| NEAL ADAMS
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| Green Lantern #77
| | page 19 |
| published by DC Comics |
| June, 1970, |
| inks by Frank Giacoia
| | $7450 |
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It would be no exaggeration to say that many people regard
the O'Neil/Adams GL/GA series as one of the greatest in comics' history.
The value of introducing social relevance into popular comics can't be overstated...
IMHO.
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| DAN ADKINS
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Conan #7,
page 1 splash recreation |
| originally published by Marvel Comics |
| Original publication July, 1971 |
| Pencils and inks by Adkins |
$575
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In the early 70's, Barry (not yet Windsor-) Smith set the comics world on fire with his spectacular
art on Robert E. Howard's Conan. He started out by trying to imitate Jack Kirby, but in the space of
just a few issues he became one of the finest artists in the field.
In today's marketplace, the original splash for Conan #7
would sell for thousands of dollars. I was lucky enough to find this re-creation, by the inker who
worked on the book originally. Of course this piece costs only a fraction of what the original would cost, but it displays just as well.
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| SGT GEORGE BAKER?
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| Sad Sack #16
| page 21
| | published by Harvey Comics
| | March, 1952
| | $395
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Great golden-age page from back in the days when Sad Sack was out of the army.
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BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
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| AKA Goldfish Joker
| page 2
| August, 1995
| $225
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Bendis? You mean the writer? Yes, that Brian Michael Bendis, who started out as a writer/artist doing some phenomenal crime noir stuff like this.
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BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
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| Jinx #1
| page 23
| published by Caliber Press
| | $275
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PAT BRODERICK
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| Captain Marvel #56
| | page 23
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | May, 1978
| | SOLD
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Simply stunning artwork from Pat Broderick. He combined the smooth flowing curves of Wrightson with the intergalactic
sparkle of Starlin for a style that was all his own.
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PAT BRODERICK
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| Captain Marvel #60
| | page 2
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | 1978
| | $975
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More sparkly Pat Broderick. Captain Marvel and Drax.
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PAT BRODERICK
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| Marvel Spotlight v2 #1
| | page 10
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | July, 1979
| | SOLD
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PAT BRODERICK
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| Master of Kung Fu #70
| | page 14
| | Published by Marvel Comics
| | November, 1978
| | SOLD
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Shang-Chi tries to make it through a booby-trapped room.
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RICH BUCKLER
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| Astonishing Tales #35
| | page 10
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | May, 1976
| | inks by Klaus Janson
| | SOLD
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I loved this original Deathlok storyline. The story of a cyborg Sybil fascinated me.
Culminaton of the series, with Deathlok vs. villain half splash!
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SAL BUSCEMA
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| Captain America #154
| | page 14
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | September, 1972
| | inks by Frank McLaughlin
| | SOLD
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The "alternate Cap" story from Cap #153-156 was one of the best ever!
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SAL BUSCEMA
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| Nova #7
| | page 2
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | March, 1977
| | inks by Frank Giacoia
| | $1450
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When Nova was introduced in the mid-70's, I believed the hype in all of
Marvel's lettercols. Marvel presented this character as the second coming
of Peter Parker, and I swallowed the ads hook, line and sinker.
I thoroughly enjoyed the series for the first dozen issues or so, but
eventually it ended up with terrible stories and even worse Infantino art.
I did find the character intriguing, and for a while the series kept me on the
edge of my seat between issues.
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JOHN BYRNE
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| Fantastic Four #236
| | page 24
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | November, 1981
| | SOLD
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From one of my all-time favorite FF stories, and certainly my favorite Byrne FF story.
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PAUL CHADWICK
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| Concrete #3
| | back cover
| | published by Dark Horse Comics
| | August, 1987
| | $1750
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Concrete, Larry and Maureen, in a beautiful piece featuring all three main characters from this award-winning legendary series.
