Michael Browning

Those holes are usually there to hold the art in place either on a light table or for a camera when they are shooting the positives during the pre-press production.

I hate to say it, but, after all the great auction art that has sold in the Heritage and C-link auction over the last few weeks, this is very underwhelming to me. Sure, there's the Wrightson art, but not much else for an original art collector. Lots of prints and memorabilia. I like auctions with lots of comic art.

I hate to hear this news. Tom is one of the best guys in the hobby and I made some of my first trades with Tom, who never took advantage of me and always gave me great deals. I got my Doom Patrol 1 cover from him, along with several other pieces. I guess as we all get older, I figure we will see this happen more and more with longtime dealers and collectors.

Two books out of an era? Yeah, that makes the entire speculator boom and bust okay and because of those TWO comics, then I shouldn't refer to it as the Fool's Gold Age? Yeah, that doesn't make up for the huge crash. How many golds and platinums, hologram covers, die-cut covers and retailer variants from that era -- that people went nuts over and speculated on that ended up being dumped into 50 cent bins -- are even worth much at all these days? How many comic shops opened and then closed during that time? Marvel's bankruptcy, Tekno Comics stores popping up in malls and then being closed down not long afterward, Valiant's sale to Acclaim and demise and so many more things that happened during that time really overshadow those two books.

Was the Frank Miller Detective 1000 cover selling at $29K a low price or right at what it was supposed to sell for? After seeing the results of the Heritage Miller art, I figured it would go a lot higher. The Milgrom Iron Man Annual cover going for $20,000 was higher than what I expected. I used to own the Rom 32 cover art, so I was curious to see what the story would sell for. It's not a bad price at $13K. I do think the Buscema Rom pages are still selling fairly strong. Everyone I've seen come up for sale usually sells fairly quickly in the $1500-$2000 range. I won the Ghost Rider 76 cover and it was the only piece I bid on. I wanted the Leonardi Vision and Scarlet Witch splash, but concentrated all my cash on the GR and forgot about the splash until after it ended.

Laminate everything. (Just kidding. DON'T LAMINATE ANYTHING.) Also, do not put dryer sheets in contact with the art. Dryer sheets have chemicals on them that may react badly with paper and ink. Large plastic totes are fairly cheap, usually around $6-$7 each at Walmart, and those have lock-down lids. Unless you have a ton of art, one big one should hold it all. If you want more protection, but a roll of Duck Tape and seal up all the edges of the tote.

I have said for years that the 1992-1997 era should be referred to as the "Fool's Gold Age".

I found one of those last year and was told on here that it wasn't a newsstand variant and that it was likely added on by whatever bookstore was selling it. I do not believe that to be the case.

I hate to say it, Gal, but if you're not willing to at least ask the family to help you with this and make things right, then you might as well just give up and chalk it up to an unfortunate loss. I hate to say this and sound harsh, but you being so passive about it in the first place caused this problem and you being passive now is not going to solve the problem.

Gal, have you tried asking the family to send you another piece in place of the one you did not receive? At least you'd have something. I think continuing to wait is a mistake and you should try to resolve this with them as quickly as possible or else you might be completely out of luck.

Since earlier last year, I have a standing invitation from the Librarian of Congress to come and do a private viewing of this and other works when I am working in DC. I still haven't taken her up on it, but I hope to, soon.

The best idea is to remove the owner's name. I know there are some voters who vote specifically for art owned by friends and not for art owned by people they don't like.

Exactly, right? I mean, if Todd can't even remember anything about this cover, what is there to share? And, why put it on here that he might share after he does more research? What research is needed? Go ask Geiger and McLeod. They will tell you exactly who drew this cover -- they did. No doubt about it. He's just wanting everyone's attention (and we sure have given it to him with all our followup comments). Must have been a slow night over in the other forums. Anyone who knows anything about comic art can pick out McLeod's inks and Geiger's pencils are very easy to identify -- especially when the editorial assignment notes at the bottom clearly state who drew this cover.

The big two pay basic rates to artists to draw covers. Some are able to negotiate a higher rate, but, from what I know, it was $800 per cover for Marvel. That was three years ago, so it might have gone up a bit. The artist I was working with got a little bit more because he negotiated a higher rate, but he is a legend and was making his return to Marvel after many, many years away.

Anybody that knows McLeod's inks can plainly see they are all his inks. I thought you experienced art collectors knew your art, but it looks like you really don't.

The cover is by Geiger and McLeod. There's nothing on that cover that even remotely looks like McFarlane - especially not EARLY McFarlane. He had a distinct style from his first work on Coyote to his work at DC and then on to Marvel.

THE ORIGINAL POSTER'S NAME IS ON THE THREAD, MIKE.

And, can a moderator tell me why it took half a day from when Mike posted the information to just a few minutes ago to remove my personal information?

I was out to dinner with my wife and checked my phone and I was quite upset see that all my personal information was posted on this thread by a vengeful Mike Burkey and he makes APOLOGIES TO THE GROUP when I was only asking if anyone had let him know that the art he had up for sale wasn't a published cover? APOLOGIES TO THE GROUP?!? How about me, Mike? Where is the apology to me for you posting my personal information? You can't claim that you posted without knowing who started this post because the REAL NAME OF THE REAL PERSON WHO STARTED THIS THREAD IS RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP.

Both Redondo covers are now gone from his site.

Has anyone told Mike this?

Web of Venom #1 Carnage Born by Kyle Hotz.

No, copyright law doesn't cover you making a photocopy for personal use and Kinko's won't allow you to make a print at their shop without an authorization form from the company that owns the actual image.

Deathstroke 36 - the regular cover - sold out at every one of my local shops today. One shop owner said they didn't get all their copies and only had enough to fill their pull lists.

Being a Boogie Down Productions fan from the mid-1980s when I had to scour every record store I went to on the East Coast to find a copy of their first, independent album, I think this is probably just as rare. Nice find. I have never found one in any shop.