2007 January Signature Comic Auction #823

<B>Vampirella #3 (Warren, 1970) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages.</B></I> "Vampi's Scarlet Letters" page begins in this i...

<B>Vampirella #13 (Warren, 1971) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages.</B></I> Features the first annual Warren Creator Awards (for 1970). ...

<B>Vampirella #1-10 And Other Magazines Bound Volume (Warren, 1969-81).</B></I> Marvel and DC bonuses await the winning bidder for...

It had just been four years since the Man of Steel's first appearance in <B>Action Comics </B></I>#1, and he was already a leg...

Graphic Novels have been a standard form of comics publishing during the past twenty-five years or so, but there were a few earlier attempts at the fo

Offered here is a very fresh looking 1966 ­set of<B> Batman</B></I> "Red Bat" trading cards, consisting of 44 puzzl...

All 55 on the first set of Batman cards, inspired by the hit ABC-TV series, are featured in this lot. All have painted images by Norman Saunders. Also

Here's another complete set of the first group of 55 gum cards, featuring painted portraits of Batman, Robin, and assorted villains. All cards a...

Includes cards 1A-44A, the entire second set. All feature wonderful Norman Saunders painted portraits of the Dynamic Duo and their colorful villains.

Here's the versatile Captain Action in his original box, complete with hat, belt, gun. and sword. The box is in nice condition with only some li...

One of Disney's earliest cartoons featured Practical, Fifer, and Fiddler, the Three Little Pigs. The trio was captured nicely in this vintage bi...

Overstreet lists these tiny items as "Marvel Mania Giveaways", and at a size of 5/8" x 7/8" they indeed qualify for the title &q...

Colorful one-sheet for the feature film starring Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon. The feature was a re-edited version of the 1938 serial "Flash G...

Tight, never-opened copy with fresh cover colors. Some slight color loss at spine. Overstreet 2006 Near Mint value = $650. <BR><BR><b...

The price guide value mentioned below notwithstanding, a Fine copy of this issue sold for $3,000 in one of our recent auctions, and we think this spec

Basil Wolverton, the father of the "spaghetti and meatball school of design" and one of the most beloved cartoonists of the 1940s, '50...

<B>Big Ass Comics #1 First Printing R. Crumb (Rip Off Press, 1969) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Hard to find first printin...

<B>Creem V1#2 and V3#6 Group R. Crumb (Creem Magazine, Inc., 1969-71) Condition: Average VG/FN.</B></I> Robert Crumb' s classi...

<B>Gothic Blimp Works #2 R. Crumb (East Village Other, 1969) Condition: FN.</B></I> Robert Crumb's over-the-top portrait of a ...

<B>King Bee #1 R. Crumb (Apex Novelties, 1969) Condition: VF.</B></I> This one-shot comix tabloid features a wonderfully funny Rob...

<B>Monster Greeting Card Complete Set of 50 - featuring Robert (R.) Crumb Art (Topps, 1966) Condition: Average VF.</B></I> Undergr...

<B>Motor City Comics #1 Second Printing R. Crumb (Rip Off Press, 1969) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> All that ke...

Here's one of the rare, hand-assembled copies of this notorious comic, the last in the short series of three printed by the original publisher, ...

<B>Surfer Magazine V12#6 - featuring Tales From the Tube Comix R. Crumb (Surfer Publications, 1971) Condition: VF-.</B></I> This i...

<B>East Village Other Group of 3 R. Crumb (East Village Other, 1968-70).</B></I> This group of three East Village Other left-wing ...

<B>Yarrowstalks #1 R. Crumb (Brian Zahn, 1967) Condition: VG.</B></I> This item is something of a "holy grail" among R. ...

<B>Zap Comix #1 Second Printing R. Crumb (Apex Novelties, 1967) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Don Donahue traded a ...

<B>Heavy Metal</B></I> cover artist Chris Achilleos uncorks another sizzling painting spotlighting one of his trademark erotically...

The soggy beast of the bogs, the Swamp Thing, roams the backwater bayous with a breath-taking beauty in his arms. This design is quite similar to the

Rock on, art lovers, with Chris Achilleos' most famous and -- in the minds of many fans -- his best painting! "Heavy Metal" showcased ...

Neal Adams took Silver Age readers by storm when his work debuted in the comic books of the mid-sixties. His "photorealistic" grey tone ar...

The late Archie Goodwin was one of the finest editor/writers to work in comics and perhaps the best since the glory days of EC Comics. He always broug

Neal Adams had a terrific stint on the Silver Age<B> Spectre </B></I>title -- he worked on issues #2-5, in 1968. It's great to...

The whole <B>Superman Family</B></I> cast stars on this Bronze Age beauty. Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Perry White, and Supergirl all ...

Duck, Uncle Scrooge! Huey, Dewey, and Louie are playing ball again! This delightful cover illustration by Whitman mainstay, Al Anderson, is rendered i

Everybody's favorite wall-crawler is trapped in a rapidly-flooding sewer beneath the city streets, in this definitely "splashy" splash...

Holy Hanna! Spider-Man is trapped in the sewer that is filling up faster than a bingo parlor on a Friday night! Here is page 2 from the Len Wein story

The Shocker will just have to wait! Right now, Peter Parker must survive a deadly deluge of water in the sewer beneath New York City! This tense page

The ultimatum has been given -- New York must pay one million dollars or suffer the wrath of the Shocker! The mayor makes a television announcement th

Patrolling a Queens power plant in search of the Shocker, Spider-Man's spider-sense tips him off that "ol' quilt-face" is already ...

The Shocker vibro-blasts Spider-Man across the floor, intent on drilling him right through a wall, in this page from "Shattered by the Shocker!...

With a blast of Spidey fluid locking up his shock units, the Shocker is ricocheted around the room until the force knocks him unconscious. All in a da

Rufferto and Groo cause quite a stir on this uproarious double-page spread from the laugh-riot "Arfetto," drawn by that madcap <B>Ma...

Morty's drum-and-bugle business is swelling... as long as he doesn't play! This strip has an image area measuring 19" x 5.5". Asid...

Gus Arriola presents a romance between rooster Popo, and Chiquita, a slick hen from the big Martinez chicken farm, in this imaginative Sunday. The ima

Gordo turns the table on a pair of litter bugs, in this silent Sunday from 1956. The image area measures 22.5" x 15", and the condition is...

Giant-Man puts the Porcupine through a few of his workout moves in this Silver Age sensation, drawn in the dramatic Marvel style by Darlin' Dick...

<I>Wah-hoo,</B></I> Howler fans -- the <B>Sgt. Fury</B></I> art team-supreme of Darlin' Dick Ayers and Long ...

Two of Marvel Comics' finest artists defected to DC to create the slam-bang title page for the <B>Weird War Tales </B></I>yarn...

Good girl art legend Matt Baker adds sumptuous detail to the pulse-pounding panels of this hard-hitting yarn. Be sure to admire the scenes spotlightin