The ComicLink July Focused Auction is underway and it's one of the company’s strongest and most diverse Focused Auctions ever. According to ComicLink, they are excited to bring to market a special collection of #1 Registry Sets featuring complete runs of popular Marvel titles from the late Silver and Bronze Age – mostly in CGG 9.8. Session 1 offers over 1,250 certified, key, and high grade Silver and Bronze Age comic books. Highlights include such key examples as Incredible Hulk #181 (first full Wolverine) in CGC 9.8 and Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) in CGC 9.8. Session 2 offers an exceptional selection of over 600 Golden Age comic books including several runs of hard to find titles with multiple Pedigree, File, and single highest grade examples to choose from. Session 3 features over 1,650 pristine Copper and Modern Age books. Session 4 offers a selection of nearly 300 miscellaneous Silver and early Bronze Age lots. Session 5 includes a large selection of 300 works of comic book related artwork.

The July Focused Auction will feature a special session devoted to the collection of a consignor who assembled the #1 Registry Sets for several popular titles including Captain Marvel – a complete collection of 71 books (sold separately), of which 63 are in CGC 9.8. It includes Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (first appearance of Captain Marvel) CGC 9.8, #13 (first Carol Danvers – the current Captain Marvel to be featured in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie) CGC 9.4, and the complete Silver Age and Bronze Age run on Captain Marvel #1-62 including #1 in CGC 9.8, Marvel Feature – a complete collection of Series 1 and Series 2 in CGC 9.8, and 19 in total (sold separately). It includes Marvel Feature #1 CGC 9.8 (first Defenders), Ms. Marvel – a complete collection (sold separately) of the 23-issue Bronze Age series in CGC 9.8 including #1 (first time Carol Danvers appears as Ms. Marvel), and #16-18 (first three appearances of Mystique), Marvel Graphic Novel – a complete collection (sold separately) in CGC 9.8 of the line that launched in 1982 with #1 (Death of Captain Marvel) and also included #4 (first appearance and origin of the New Mutants) and #5 (X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills). This series ran into the ’90s and includes many hard-to-find titles, especially in CGC 9.8, and Savage Tales includes #1 (first Man-Thing) through #6 in CGC 9.8 and others.

Session 1 key and high grade Silver and early Bronze comic books are Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 7.0, #31 (first Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn) CGC 9.0, #121 and #122 (deaths of Gwen Stacy and Green Goblin) CGC 9.6, and #129 (first Punisher) CGC 9.8, Avengers #4 (first Silver Age Captain America) CGC 6.5 and #53 (Avengers/X-Men battle cover and story) CGC 9.8, Captain America #102 CGC 9.8 Rocky Mountain and a run of high grade late Silver and early Bronze Age, many in CGC 9.8, Daredevil #1 CGC 4.0 and a run of early Bronze Age issues in CGC 9.8, Doctor Strange (1974) a run from #1 on that continues into Session 3 up through #81, all in CGC 9.8 except for a mere 5 examples (and one of those is a 9.9), Fantastic Four #5 (first Dr. Doom) CGC 4.0, #26 (Avengers crossover) CGC 9.4, #28 (X-Men crossover) CGC 9.4, #44 (first Gorgon) CGC 9.6, #45 (first Inhumans) CGC 9.0 Signature Series, #46 (first full Black Bolt) CBCS 9.4, #48 (first Silver Surfer and Galactus) CGC 9.4, and #52 (first Black Panther) CGC 9.0, The Flash #106 (first Gorilla Grodd and first Pied Piper) CGC 7.5 and #123 (Flash of Two Worlds) CGC 7.0, Ghost Rider (1973) #1 CGC 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (first Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler and second full Wolverine) CGC 9.6, Green Lantern #76 (Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow begins) CGC 9.0 and #85 (classic Adams Speedy on drugs cover) CGC 9.8, Hero For Hire #1 (first Luke Cage) CGC 9.2, Incredible Hulk #181 (first full Wolverine) CGC 9.8 and several more copies of #181 in various conditions, Iron Man #55 (first Thanos and Drax) CBCS 9.8, X-Men #14 (first Sentinels) CGC 9.4, Savage Tales #1 (first Man-Thing) CGC 9.8, Justice League of America #1 CGC 6.5, Marvel Feature #1 (first Defenders) CGC 9.6, Marvel Premiere #15 (first Iron Fist) CGC 9.6, Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (first Captain Marvel) CGC 9.4 (also see Registry Set session for a CGC 9.8 of this issue), Showcase #22 (first Silver Age Green Lantern) CGC 6.0, Sub-Mariner #1 CGC 9.6, Tales to Astonish #44 (first Wasp) CGC 5.5, Tomb of Dracula #10 (first Blade) CGC 9.6, Werewolf By Night #32 (first Moon Knight) CGC 9.8, Wonder Woman #199 (Jeff Jones bondage cover) CGC 9.8, X-Men #14 (first Sentinels) CGC 9.4, #95 (death of Thunderbird) CGC 9.8, and Annual #2 CGC 9.8.

Also offered in Session 1 are many pristine File copies and Pedigree examples from the following runs: Space Family Robinson Lost in Space (21 examples), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (18 examples), Beverly Hillbillies (12 examples), F-Troop (7 examples), Rin Tin Tin/Rin Tin Tin and Rusty (27 examples), and Bonanza (7 examples).