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HOWARD CHAYKIN
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| Black Kiss #10, page 7
| | published by Vortex Comics
| | 1989
| | $1925
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One of the most violent pages from a series known for sex and violence.
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FRANK CHO
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| | University Squared strip
| | pre-Liberty Meadows strip
| | Circa 1994
| | $11,995
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This strip is
the precursor to Liberty Meadows, and introduces Dean and Brandy and many of the usual Liberty
Meadows regulars. Yes, this is Frank Cho original art with Brandy prominently featured. Feast your eyes
and turn green with envy, Monkey Boy.
Frank's Liberty
Meadows is an absolutely hysterical strip, which is collected regularly into the Liberty Meadows
comic book. If you aren't familiar with it, do yourself a favor and pick up the comic, and see
today's strip at www.LibertyMeadows.com.
According to Frank Cho, only about 20 University Squared strips exist. The remaining ones were
destroyed by Frank himself.
As valuable as vintage Frank Frazetta art from early in his career is, imagine just what it would be worth if there were only 20 pages of
it in the world? Ponder that as you consider adding this page to your collection...
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STEVE DILLON
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| Preacher #41
| | pages 6-7
| | published by DC Comics
| | September, 1998
| | $4950 pair
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Jesse Custer in a bar, letting the "tough guy" know who's boss.
To the uninitiated, I describe this as the comic book series Tarantino would
write if he did comics. Garth Ennis has earned all the awards he's
gotten.
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MICHAEL GOLDEN
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| Star Wars #38
| | page 16
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | August, 1980
| | inks by Terry Austin
| | $6995
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Michael Golden was one of the finest artists of the late 70's and early 80's. He is probably best known for his Micronauts work, which was breathtaking. But for my money, his art got even better when embellished with the fine lines that Terry Austin's inks added. This is from my all-time favorite Star Wars story, which was a one-shot filler issue just prior to Marvel's adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back.
This art is framed, and although I gave the framer specific instructions regarding how this should be archivally framed, I have reason to believe that this art may be fully mounted to a piece of foam core board within the frame.
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TIM HAMILTON
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| Trouble With Girls Volume 2, #4
| | back cover
| | published by Comico
| | May, 1989
| | inks by Chuck Austen
| | $275
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Back cover featuring Apache Dick and two gorgeous women.
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TIM HAMILTON
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| Lester Girls: The Lizard's Trail #1
| | cover
| | published by Eternity Comics
| | November, 1990
| | $325
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TIM HAMILTON
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| Trouble With Girls Volume 2, #21
| | page 4
| | published by Eternity Comics
| | December, 1990
| | inks by Perry Mann
| | $45
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Lester gets a haircut. This series features anti-hero Lester Girls, who keeps getting sucked into numerous adventures even though all he wants to do is sit at home and
read The Red Pony. Funny stuff!
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JACK KIRBY
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| Fantastic Four #174
| | cover
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | September, 1976
| | $3750
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This is the series that got me started collecting. Kirby, of course, is the undisputed King.
Kirby's stuff sells for far more than it's worth to me personally, so I was excited to find this
mostly-stat (translation: affordable) cover from the days when I read every issue of F.F. cover to
cover as soon as it hit the stands.
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DAVID LAPHAM
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| Harbinger #2
| | Page 19
| | Published by Valiant Comics
| | SOLD
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Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! Peter encounters Haradas minions.
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DAVID LAPHAM
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| Harbinger #3
| | Page 10
| | Published by Valiant Comics
| | SOLD
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Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic!
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DAVID LAPHAM
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| Harbinger #4
| | Page 8
| | Published by Valiant Comics
| | SOLD
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Great stuff from the early days of that Valiant magic! Peter encounters Haradas minions.
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DAVID LAPHAM
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| Superman Annual 5
| | Page 19
| | Published by DC Comics
| | $30
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From back when Superman was "dead".
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DAVID LAPHAM
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| Superman Annual 5
| | Page 20
| | Published by DC Comics
| | $65
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From back when Superman was "dead". Two hot chicks in the shower. What more could you want?
