2003 March Comics Signature Sale #806 (Session 1)

Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages. More than a comic book, more than a superhero, this is a true piece of American pop cultural

All-American Comics #16 (DC, 1940) CGC Apparent FN/VF 7.0 Moderate (P) Off-white pages. Green Lantern's origin and first appearance come with th...

All Select Comics #1 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. This quintessential Timely title enjoyed an auspicious birth, with a classic

All Select Comics #2 (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent VF- 7.5 Slight (A) Off-white pages. The multi-superhero format of this terrific run coupled with the

All Select Comics #3 (Timely, 1944) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Timely's superheroes gave equal annihilation time to each Axis power...

All Select Comics #5 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. Marvel's Big Three, Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, and the Human ...

All Select Comics #6 (Timely, 1945) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Gerber considers this issue and issue #11, the last issue before a title cha

All Select Comics #10 (Timely, 1946) CGC Qualified VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. The final Alex Schomburg cover and the last Captain America and Hu

All Select Comics #11 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. The Blonde Phantom took over the cover of this issue, and by the next issue

All Winners Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. Pure Golden Age Timely magic at work here with the first appearance of the

All Winners Comics #2 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Jack Binder's cover says it all with the promise of features on Captai...

All Winners Comics #3 Allentown pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages. Two Golden Age pioneer artists, Carl Burgos and Bill Eve

All Winners Comics #4 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. A classic war cover by Al Avison is the highlight of this issue, an

All Winners Comics #5 Pennsylvania pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Al Avison offers up a freaky Nazi invasion fleet, with only Ca

All Winners Comics #6 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. A terrific Hitler/Tojo/Mussolini cover has Timely heroes bursting off the cover to s

All Winners Comics #7 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent NM 9.4 Slight (P) Off-white pages. It's a wonder this tumultuous Japanese war cover from Alex ...

All Winners Comics #8 (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent VF- 7.5 Slight (P) Off-white to white pages. Bright and rich colors are contrasted nicely against a

All Winners Comics #9 (Timely, 1943) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages. Heritage is pleased to offer such a fine run of this title, especially co

All Winners Comics #10 (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent NM- 9.2 Slight (P) Off-white pages. Don't be put off by the "Restored Grade" that C...

All Winners Comics #11 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. The Atlas globe appears for the first time o...

All Winners Comics #12 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. Schomburg has the Timely stalwarts liberatin...

All Winners Comics #13 (Timely, 1944) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. Like other Timely titles of the day, All Winners used a yellow background in its

All Winners Comics #14 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages. With its flat, sharp-cornered front it seems CGC might have been a bit hard on this boo

All Winners Comics #15 (Timely, 1945) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Once again Alex Schomburg manages to cram more action into one cover than w

All Winners Comics #16 (Timely, 1945) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Some impact dents at the back upper right, and minor spine stresses visible primaril

All Winners Comics #17 (Timely, 1945) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. For once the superheroes are about as numerous as the villains in this Schomburg do

All Winners Comics #18 (Timely, 1946) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (A) Cream to off-white pages. After WWII Schomburg turned to domestic crime for his

All Winners Comics #19 (Timely, 1946) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages. It's not an Alex Schomburg cover, but Syd Shores offers one of the m...

All Winners Comics #21 (Timely, 1947) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. This one just doesn't turn up often in any condition. Overstreet calls it &qu...

All Winners Comics v2 #1 (Timely, 1948) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch, take a back seat

Amazing Comics #1 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. For one glorious issue, this title became another vehicle for the Young Allies.

Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. Here is the ultimate Spider-Man book: his first appearance. What could be better tha

Amazing-Man #6 (Centaur, 1939) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. The same year Golden Age innovator Bill Everett created his most famous character, the Sub

Amazing-Man #16 (Centaur, 1940) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages. This issue illustrates how difficult it is to find early Centaur books in high-g

Amazing-Man #19 (Centaur, 1941) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white to white pages. After a couple of covers where Amazing Man experimented with being blonde, he app

Amazing Mystery Funnies v2 #7 (Centaur, 1939) CGC Apparent NM 9.4 Slight (P) Off-white to white pages. Overstreet calls it "scarce"; Gerbe...

