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Did a UK Publisher Make Us Believe Superman Could Fly in 1939?
And by all accounts, Maxwell was hands-on and detail-oriented to the extreme, which is part of what made him good at his work on Superman licensing and media development, and the timeline and elements are in place for him to have seen Jock McCail's flying Superman cover and taken notice of what made it so[...]
The Flash, Green Lantern, and the Art of the Vintage Reboot
The Marvel method might be considered a Frankenstein's Monster reboot, where the parts of old things were stitched together to bring a new thing to life.  The DC method was a classic deal with the devil: the characters got a fresh start and a chance at a new life in a new town, but once[...]
Will Justice League Beat The Avengers... Again?
Here's Comic Connect's Vincent Zurzolo to tell us many more details about the copy up for auction at Comic Connect this week and its place in comics history:   Confession: I finally got around to watching the Justice League film recently and… absolutely loved it.  I think I liked it way more than most people because[...]
Great Comics and Original Art Up For Auction Right Now on Comic Connect
Comic Connect has a wonderful comic auction going on right now with the kinds of books and original art that will make your head spin Whenever they have one of these type auctions over there, it not only is fun to sift through all of the listings, but to see how much the auctions end[...]
Comic Connect Walking Dead #1 CGC
Consistently over the last 15 years however, fans continue to gobble up whatever they can get their hands on. Today on Comic Connect, an auction will end with basically every single issue of Robert Kirkman's zombie epic up for grabs Most are CGC graded, many of them in the high 9.0's and as high as 9.8[...]
Vincent Zurzolo On The Human Element of Stan Lee's Super-Heroes
These legendary men all put their own marks on the course of human history, but when it comes to explaining that "With great power comes great responsibility," Stan Lee's name comes to mind before any of the rest. Comic Connect's Vincent Zurzolo gets to the heart of the reasons why this is true, in his recent[...]
Rare Superman Comics Ashcan Auction Closing Tonight at Comic Connect
There's special about seeing such historical artifacts with your own eyes that's hard to explain.   Sadly, I'll miss my chance at the copy on offer at Comic Connect tonite, and will just have to hope I get another shot at one of the three, someday. I will claim a consolation prize here, however, because researching this post[...]
Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 $2,007.500 Comic Connect Sales 6/11/2018
Now it's official: an Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 (white pages) has just sold for $2,052,000 at Comic Connect auction The closing price for the 1938 comic, featuring the first appearance of Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster,  is the third-highest price ever paid for a comic book, behind the $3,207,852 sale of an Action Comics #1 CGC[...]
suspense comics #3
Suspense Comics #3, up for auction at Comic Connect tonight, features an infamous Alex Schomburg cover for this 1944 comic book from a lesser known publisher Continental (it's complicated, but they used numerous other publishing names also) which also published titles such as Captain Aero Comics and Cat-Man Comics, among others. Suspense Comics is a short-lived suspense/horror[...]
Did Somebody Say Madam Satan? Pep Comics #16 Heats Up At Auction
 Just a few hours before we informed you that Archie Comics had trademarked Madam Satan And Hangman, someone grabbed this Pep Comics #16 CGC 8.5 copy of Madam Satan's first appearance for $11,200.00 at Comic Connect's Jon Berk Collection auction Session 4 Like many of the pre-Archie Pep Comics (the character first appeared in Pep Comics[...]
Bid Now To Own DC's First Comic!
But Comic Connect has one! "New Fun went beyond their predecessors and presented original adventure strips as well as the traditional funny pages Although greatness was in store for this title and the company that produced it, New Fun had a shaky start Published at the initiative of Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, a retired major who had previously[...]
First Appearances Of Thor Already Over $20K On Comic Connect!
If you're into collecting Golden and Silver Age comics, there's little to no doubt you've been following the Jon Berk Collection over at Comic Connect The auction has boasted some beautiful examples of both comics and original art I've bid on one or two items–no you can't know which–so here's hoping I get something. Tonight's auction[...]
Want To Get Your Hands On The First Appearances Of The Guardians Of The Galaxy?
Awesome, because now is your chance! Tonight on Comic Connect's Jon Berk Collection auction, you can bid on Marvel Preview #4 (1st Star-Lord), and Marvel Preview #7 (first Rocket) could be yours as long as you outbid your competition. MP #4 has yet to break the $500, despite being a 9.6 with white pages A similar[...]