliest Spidey to your collection. Surely one of the biggest keys of the entire run, this issue features of course the first appearance of Doc Ock who so memorably appared in the movies. Only ten copies grade higher than 9.2 and there are a mere 13 copies in this grade. All of which adds up to far too few copies considering the number of ASM collectors.

And the book:

I was looking through the Photo-Journal Guide To Comics the other day and I noticed that Adventure 113 was a Christmas themed cover.

This being the season I thought it would be cool to share a few more Christmas themed covers from back in the day. A little while spent thumbing through the guides and a bit of searching at the Heritage archives later, I present these ten. Hope you enjoy this little tour of comics (holiday) history.

Adventure Comics #113

Captain Marvel Jr. #14

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SHOWCASE # 22 (DC/59) ORIGIN/1ST HAL JORDAN CGG 7.0 CGC

First time I've featured a CGG book in… maybe forever.

Sold For: US $10,000.00 Seller: whitesnoize ( 414 )

Description:

SHOWCASE # 22 ORIGIN/1ST APPEARANCE OF HAL JORDAN

HERE IT IS….THE BEST 7.0 EVER GRADED….IN MY OPINION… COMPARED TO OTHER BOOKS LISTED ….I ALMOST WANT TO TAKE THIS OUT OF THE CGG AND SEND IT TO CGC AND TAKE A CHANCE ON A BETTER GRADE

THE SPOTS IN THE PICTURES ARE FROM THE CHRISTMAS TREE REFLECTION AND NOT ON THE SLAB OR BOOK

CGG# 501015918 GRADED 3/04

On Dec-08-10 at 08:15:36 PST, seller added the following information:

THIS BOOK HAS NO STAINS/SMUDGES OR RESTORATION….I WILL TRY AND GET A SCANNED PHOTO ADDED TO GET RID OF REFLECTIONS

On Dec-08-10 at 09:04:00 PST, seller added the following information:

MY BAD…..IT MIGHT BE A STAIN//SMUDGE ABOVE HIS FOOT….I APOLOGIZE IF I SPOKE TO SOON….CAN'T RETRACT MY LAST STATEMENT…

And the book:

Lots of PGX and Robojo33 listings this week, crowding out the stuff I want to promote. Sigh.

STARTLING COMICS#49 CGC 8.0!! SCHOMBURG MASTERPIECE!!

Startling #49 is truly one of the great Golden Age covers.

Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Daredevil #187 p.23 No Res!

Yes, it's more Janson than Miller. Who cares? It's still a page from one of the best runs on the title and one of the most influential runs of all time. Sure, it won't go for as much as a page that was more Miller than Janson, but that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve a bit of spotlight,

BETTY & VERONICA 1(7.0)TOP TWO GRADE,OW-Wpages

Neat book. Nice shape and I can't imagine there are many others out there to choose from.

Showcase #6 – Origin 1st Challengers CGC 5.5 $1000+

I'm a sucker for this book.

Original art from Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo comic art)

And finally, the coolest piece of the week Sakai is a great artist, Usagi Yojimbo is a great character and it's a charity auction. What more do you need?

X-Men #1 (1963) – PGA 9.0 VF/NM Unrestored!

Sold For: US $18,000.00 Seller: marvin306 (73)

Description:

An original copy of X-Men #1 from September of 1963 – PGX VF/NM 9.0. Unrestored and graded by PGA (formerly known at PGX).

Grading note on PGX slab: "minor foxing along edges". Cream to Off-White pages.

Estimated value: $20,000+

Last CGC 9.0 VF/NM Unrestored copy sold in the market was for the price of $23,200 on Sept 2010.

As a note, for me personally, this is one of the toughest auctions in recent memory in terms of knowing where to place my bids. I could probably bid on 50 books in this auction. I've got it narrowed down to probably six, but it's hard to choose.

Sigh.

Anyway, here are some other books that you should know about:

ARCHIE COMICS #1

Interested in an Archie #1? Just go all in right now. They're not going to get any cheaper. Go back in time and buy one five years ago.

And get a Pep #22 while you're at it.

Archie.

DAREDEVIL #1 NM+ 9.6 Curator

I'd like to see the 9.8, but… that sure is a pretty copy.

Based on the above listing the consignor of the Curator copy just got the 9.8. Upgrading from a 9.6, pedigree copy. How often does that happen?
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Some interesting listings this week. I'm a big fan of the above cover.

Original BATMAN cover by P. Craig Russell

Just a great image. Everything you want from PCR. Would look phenomenal framed.

Showcase 6 CGC 5.5 OW/W Pages

I've never owned this book. Just sayin'

(no, I'm not bidding on it. There are about $50,000 worth of Daredevils I'm trying to sort through bidding on between ComicLink and Pedigree this month, so whatever I target amongst those is going to be my entire comic budget)

Daredevil 1 CGC 9.2 NM- Stan Lee Everett Jack Kirby

There are a lot of Daredevil #1s available right now. Really nice ones. Hopefully Filter will get a good price for his. Clearly people in the market for a 9.6 aren't going to go after a 9.2 so he's probably got a shot.

SANDMAN #1 Page 11 Original Art – NEIL GAIMAN SAM KIETH

Not the best Sandman page…. BUT, it's a page from #1. That's pretty cool.

Seduction of the Innocent, first, with bibliography

A great piece of comic book history.