Amazing Mystery Funnies v2 #8 (Centaur, 1939) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages. There may be some other copies yet to be certified by CGC, but we

Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages. This second-greatest Spider-Man book (after Amazing Fantasy #15) features a Fantasti

Amazing Spider-Man #2 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white to white pages. A stunning red cover features the first appearance of that crusty and nasty

Amazing Spider-Man #3 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages. The ultimate tentacled menace, Doctor Octopus, prepares to unleash his mayh

Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Marvel, 1964) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages. Steve Ditko introduces the electrifying Electro to the world in this issue.

Amazing Spider-Man #10 (Marvel, 1964) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Steve Ditko draws a fantastic cover of the web-slinger going into action against th

Amazing Spider-Man #13 (Marvel, 1964) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. That most mysterious of super-villains, Mysterio, is brought to life by St

Amazing Spider-Man #14 (Marvel, 1964) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages. The Green Goblin, the ultimate Spider-Man villain, makes his debut in this

Amazing Spider-Man #16 (Marvel, 1964) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Daredevil makes a most dynamic entrance in this, his first crossover. With

Amazing Spider-Man #19 (Marvel, 1964) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Spider-Man prepares to "Strike Back" in this issue against the ...

Blonde Phantom #12 (Timely, 1946) CGC FN+ 6.5 White pages. The dazzling superheroine made her first appearance in issue #11 of All Select Comics. She

Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages. One of the most coveted comic books of all-time displays the classic artistry of

Captain America Comics #2 (Timely, 1941) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages. Thank Jack Kirby for one of the greatest Hitler covers from comics' Golden ...

Captain America Comics #3 (Timely, 1941) CGC Apparent VF- 7.5 Moderate (P) Cream to off-white pages. Bondage cover? Red Skull cover? Whichever floats

Captain America Comics #4 (Timely, 1941) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Moderate (P) Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg had no peer when it came to crea

Captain America Comics #5 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Jack Kirby was most adept at portraying scenes of grotesque Nazi characters comm

Captain America Comics #6 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Where did the Nazis get these torturers, mad scientists, and hangmen that Jack K

Captain America Comics #7 (Timely, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. A classic cover by Simon and Kirby is preserved nicely in this copy that displ

Captain America Comics #8 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. In the tradition of bizarre, Nazi-infested dark places (see the description for i

Captain America Comics #9 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. A bound Bucky on a Cap cover is practically a given. And it's also common t...

Captain America Comics #10 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Simon and Kirby's last cover for the title that Kirby created holds true t...

Captain America Comics #11 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent FN/VF 7.0 Moderate (P) Cream to off-white pages. For a few issues between the famous WWII-theme

Captain America Comics #12 (Timely, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. The title was blessed with most distinctive artists; Simon and Kirby

Captain America Comics #13 (Timely, 1942) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages. Al Avison takes a cue from fellow Cap artists Jack Kirby and Alex Scho

Captain America Comics #14 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent VF- 7.5 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. How can you not love the early Cap covers? This Al

Captain America Comics #15 (Timely, 1942) CGC App. FN+ 6.5 Moderate (P) Cream to off-white pages. Al Avison pulls out all the stops on this enthrallin

Captain America Comics #16 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent VG/FN 5.0 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. The Red Skull and his Terror Chamber give Al Avi

Captain America Comics #17 (Timely, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages. Early Caps, though relatively plentiful compared to other titles fro

Captain America Comics #18 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent FN/VF 7.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. Cap and his Japanese adversary threaten to tumble right o

Captain America Comics #19 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (A) Off-white to white pages. Every few issues during the war years, Timely woul

Captain America Comics #20 Pennsylvania pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Syd Shores' Cap-throttlin'-Nazis cover ...

