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The Hulk #3 page is pretty dope....

The covers that catapulted him to stardom. Vote for FIVE.  

Note: The poll would only allow 20 entries, so I omitted issue #1, assuming it would get everyone's vote.

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On 2/13/2023 at 6:21 PM, comix4fun said:

...and the really terrific Nimrod arc. 

On 1/22/2023 at 4:11 PM, Brian Peck said:

Some people even vote for their own artwork. Which I will talk to Bill about fixing.

 

So you're saying some Buscema die-hard trades half his collection for a great Silver Surfer #4 page and has to vote 5 lesser things in ahead of it in that category?

(Disclaimer: I voted for both of my submissions... because I love them)

On 1/20/2023 at 11:46 AM, Brian Peck said:

And you have a Jim Lee Hush page which is not lettered on the artwork. That would be like Kirby/Sinnott twice up Fantastic Four, very expensive and out of the reach of many collectors. You trade one expensive page done in the 60s to another one done in the 21st century, would still be the same situation.

It's not about the price. It's not necessarily about the lettering. It's about the drastic difference in eras.

On 1/20/2023 at 10:54 AM, Brian Peck said:

This has been brought up alot but I do not see the reason for it.

 

The biggest reason would be to split a category with 400 entries into 2 categories.

The secondary reason would so that a Kirby/Sinnott twice up Fantastic Four page is not in the same category as a non-lettered, pencil page which was drawn in 2021. At least make an attempt to compare apples to apples.

On 1/20/2023 at 8:45 AM, Twanj said:

 

The only thing I can think to do would be to segment by decades.

 

I like this idea, at least for the main categories (Cover, Splash, Panel Page)
 

Gold / Silver / Bronze / Copper / Modern? (too many?)

Pre-Image / Post-Image? (1992)

Pre-2000 / Post-2000?

On 1/16/2023 at 11:33 AM, drdonaldblake1 said:

"Todd McFarlane and Tom Morgan Incredible Hulk #330 Cover Original | Lot #91026 | Heritage Auctions" https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/todd-mcfarlane-and-tom-morgan-incredible-hulk-330-cover-original-art-marvel-1987-/a/7192-91026.s?ic4=OtherResults-SampleItem-071515&tab=ArchiveSearchResults-012417

? Five year flip

Sold for $33k 2018

...oooh, that's right. Forgot this one had already been in HA.

The Hulk 330 cover has been sitting around on eBay for a while, so some possible fatigue, but it's a pretty important cover nonetheless.

So question for the board on that FF page: does that look like "76" or "96?"   

The angular straight edges at the top bar make it look like a "7," but was Stan signing Marvel OA in '76?  Does that fit in with the timeline of returned pages, etc..?  

On 1/15/2023 at 8:57 AM, Dr. Balls said:

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I'm struggling to even want to bid on it. Visually, it's almost ruined. I say almost, because he could have gone one step further and signed on her face.

Stan Lee autographs are legendary for their level of derision, this is the first one I can recall seeing on an original (at least in my area of collecting). Please show me I'm wrong in chastising a Stan signature on an original - serve me up some Stan sigs on originals that don't disrupt the eye flow of the piece.

Hey, at least it's a character he created, and in her vintage costume..... they had him sign covers with Psylocke and Spider-Gwen, etc.

I heard a different story regarding the Campbell/Stan signatures.... anyone in the know want to tell it?

Thoughts on the McFarlane page at $72k?

Detailed page with great shots of Spidey in action from the original ASM run, however some fading present.

On 1/12/2023 at 2:22 PM, Bronty said:

Good question.    For my part I would have a lot of interest (though not at these prices..) in a wolverine LS page and much less interest in most daredevil pages.    that's just one person's opinion of course but it seems to me that wolverine has only become more important over time and daredevil is still daredevil (a 'B' marvel character - which is not a bad thing, heck its better than almost everything - except A characters like wolverine.).

Wolverine is of course the more popular character, however when it comes to Miller fans/collectors (the ones doing the buying), DD was always right up there or even a bit ahead IIRC. 

Would a great DD vs. Hand Ninjas action page sell for that amount? (150k)
If not, what about a great DD vs. the Punisher?
DD vs. Bullseye?

On 1/12/2023 at 10:37 AM, batman_fan said:

The Frank Miller Wolverine page 

That was a great Wolverine page.

Soooo..... Where does Wolverine stand in relation to Miller Daredevil? More expensive than regular DD pages but less expensive than DD pages with Elektra? (For as long as I've been collecting, it seems that really good DD pages, even without Elektra, have been more expensive than Wolverine pages.)

Shocked by this result:

Mignola Hellboy

On 12/30/2022 at 5:49 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:

I see no record for a public sale of DD 189 in 2010.  I think you meant to say DD 188. which sold for over $101K in 2010.  I think that was a record for a public sale of Miller cover at the time (the DKR #3 splash sold for $448 in 2011).

Just so there's no confusion/memory lapses, here's the DD 188 cover that sold for $101K+

Yep, my bad. Had the # off.

People love Wolverine, but the #3 cover is not their favorite. 

To put in context, the DD189 cover sold for 100k in 2010.

On 12/26/2022 at 2:28 PM, drdonaldblake1 said:

 

So $48k in 2010 would have been a near record amount? Or definitely considered alot of $ for a Miller cover

Regarding Milgrom, I will say that there's quite a bit of nostalgia for PPSM from around that time.

The romance with Black Cat was a storyline that tied stories together for a couple years, and that stretch included a great Doc Ock saga, some Punisher issues, some Cloak & Dagger stuff (they were "hot" back then)

Still, Milgrom was the artist everyone at my LCS used to take jabs at back when I was a teen, which is why that page blew me away.

A couple of 'wow' auction results to me....

$16k for small art Kirby/Coletta Thor. Cool 4-panel action page, but not really a complete shot of Thor/Thor's face.
https://www.comicconnect.com/item/974883?tzf=1

$21k for Milgrom 9-panel interior.  Yes, it's Black Costume Spidey kissing upside-down, but man, 21k for Milgrom interiors. I'm shocked.
https://www.comicconnect.com/item/973903

$45k Buscema Galactus (1988) splash. Not from the original Surfer run...Is this a lot? It seems like a lot.
https://www.comicconnect.com/item/974984?tzf=1

On 12/13/2022 at 1:04 PM, Will_K said:

I know it's been asked over and over (and in different ways)... but who's buying all this art ?? 

I'm surprised that the market can absorb so much Jim Lee art when Albert sells it.

I dunno. I don't collect Jim Lee, but he has been a top-5 artist in comics for what, 35 years now?

Man, the Art Adams stuff has been selling QUICK of late.... how much was it?

On 12/8/2022 at 7:02 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:

$6.8K for the McHulk page isn't really a good result considering its from Hulk 340

Disagree. There have been plenty of pages from that issue with no Wolverine which sold for standard McHulk pricing.

Other stuff did well I thought (especially by CLink standards)

43k for Miller Spec Spidey panel page
6,800 for McFarlane Hulk page. (cool page, but no Hulk on it)
6,600 for a Frazetta Conan sketch. It was cool, but was both small and loose.