The Death of Captain Marvel w/ DRAX of Guardians of the Galaxy by Jim Starlin

[AKA Rick]

Here's a page I just put up on Comic Link for their MAY FEATURE AUCTION starting on May 14th...

 

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2Fauctions%2Fpreview.asp%3Fcode%3D2014may%26itemtype%3D1%26pg%3D4%23Item_1013252&id=1013252

 

 

Marvel Graphic Novel #1 : The Death of Captain Marvel - Page #44

 

Since Comic Link tends to just show a picture of the piece that says a thousand words without much additional information, I figured to add the notations of this piece as follows to maybe best describe the piece:

 

* Cover Date: April 1982 (released January 1982)

 

* This is oversized artwork in thick illustration board.

 

* Jim Starlin, writer, penciler and inker

 

* Signed by Jim Starlin, autographed at the bottom.

 

* This page features Captain Marvel on his death bed succumbing to cancer with prophetic dialogue. A fictional super hero dying of a very real human disease. So, in today's world of original art without dialogue, this is a poetic piece.

 

* This page features Drax the Destroyer (now of of The Guardians of the Galaxy, to be featured in the 2014 movie, portrayed by Dave Bautista, best known simply as Bautista, the WWE wrestler, the six (6) time World Heavyweight Champion, and longest reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion) visiting Captain Marvel on his death bed.

 

* This page features Drax with his daughter Moondragon (who ends up killing Drax in Avengers #220, but Drax is later resurrected), as well as a cliffhanger type last panel.

 

* This release was one of the earliest if not first mainstream (major publisher, Marvel Comics) releases known as "The Comic Book Graphic Novel", a now popular format that differs from sequential episodic comic book issue releases or trade paperback/collected editions.

 

* Article about this Death of Captain Marvel story: http://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/the-death-of-captain-marvel-and-the-birth-of-modern-superheroes/

[AKA Rick]

Bidding starts on 05/14/14 Wednesday (tomorrow) and ends on May 29th...

[Prince Namor]

Awesome page!

[AKA Rick]

It's currently at around $600 as of 05/16 two days into the auction with almost 2 weeks left to bid 'til the online auction closes on 05/29...

[AKA Rick]

Currently at $765 with 10 days to go of bidding 'til this ends on 05/29 Thursday.

[AKA Rick]

Update: As of 05/21 it's currently at $815

[AKA Rick]

Update: As of 05/24 it's currently at $950

[AKA Rick]

Update: As of 05/26 it's currently at $1,000 and the auction ends this week, in 3 days on 05/29 Thursday

[AKA Rick]

Currently at $1,100

 

The online auction End Date: 5/29/2014 11:15:30

 

It's a finite timed auction that ends like how an eBay auction does, so there's no "going once, going twice, WAIT..." the auction ends when it ends and the highest bidder takes it home. The estimated value of this page is between $3,000-6,000 from what I've been told.

 

Strategically it can be sniped, but in the same breath can be lost quite easily, so those who are casual about it may bid early and put forth their best offers win, lose or draw. Those who want it for resale may try to snipe it to get it at the lowest possible price. And for the collector who just wants to own it, they'd be best off waiting 'til the end but not mere seconds before the auction closes, but minutes before and get ready to place the maximum bid they're willing to pay and let the dice roll rather than be penny wise and pound foolish in an attempt to snipe and risk losing out by a few dollars.

 

This ends on Thursday This Week, 05/29 roughly at

 

5 pm in Hawaii

8 pm pst USA or

9 pm mst USA or

10 pm cst USA or

11 pm est USA

 

And for those international bidders, consult with your time zone conversion charts.

 

Good Luck !!!