Batman #1, one of the most iconic covers of all time, featuring a swinging Batman and Robin by Bob Kane, is a book that will always sell for thousands of dollars. That is a given. But after the records that we have seen broken by books like TMNT #1, Amazing Fantasy #15, and more over […]
Captain America Comics #1, the first appearance of Captain America and arguably the most famous comic cover of all time, is not a book you see on auctions much these days. This is now the most expensive Timely book on the aftermarket and with good reason. This copy taking bids at Heritage Auctions today is […]
Weird Mysteries #4 features one of the coolest horror covers you will ever see. Featuring a skull with a knife through the forehead and poking through an eye and a bug with a human head, the insane art by Bernard Bally is striking. But, that is not the coolest part of this CGC 7.5 copy […]
In 1994, Disney stunned the world with the release of The Lion King. Arguably one of the greatest animated films ever produced, The Lion King spawned a franchise for fans who couldn't get enough of the characters. This included feature-length sequels, a live-action adaptation that did "Be Prepared" a mighty injustice, a hit Broadway musical, and so […]
Disney's Gargoyles may have just run from three seasons from October 24th, 1994, until February 15th, 1997, but it remains a cult classic with a dedicated fanbase. With a dramatic tone, adult themes, and real stakes, Gargoyles made it clear that this series was not just for kids by entertaining the entire family with its spellbinding, […]
Heritage Auctions, an auction house based in Dallas, Texas that deals primarily in auction lots pertaining to comics, video games, trading cards, and other such items of a similarly collectible nature, has put a graded copy of the Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color up for auction! Fans of the Pokémon franchise […]
Heritage Auctions, an auction house based in Dallas, Texas that deals with auctions primarily pertaining to comics, video games, trading cards, and other similar items of a collectible nature, has put a shadowless, 1st edition copy; of Charizard from the Pokémon Trading Card Game up for auction! Charizard is the absolute crown jewel among cards […]
Frank Miller's early work has been in heavy demand in recent years, especially that with Klaus Janson. Pages and covers from The Dark Knight Returns have sold for truly stellar amounts, but his work on Daredevil with Janson is also in the spotlight. Such as this page from Daredevil #187, with the first proper look […]
No, Radio-Active Man was not just a Simpsons superhero character version of Homer Simpson. When he was created decades before by Stan Lee, R Berns, Jack Kirby, and Dick Eyers for Journey Into Mystery #93 back in 1963. And the original artwork to the opening splash page of that issue, is up for auction from […]
Dave Cockrum, co-creator of Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, Sunfire and the All-New All-Different Uncanny X-Men also painted the cover for the first collection of his X-Men comic books with Chris Claremont, an early trade paperback edition, Marvel Illustrated Books: The X-Men, published way back in 1982. The painting somewhat reflects the original cover he drew for […]
Things were already getting a bit complicated in the Marvel Comics Universe of 1967. The publisher had an output of nearly 16 comics per month by that year, up from a low point of eight comic books per month in 1958. The Silver Surfer had been introduced in Fantastic Four #48 the year prior, and […]
This was Marvel Comics' very first trade paperback, published by Simon & Schuster way back in 1974, and collecting the first stories of Marvel's best-known characters at the time, aimed at the book market. What a novelty! And it was John Romita Sr who painted the cover, meant to be Stan Lee at the typewriter… […]
Barry Windsor-Smith recently published Monster, his 300-page-plus reworking of an original planned Hulk comic book which pioneered the idea of Bruce Banner's Hulk being born in an abusive childhood, nicked by Bill Mantlo, leaving BWS to pull the story entirely and spend the next three decades working on it. His relationship with Marvel was often […]
This is basically the closest you'll ever get to being Scott Dunbier, with your very own Artists Edition of a comic book – by actually owning the entire original artwork of a comic book. In this case, for auction from Heritage Auctions, is the entire original artwork from Action Comics #1019 by Brian Bendis, John […]
Who is the strongest hero in the Marvel Universe? It's a question that fans have debated for decades, and it often centers around two well-known powerhouses — the Incredible Hulk and the Mighty Thor. The characters first met when the Hulk squared off against the rest of the Avengers in Avengers #1, but memorably faced […]
One of the inspirations behind the origin of Sabrina the Teenage Witch is one of my very favorite moments in all of comic book history — and it's sadly unknown. The character herself has slowly risen to fame in the decades since her debut in 1962's Archie's Madhouse #22, and the Netflix television series Chilling […]
Although Batman #234 is often considered the first Silver Age appearance of Two-Face, it's really not that — and that's probably a good thing for this noteworthy DC Comics key. Most obviously, this 1971 release is not from the Silver Age by any practical definition of the term — it's a quintessential Bronze Age comic […]
The current comic book series The Joker by James Tynion IV and Guillem March is not the first time The Joker took the lead in a comic book of his own. But when he first did it, back in 1975, it was a true innovation – a lead book starring the bad guy? It had […]
Cover-dated May 1964 and hitting the newsstands in May, Avengers #5 represents a young Marvel Universe beginning to hit its stride. Captain America had made his heralded entry into this new comic universe in the prior issue. Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor, Sgt. Fury, Iron Man, the X-Men, and Giant-Man & the Wasp were all […]
Fantastic Four #48, has been an important Marvel comic book key for decades, and for good reason — it's the first appearance of the Silver Surfer and Galactus, incredibly popular characters who went on to be involved in countless pivotal storylines. But in the Marvel Cinematic Universe era, Fantastic Four #48 is arguably more important […]