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BOB LAYTON
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| X-O Manowar #1
| | Unpublished cover
| | February, 1992
| | SOLD
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When Valiant was young and was pumping excitement into the comics industry like hadn't been seen in years,
X-O was a huge it. This is the unused cover for issue number 1. Apparently, Jim Shooter preferred a
less ticked-off looking barbarian for the cover.
See the published cover here
On the back of this piece, Layton did a partially-inked sketch of a barbarian. Is this the original Aric sketch? See it
here
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RAY MCCARTHY
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| What If? #109
| | page 6
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | $50
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The Puppet Master, Ben Grimm, and Alicia Masters.
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FRANK MILLER
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| Wolverine mini-series #?
| | Page 8 pencil photostat
| | Published by Marvel Comics
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| | $295
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This photostat of Frank Miller's pencils prior to inking came from the production process. If, like me, you'll never be able to afford
an original page from Miller's Wolverine, this is the next best thing at a fraction of the price.
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FRANK MILLER
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| Wolverine mini-series #3
| | Page 21 pencil photostat
| | Published by Marvel Comics
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| | $195
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This photostat of Frank Miller's pencils prior to inking came from the production process. If, like me, you'll never be able to afford
an original page from Miller's Wolverine, this is the next best thing at a fraction of the price.
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FRANK MILLER
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| What If? v1 #28
| | page 39
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | October, 1982
| | SOLD
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Miller and Janson did some amazing work on Daredevil in his own book, plus they did this What If?
issue about the same time. "What if Daredevil became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
Frank Miller's contributions to the industry, both artistically and in terms of fighting for First Amendment
rights in the comics world, cannot be overstated. I'd love to own a piece from Miller's work on Sin City,
but since he doesn't sell his Sin City art, this Miller/Janson Daredevil page is a nice page for my collection.
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JIM MOONEY
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| Ms. Marvel #17
| | Page 16
| | Published by Marvel Comics
| | May, 1978
| | Inks by Tony DeZuniga
| | SOLD
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The first ever appearance of Mystique. She appears here disguised as Nick Fury. When was the last time
you saw the original art for the first appearance of a major X-men character offered for sale?
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WINSLOW MORTIMER
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| Journey Into Mystery #5
| | page 14
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | June, 1973
| | $225
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Half splash from a Bronze Age horror story from Marvel.
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FRANK ROBBINS
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| Giant Size Invaders #1
| | page 36
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | June, 1975
| | SOLD
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For my money, one of the WORST artists of the bronze age. I loved the Invaders
despite, rather than because of, Robbins' work. The series took me back into the world of
Golden Age heroes, and took me back to a war which seemed to be clearly good vs. evil.
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MARSHALL ROGERS
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| Batman and Talia marker sketch
| | Unpublished
| | 1978
| | SOLD
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Batman has been re-invented three times (that count, imho) since Bob Kane & Bill Finger invented the character. Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, and Frank Miller are responsible for the best Batman stories ever told.
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JOHN ROMITA...
SORT OF
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| Amazing Spider-man #55
| | cover re-creation
| | Artist unknown
| | Original published December, 1967
| | $95
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This is a very well done re-creation of the cover the legendary John Romita did for his best-known character.
I have no idea who the artist is on this piece, but they did a great job.
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BILL SIENKIEWICZ
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| Moon Knight #18
| | pages 12-13
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | 1981
| | $3950 pair
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In the early 1980's, I was a huge Neal Adams fan. I was blown away when this Sienkiewicz guy came along
and seemed to be doing a phenomenal Neal Adams impersonation. After searching for years
for Adams-like art from Sienkiewicz, I was excited to find this two-page sequence.
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BARRY (WINDSOR-) SMITH
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| Conan #21
| | page 18
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | December, 1972
| | $4950
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Bondage page! Conan and his female companion are bound for execution. Being a child of 70's
Marvels, of course I have always loved the work of
Barry Smith on Conan. In just a few short years, Mr.
