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Miller listing some of his influences, from "Artists on Comic Art":

Love it!

Miller was always such a great storyteller--that 2nd-to-last panel where Clark's heard the news and bolted into action so quickly his glasses were still hanging in the air...

On 6/24/2022 at 8:03 AM, vodou said:

And now I'll ask - another burning question for so many still: Is it honest or dishonest for anyone (resale certificate bearing DEALER or not) to ringlead a regular, ongoing, and publicly admitted to shilling operation?

Dishonest, of course.

Multiple public auction results of items which "slipped through the cracks" would (and rightfully should) discourage some of the insane bidding we have seen the past 20 years.

Instead, the truth is obscured.

If not for the aberration that was the Secret Wars 8 page, we would all be cheering the 2.4M DK result and proclaiming Miller the king of comics.

On 6/19/2022 at 1:57 PM, Unstoppablejayd said:

Anyone want to explain the none DD - DD page by JRJR?

That's a lot, but it was a great page. Even people who weren't reading the JRJr run took a moment to check out the Typhoid Mary stories.

Closed.

Tough crowd.

link?

Totally agree @grapeape..... it doesn't bother me at all personally, but IMO it should definitely be disclosed.

Too often on HA they list a page with the corners chopped and the last line of the description reads "...in Excellent condition."

On 6/12/2022 at 10:59 PM, tc5551212 said:

lowered the quality on the second scan. This is the Cockrum page 107  front and back.

I'll guess 50k is the floor on this one....  First appearance issue for Gladiator, great shots of X-Men and their two greatest villains (Magneto/Juggernaut), awesome dramatic facial expressions, beautiful inking, bonus sketch on back....

Any predictions on the Dark Knight interior page? (Superman silhouette)

Most dealers have quite a bit of artwork not listed on their website, so it never hurts to ask.

Tough voting!  Funny there is only (so far) one vote on the #9 cover. That's easily a $200k+ cover which virtually every collector would love to add to their collection. Wolvie claws out.... Spidey with webs... full figures....

He drew 4 Wolverine covers though, and the votes get divided....

On 6/6/2022 at 4:18 PM, Bill C said:

Personally I dig 4 and 6. 7 is cool too.

You know it's a tough batch to choose from when a cover as amazing as #7 only has two votes so far. (Doesn't help that #1 and #13 are almost "must include" status in the voting)

On 6/6/2022 at 12:11 PM, Race said:

Los Bros with no prices noted of course... Does any other collectibles field put up with this? I've been to scores of art shows, antiques shows, baseball card shows, etc over decades and have never seen a dealer who does not post prices. It is worse than unprofessional, it is abject cowardice... what a stain on this hobby to have those two so heavily involved.

At shows they have prices on pretty much everything.

I'm kinda shocked that four people (so far) did not list the #1 in their picks.

Hold a sec....I have a few

On 6/5/2022 at 3:33 PM, grapeape said:

If I could go into my own personal collection to answer your question, I  wouldn’t bother to answer you regular joes

#2,6,12,13 in that order.

 

 

I had that order, but with the #1 instead of your #2

Inspired by the upcoming issue 16 auction... 

Favorite covers from Todd's 2nd series of Spider-Man

CHOOSE FOUR (4)

I think I speak for us all when I say "post your scans here so we can chime in!"

On 5/22/2022 at 4:53 PM, fsumavila said:

 I also noticed a few pages that were for sale at the last CAL event that didn't sell, were re-listed at even higher prices!

LOVE!  If it doesn’t sell at $8,500, try again later pricing it at $11k…

On 5/20/2022 at 6:49 PM, Natty Bumpo said:

It's helpful to remember that at the time MIller and Varley were doing DKR it was still just a comic that needed doing, on deadline, in a fashion that would get the results they wanted.

 

 

Eh, I don’t think so.

It was a huge deal that DC had “stolen” Frank from Marvel. Frank had turned a character on the verge of cancellation (DD) into a comic that was outselling Spider-Man, and DC had very high expectations.

They’d already began pushing the boundaries with high end printing, coloring and expensive glossy papers with Ronin, but the sales somewhat underwhelmed. To DC’s credit, they had faith in Miller and decided to double down. This was the first ever prestige format comic. They gave Frank tons of creative freedom with an “A” list character. They were absolutely swinging for the fences with this Batman project. (and it worked.)