X-men #138 page 10 by John Byrne and Terry Austin

Well, how about that? A very cool page for an X-Men fan in general and… it's Byrne!

Phil Noto Superman Lois Lane Heroes Con 2006 Painting

Crummy photo, but knowing Noto that thing must shine in person.

Action Comics #85 CGC 9.2 Universal Grade June 1945

Want listed! What great cover dialog.

Swamp Thing #28 Alan Moore & McManus. GREAT!

What a bad-ass page this is. It's a great image of Swamp thing and it's penned by Moore.

ORIGINAL ART Neil Gaiman/Mike Dringenberg SANDMAN 1990

Sandman took about a year to take off. After that first year the buzz was basically deafening. At this point the book had found its voice and the arc format that would take it through to the end of the run. Classic stuff.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Strange Adventures #1 CGC 7.0 FN/VF Universal

I always link to these. I guess I'm a fan.

KELLEY JONES Sandman #22 p6 ORIGINAL ART Neil Gaiman

While Sam Kieth never looked like "Sam Kieth" on Sandman, Kelly Jones sure as hell (har) did. This is a very memorable page from him during a classic arc on one of the biggest books of all-time.

Batman 608 CGC 9.8 HUSH RRP Variant NM+/M

Nearly $2500 with 8 days to go. I wonder if it's got a chance for $3k (high GPA for this book.)

ADI GRANOV! CAPTAIN AMERICA! HAIL HYDRA! COVER!

Adi Granov is great. He's like one of the European greats in style, but he's doing American Super Hero comics. I'll take it.

New Adventure Comics #23 VG 1938 very rare! Gerber 8

Not your average eBay book.

Alex Ross MARVELS Original Art Galactus & the Avengers

While it's probably not the best page from Marvels, there aren't any BAD pages from Marvels, so this one is definitely a winner.

BLACK ORCHID #1 P 12 ORIGINAL ART BY DAVE MCKEAN NO RES

Again, this is not the best page from this series. But… who cares? It's early Dave McKean comic art.

Amazing Spider-man #321 CGC 9.9 – 1 of 3 best copies

Minty freshness. The fact that there's not a Mint copy of a book like this tells you how hard it actually is to get 10s on older books. This book was bought by the stack back in the day.

Showcase #9 – 1st App LOIS LANE – Looks VG – RARE KEY

I've been known to feature a Showcase #9 here from time to time. Oh, look, here's one now.

x-men 256 wolverine psylocke Jim Lee Scott Williams

And this began a partnership that changed comic art forever. Early work from the pair that, along with McFarlane, set the tone for comic book art for the ensuing 10-20 years.

SANDMAN #1 original comic art Sam KIETH + Neil GAIMAN

Sold For:$15,000 Seller: moviexp (645)

Description:

The Page:
Issue: The Sandman #1
Title: Sleep Of The Just
Published: January 1989

Writer: Neil Gaiman
Penciller: Sam Kieth
Inker: Mike Dringenberg

Original comic book artwork for The Sandman #1 page 9. This historic issue features the 1st Appearance of the main character the Sandman also known as Dream. It features close-up views of Dream's tools which are seldom seen together throughout the entire series. The layout of this page is highly inventive in composition and symmetry which may have been inspired by M.C. Escher's Hand with Reflecting Sphere lithograph.

In over ten years in collecting Sandman comic art, I have never seen a page featuring a 1st appearance of the main character Sandman offered for sale to the public. High-end Sandman pages are typically sold privately between collectors and are never made available to the general public. This may be your only chance to own a page from this iconic issue from The Sandman #1.

The comic artwork is signed by Sam Kieth on the bottom left, by Mike Dringenberg on the bottom right and by Neil Gaiman on the center bottom of page. Neil Gaiman cleverly personalizes his signature with a quote from the page itself that says "A profitable evening's work" recognizing the importance that this comic page now represents.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE AUCTION PAGE:

A group of occultists seeking immortality led by Roderick Burgess attempts to summon and capture the very essence of Death. Instead of trapping Death, they have caught her brother Dream. While knocked unconscious from being summoned, Dream is stripped of all his possessions, the tools of his power; Ruby, Helm, Pouch, and Cloak. He is then confined inside a crystal dome prison. Stripped naked, Dream patiently waits for an opportunity to break free from his imprisonment.

A day late. Sorry! I was down in Miami Beach last week for Art Basel and have been scrambling since to get back on the horse with content production around my many sites. Anyway, here goes…

PEP COMICS #1 1940 CGC FN+ 1ST SHIELD $4K+ GUIDE! HOT!

I don't actually pay much attention to the pre-Archie Peps, so I coulddn't tell you whether or not this is actually a hot book. Still, it's a Pep #1 and it's on eBay. I'll pay attention.

Neil Gaiman SANDMAN #31 page FANTASTIC!

Original art sold with the writer's name and not the artist. Such is the life of many a Neil Gaiman collaborator. Shawn McManus is the artist here, by the way. Great page.

Batman Inc #1 art, Morrison Paquette, Catwoman splash!

I dug Batman Inc #1. Did you? It reminded me of All Star Superman, in a way. It wasn't quite the exuberant masterpiece that the Superman book was, but it had a lot of the same elements of wonder and of a title being reborn in the hands of one of comics greatest writers.

Anyway, this was a memorable splash from a memorable book.

David Lloyd V for Vendetta Original Comic Art Page

Do you really need me to comment on this one?

PAUL POPE KAMANDI PIN UP – ORIGINAL COMIC ART

If you don't know Paul Pope, you really should. That is all.

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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