Session 2 offers over 600 Golden Age comic books. Such publishers as DC, Timely, Fawcett, EC, and Quality are represented. Many genres are offered including superhero, sci-fi, horror, good girl and others can be found with a lot of interesting treasures to be uncover.

Highlights include, but are not limited to Batman #6 CGC 3.0, #12 CBCS 8.0, #23 (second Joker cover in Batman) CGC 6.0 and many more examples from this ever popular title, Captain America Comics #27 (classic cover) CGC 1.8 and #64 (scarce in high grade) CGC 3.0, Marvel Mystery Comics #21 (Human Torch and Sub-Mariner, Schomburg WWII cover) CGC 3.5, numerous Action Comics and Detective Comics issues, Jumbo Comics #1 (first issue of classic run) 5.0, America's Best #10 (classic WWII cover) CGC 3.5, Blonde Phantom #16 (Golden Age Captain America story) CGC 7.0, All-Star Comics #38 (first Black Canary with JSA) CGC 4.0, Blue Beetle #42 (one of top three graded) CGC 8.0, Captain Marvel Adventures #3 (very early issue) CGC 5.5, Catman #27 (LB Cole flag cover) CGC 3.5, many examples from the Atlas title Mystic, Seven Seas #3 (classic GGA cover) CGC 5.0, Shock Suspenstories #13 (Frazetta’s only solo story for EC) CGC 4.0, Skyman #1 (origin Skyman) CGC 5.5, Speed Comics #42 (File Copy) CGC 9.0 and other issues, and Spirit #3 (Fiction House run, horror cover) CGC 7.5.

Also included in the Golden Age Session (Session 2) are several runs including many Pedigree examples as well as single highest graded and only CGC graded examples from titles such as Popular Comics (49 examples), Boy Comics (6 examples), Feature Comics (10 examples), Li’l Abner (38 examples), Dotty Dripple (22 examples), Big Shot Comics (5 examples), Red Ryder Comics (30 examples), Heroic Comics (6 examples), Gene Autry Comics (24 examples), Famous Funnies (49 examples), Gabby Hayes Western (12 examples), and Cisco Kid (4 items).

Session 3 features CGC graded late Bronze, Copper, and Modern Age Comic Books. It includes over 1,400 lots up for bid. A small selection of some of the highlights within this session are an almost complete run of the Cockrum/Byrne era “New” X-Men in CGC 9.4 or higher including the following issues in CGC 9.8: #119, #123, #125, and #141/#142 (Days of Future Past, sold separately), All-Star Comics #58 (first Power Girl) CGC 9.6, Amazing Spider-Man #194 (first Black Cat) CGC 9.8, #238 (first Hobgoblin) CGC 9.8SS, #252 (first black costume) CGC 9.8SS, and #300 (first full Venom) CGC 9.8, Batman Adventures #12 (first Harley Quinn in comics) CGC 9.8, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 CGC 9.8 Signature Series, Daredevil #131 (first Bullseye) CGC 9.6 Signature Series and #158 (first Frank Miller art) CGC 9.8, Doctor Strange (1974) a run from #1 on that starts within Session 1, up through #81, all in CGC 9.8 except for a mere 5 examples (and one of those is a 9.9), Iron Fist #14 (first Sabretooth) CGC 9.6, New Mutants #98 (first Deadpool) CGC 9.8, New Teen Titans #2 (first Deathstroke) CGC 9.8, Preacher #1 CGC 9.8, and Star Wars (1977) #1 CGC 9.8 and CBCS 9.8.

Session 4 is assorted comics with hundreds of affordable comic books, mostly certified examples from the Silver Age and Bronze Age.

Session 5 has relatively affordable original art by some of the biggest names in the industry including work by some of the biggest names in the industry including: John Buscema (Conan page), George Pérez (New Teen Titans, Fantastic Four and Avengers pages), John Cassady (Astonishing X-Men page), John Romita Jr. (Daredevil and Wolverine pages), Don Newton (multiple Batman pages), Carmine Infantino (Iron Man page), Mike Kaluta (Shadow illustration), Bill Sienkiewicz (Wonder Woman illustration), Walt Simonson (Thor page), Al Williamson (Buck Rogers illustration), Herb Trimpe (Iron Man and Godzilla pages), Jim Starlin (Silver Surfer: Resurrection page), and Mike Zeck (Master of Kung-Fu page).

ComicLink is currently accepting consignments for the upcoming Summer Featured Auction which will begin in August. They encourage everyone to contact them to reserve auction placement! You may also consign to the September Focused Auction (an initial preview will post soon). To reserve upcoming auction placement, simply email buysell@comiclink.com with your prospective sale list, or call (617) 517-0062 (option 1) to speak with Josh Nathanson, Douglas Gillock, Jason Crosby, Jon Signorelli, or Ross Kearney. If you have raw books that you'd like to get certified, they can help with that. ComicLink is not only an auction house, they are also always accepting new sellers for the ComicLink exchange marketplaces, brokering private placement deals, and buying outright. So, it pays to get in touch no matter your selling preference, and they always look forward to hearing from potential sellers.

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