Captain America Comics #21 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent FN/VF 7.0 Moderate (P) Off-white pages. Syd Shores' cover highlights a copy whose "A...

Captain America Comics #22 (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent GD/VG 3.0 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. Here is a very attractive copy of an early Cap i

Captain America Comics #23 (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. Cap interrupts a Nazi torture in progress in this Syd Shores eye-fille

Captain America Comics #25 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. All but two of the six unrestored copies of this issue that CGC has re

Captain America Comics #26 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg had done a couple of very early covers on the title, but

Captain America Comics #27 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. Here is a sparkling copy that currently bests the second-nicest copy CGC has review

Captain America Comics #28 (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent VF- 7.5 Moderate (P) Off-white pages. Another torture chamber, another maniacal Nazi sadist, an

Captain America Comics #30 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Three copies at 9.0 and one lone book with a lofty 9.4 have earned higher grade

Captain America Comics #31 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. If you don't know Alex Schomburg or his significance to comic book history...

Captain America Comics #32 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Syd Shores gives Alex Schomburg a month off from cover duties on this title to g

Captain America Comics #33 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (A) Off-white to white pages. Schomburg depicts most of the Ger

Captain America Comics #34 (Timely, 1944) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Slight (A) Off-white pages. Syd Shores shines on this issue with one of his best cove

Captain America Comics #35 Pennsylvania pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. During the years of WWII, most things Oriental, i

Captain America Comics #36 Pennsylvania pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Syd Shores' classic cover has Cap lifting Hitler ...

Captain America Comics #37 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg, Master of Mayhem, has the Nazis in disarray before the

Captain America Comics #38 (Timely, 1944) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Slight (A) Cream to off-white pages. Bucky, in his usual bondage mode, is joined by a

Captain America Comics #39 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. A little-known sports trivia factoid is depicted by cover artist Alex

Captain America Comics #40 (Timely, 1944) CGC Apparent NM 9.4 Slight (P) Off-white to white pages. This was the last cover Syd Shores would contribute

Captain America Comics #42 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. This pretty copy is one of the nicest you will find at the technical grade assi

Captain America Comics #43 (Timely, 1944) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. Overstreet doesn't mention who the cover artist might be, but The Photo-J...

Captain America Comics #44 (Timely, 1945) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Schomburg or no? This is even less clear-cut than the immediately prece

Captain America Comics #45 (Timely, 1945) CGC Qualified NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages . Cap takes a break from beating up on Nazis and Japanese to

Captain America Comics #46 (Timely, 1945) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Special even among the scores of sensational covers Alex Schomburg did

Captain America Comics #47 (Timely, 1945) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages. Alex Schomburg's last German war cover for the title has Bucky blowing ...

Captain America Comics #48 (Timely, 1945) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Alex Schomburg did over 500 covers during the period of 1939-1949, an average o

Captain America Comics #49 (Timely, 1945) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. You look at this cover, then incredulously at the CGC-assigned grade, wonderi

Captain America Comics #50 (Timely, 1945) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Moderate (P) Off-white to white pages. Where does a gorilla hang out anyway? Cap doesn...

Captain America Comics #51 (Timely, 1945) CGC Apparent FN+ 6.5 Slight (A) White pages. Don't let the purple (CGC Restored Grade) label fool you;...

Captain America Comics #52 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. An exemplary exterior on this the third nicest copy CGC has graded of issue #52, an

Captain America Comics #53 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Two copies (graded at 9.2) barely edge this beauty for first place among othe

Captain America Comics #55 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Between extensive cover duties by Alex Schomburg and Syd Shores, came i

Captain America Comics #56 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Overstreet seems to be alone in crediting Mike Sekowsky with this cover. Gerb

Captain America Comics #57 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. The cover is pure Syd Shores, who really came into his own from this period and