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Very cool resource. Thank you!

Great, now I have to go into witness protection because of the Riddler…

Great stuff! Thank you, Felix. I wonder how strong that ripple effect will be? I’m not selling any more SW pages, but I am curious. Man, this market is like a conundrum wrapped in a riddle.

I know Romita did some work for the series, on merchandising and promo posters (even some reworks and finishes on at least one Secret Wars Layton page), but I haven’t found it yet on the pieces I have, and I’m nearly complete with all the toys and merchandise. If it’s Secret Wars, I’d guess it’s either for a poster, or a store merchandise display. I have two displays, one the large top display, and a thin shelf front display, and one does have Romita work, imo, but not this image. I’m not sure if he drew any of the shield winky images, that could be another possibility, I think. If I see it as I go through the toys and kid’s stuff, I’ll update. Good luck!

Great thread idea! I’ve gotten a bunch of art for less than $500 apiece over the last year or two. It’s still out there. Rumble by James Harren The Demon by Val Semeiks Hulk by Sal Buscema A Wolverine page by Paul Pelletier An X-Men page by Nick Bradshaw And an Infinity Entity page by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer

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You are correct, sir. Nice one! And funny you should ask, but yes, there is art underneath. When I bought it, the seller informed me that it had been detached, but saved. The powers that be preferred the close-up shot, but I think I actually prefer the original.

“During this fight, I've seen a lot of changing, in the way you feel about me, and in the way I feel about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that's better than twenty million. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!” Link to CAF write up (Sequential pages, btw)

I have two EC pages. The first was from Mad comics, before it became a magazine to escape the comic code. This is the last page of The Countynental by Jack Davis. I loved how he’d draw bits and pieces falling off of his odder characters as they burst into scenes. The next page is from Vault of Horror, and is the exact opposite feel of the Mad page. Shambolic zombies and horrified expressions replace Davis’ great sense of humor. Could any artist switch between humor and horror with such facile ease?

Finally found my Spectacular Spidey page. I loved Sal’s run on this title (I know, get in line). Shave and a haircut, two bits… Link to my CAF page and write-up

I was a big fan of his whole run. Lots of Negative Zone, Wrecking Crew, Kirby style myth and sci-fi. The arc I’m posting was a fun one with Odin, the Negative Zone, High Evolutionary, and Ego. It’s hard to go wrong.

Good choice. 😁👍🏼 I’m definitely a hold on those kinds of A pages. I have one other page that leads to yours (and the one I got was an arc lead-in to mine). It’s all great art, and in-keeping with the Kirby Thor style of storytelling. I like that this is turning into a Frenz appreciation thread. Here’s my other page, too.

I’m no expert, but I’d agree with that. Maybe even a smidge more? These were all really high quality, though, so there is an “omgomgomg” factor, too, imo. It might have sold just as quickly with another grand on top.

100% understood. I would just say no, and leave it at that. In this market, someone might say “ok,” and then the crying sale begins… I wouldn’t even entertain crazy prices if I owned that one.

Another awesome Frenz cover. If it was priced like the one Twanj posted, I’d imagine it would go quickly, too. Based on that cover sale from PPA, and how quickly these great pages sold, if the general “formula” of a cover being worth 2x A splashes, and a great splash being worth 2 A pages (found it in a thread here while searching how to price), then the art drop was priced to sell quickly, imo. I certainly have no qualms about how much I paid. The FF in action, negative zone, Baxter building, a Yancy Street mention, and great, full-body Thor, Frenz/Sinnott? I pounced. The other two were sold while I was thinking for a second.

Love that cover.

$5000 each.

Yeah, I was able to decide really quickly. Scott Kress actually described them as: ”Catskill Comics: Frenz & Sinnott Thor Art Drop Tues. Aug 17th @ 12pm EST with new Frenz & Sinnott Thor interior pages. These are pages a lot of people have been asking for including 2 splash pages.” So, it sounds like this drop was based on popular requests, and the kind Mr Frenz relenting.

Found ‘em! Sorry if the quality is bad. It’s saved thumbnail images.

They went FAST! Three panel pages at $2500, and two (maybe 3?) splash pages at $5000. I barely snagged a page from Thor 405, which was my top choice, but listed last, so I got lucky. I have a page from 406, too, which is part of the same story arc. The first was gone within 30 seconds to a minute. There are a few really huge Frenz fans that scoop the good ones quickly during Catskill drops. I won’t be putting it up on the site for a bit (I like to see take my own pics, work out my write-up, and I just haven’t had as much time for the site over the last few months), but here is mine. I’ll see if I have any of the other pics cached.

It says “cut” before that, too. So, “Cut Professor discussing blood constituents…” That makes sense as an editorial note, and fits the context.

I flipped through the issue, and looked closely. I did see differences from page to page, so then I tried to match styles. The pages/characters I believe AA inked really stood out to me. I also found some Mignola characteristics on other pages in inks and faces. I would guess Gordon on this page, but it’s only a guess. Have you considered sending a message to the artists reps, or the artists themselves, to get an answer?

Yes, of course. Thanks. Mistyped the name.

Neil Vokes? The art reminds me a bit of Eagle, a comic he worked on in the 80s with Rich Rankin, and Neil did work on Dr Strange, according to The Internet. Looking at his older work, I think it could be a possibility. I found this image on eBay of an older work of his. Good luck with the search!

Agreed on Rubén’s show. He got some cool art I hadn’t seen before, and offered nice deals. Like that very nice Larsen Savage Dragon/Spawn page for 1k. I had to watch afterwards because of a trip that weekend, but that’s one I’m tuning into going forward. The commenters and buyers were cool folk, too.