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This is really neat to see: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/jack-kirby-captain-america-193-cover-original-art-marvel-1976-/p/7242-234014.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 This is...maybe?...the last 1970s Cap cover to surface. I think HA is going to post a scan showing it with its mat off, which confirms how weirdly this was done. To my eye (and I'm curious whether I'm right or not), Romita extended the crowd scene outside the margins, then lightboxed the final cover to fit everything in. I'm not sure who added some pencil work around Cap's fist and (maybe) around th Falcon. But it's cool to see Jack drawing Cap with his 1960s face here.

You do know that eBay won't pull dubious Kirbys, right? It's the wild west out there. I'm interested in the thought process of planning on sniping a 1970s Kirby pencil piece of Cap and Bucky for $400, but on the other hand, no, I'm not that interested. Carry on.

Looks like this one took care of itself: https://www.ebay.com/itm/154334109048?_trksid=p2471758.m4704 I'm not sure what the story is here. I wouldn't have rendered an opinion about it one way or the other, but the original was reproduced in the Art of Jack Kirby book and it had no foxing on it, and it isn't yellowed there. So it would be weird if someone had let it get damaged like that in the last 20 years. EDIT: It's a print.

Next time I'm at my storage unit I'll see if my 1997 catalogue has the prices realized. Crumb cover, right?

Yeah, I didn't like that Darkseid but by the time I saw it, it was sold. The screwiest thing about it is the reverse side - that circular stamp seems to be the hallmark of someone trying to pass off their work as Kirby. Ernst S Raab? Is that whose art we're looking at?

Late to this, but it's a great idea. Wouldn't have changed a single design choice myself - I think you did it perfectly. I might just try to swim in your wake, dude.

I don't post stuff for sale often, so apologies if I'm doing this wrong. For those folks I haven't already met, howdy. I've been collecting since 1992 or so. The page I'm selling is in my CAF. If you know Jim Starlin’s WARLOCK opus, you know what this page is and what it means. As Captain Marvel says, "For the first time in his long and tortured life, Adam Warlock is at peace." It’s been off the market for 19 years. Warlock awakens in the soul gem, finding himself in a cosmic heaven with his long-gone friends Pip and Gamora while Thor, Iron Man and Captain Marvel puzzle out what remarkable transformation has occurred. I have loved owning this, and there aren’t a lot of better Starlin pages. Trimmed to the margins (I bought this framed and had it on the wall for years before I knew that), otherwise in very good shape with the usual production marks. ON HOLD https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1684516

That's Tales to Astonish 49.

Anyone want to revise their guesses?

Oy vey.

Wow, these are great! Thanks for sharing. The DD is fascinating - someone who knows the history of the character's creation will no doubt see some clues here.

Weirdly I do have one T-day-related piece of art. There's a pretty funny and convoluted story behind its acquisition but for now let's just check out The Glob as he uncinches the waistband of his Prehero shorts.

The movie was hit and miss but Arnold's character was fantastic.

"There's just more to it than picking the right color. It's the texture, the weight of the material. One wrong choice, it can destroy the look of the entire room. There was this one customer that came to me, he wanted solid colored drapes in a little girl's room. I said 'DON'T DO IT.' - You need butterflies, polka dots, balloons. "

Oh, that's great. Marie was a terrific source of humor (and color) in the two most fabled bullpens of all time - I really love her satirical work like this. Thanks for showing it off.

What a coincidence. Friend of mine was watching CNN -- Norm Eisen, Obama's Ethics Czar and Ambassador to the Czech Republic, being interviewed by Chris Cuomo. Annnnd here's what was in the BG. I recognize one of them, of course, but the one that's further away? What do you think? Reminds me of a Shuster Superman page, but I dunno.

Interesting to see where the Kurtzman Little Annie Fanny prelims ended: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/miscellaneous/harvey-kurtzman-unpublished-little-annie-fanny-story-preliminary-original-art-in-a-folder-hmh-publishing-/a/7236-95242.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116 I figure there are maybe six people in the world who care about such stuff, but these little books are really cool. Kurtzman was a messy perfectionist working for an anal perfectionist (Hef), which meant the production of this strip was insanely over-edited, with multiple drafts of gags and such - seeing Kurtzman's initial ideas and the energy of his prelims, and the amount of storytelling he can fit into some sepia blobs, then colored blobs, is astounding. Also astounding: getting to see Hef's picky-to-the-point-of-maddening edits. I bought a couple of these books a while ago and hoped I could pick up more before they were discovered. Alas. Healthy price. Also: this isn't unpublished, but I'm guessing the high bidder (and underbidder, at least) already knew this.

I think the Krazys in this auction weren't that remarkable, but that's just me. The prices were healthy but not an advance on where they were a year ago as far as I can tell.

Plus the other Krazy Kat that sold yesterday at Weiss.

Can confirm all of this, especially the "all over the place." I probably think about Howard prices more than most people. A few splashes and covers entered the marketplace in the last 18 months or so, and the ones that didn't disappear again have met very different fates at auction. I feel like that 18 cover has been for sale one hundred sixty seven times in the last ten years - it might be my least favorite. Other covers have sold at much more healthy amounts, privately. That Howard/Dr Strange splash went for a very reasonable price, but some people might have been put off by the circular shape.

And they got the weekly magazines 100% right. And friends of mine who know chess say they got the 1960s chess details right. I don't think there's any sort of copyright issue, as the comics they showed were all real, just from a different time period. It's a very careful show, so I still think it's odd.

It is odd that a show that did so well with period set design and costuming punted on the comics.

Ah! This reminds me! The McDonalds in Nipomo, California had *many* Image covers on the wall in the late '90s/early 2000s. The guy who owned the franchise was a collector.