Smith's art style evolved from a mediocre Kirby/Steranko
ripoff into some of the most breathtaking fantasy art ever made.
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JIM STARLIN
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| Captain Marvel #29
| | page 14
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | November, 1973
| | SOLD
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Great silhouette of Thanos, one of the best villains Marvel had... at least until
they brought him back to life. Okay, the word "epic" is ridiculously
overused in this industry. But the Captain Marvel/Warlock/Thanos stories
that Starlin did, culminating in Thanos's death in Marvel Two-in-One Annual
#2, are an extraordinary example of a masterfully constructed epic, literally.
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CURT SWAN
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| Superman #374
| | page 7
| | published by DC Comics
| | August, 1982
| | $425
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Transformation page. Clark changes to Superman.
Since I grew up in the 70's, Swan is the Supes artist for me.
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TIM TRUMAN
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| Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo #3
| | page 13
| | published by DC Comics
| | October, 1993
| | $250
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Tim Truman is one of the finest illustrators of westerns ever. Pencilled breakdowns for another page are on the back of this one.
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MIKE VOSBURG
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| Starfire #8
| | page 25
| | published by DC Comics
| | 1970's
| | $135
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Remember Starfire, the Sword-and-sorcery heroine whose cups ranneth over even more than Red Sonja's? Here she is!
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BERNIE WRIGHTSON
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| Punisher: POV book 4
| | page 26 splash
| | published by Marvel Comics
| | 1991
| | $1425
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Punisher versus slimy Wrightson monster. It doesn't matter how you spell it: Berni (the old way) or Bernie (the new way). Mr. Wrightson really is a master of the macabre. Here is a page with the Punisher, a baby, and a monster.
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MICHAEL ZULLI
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| Death painting
| | 2006, unpublished?
| | $395
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The best artist ever to work on Sandman, doing the best character the series introduced.
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UNKNOWN ARTISTs
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INCREDIBLE HULK
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| Incredible Hulk #181
| | cover recreation
| | original published by Marvel Comics
| | original dated November, 1974
| | $30
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Recreation of the first ever appearance of the X-Men's most popular character, Wolverine.
The real thing would cost thousands. Maybe even tens of thousands, if somebody were
willing to part with it. This cost me a lot less, and looks
really effing cool.
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IGER/EISNER SHOP
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| Indians #2
| | Page 29
| | Published by Fiction House
| | 1950
| | $295
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The politically correct thing to call this would be a page from an early series about
Native Americans. The politically incorrect thing to call this would be a hot page of
girl-on-girl action.
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IGER/EISNER SHOP
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| Cowgirl Romances #4
| | page 29
| | published by Fiction House
| | 1951
| | $155
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Great Fiction House good girl art. Incredibly clean lines!
Three panels of good-girl art from the
Eiger-Eisner shop.
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IGER/EISNER SHOP
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| Sheena #7
| | page 8
| | published by Fiction House Comics
| | $125
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WAR BATTLES
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| War Battles #6 cover proofs
| | Published by Harvey Comics
| | 1950's
| | $45
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Collection of six color separation proofs from War Battles #6. Pictured is the black-and-white proof.
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I have about a gazillion items to sell. Slowly, as time permits, I'm posting them here and on eBay.
See something you like? Just send me an e-mail.
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I've tried to proofread everything as closely as possible, but I can't be held responsible for typographical
errors on this site. Sorry. If you spot a mistake, I'll gladly fix it, though. If you see a price that looks too good to be true...
odds are pretty good that it's not a typo and it's bargain-priced because I want to sell it! Thanks!
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Shipping in the U.S.A.: For non-CGC comics, $5.00 for shipping. For CGC comics, $12.95 for insured Priority Mail shipping. For artwork, $12.95 for insured Priority Mail shipping.
For everything else and everywhere else, please inquire.
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