ComicLink MAY Featured Auction DEADPOOL COVER Gil Kane Avengers WALKING DEAD

[AKA Rick]

I'm going to be consigning a few pieces of artwork via ComicLink's May Featured Auction scheduled to begin on Wednesday, May 20th and conclude on Friday, June 5th, 2015.

 

Here's my preview along with brief descriptions for your consideration to bid online starting 05/20/15 next month...

 

Web of Spider-Man #5 Cover

 

Artists: Phil Jimenez / Andy Lanning

 

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Description

 

This is the cover to the rare variant issue of "Web of Spider-Man" Issue #5 which is Phil Jimenez's reimagning the iconic Barak Obama cover to Amazing Spider-Man #583 for which Jimenez was the original cover artist of. Images of the various covers as described here are furnished for contextual reference only, but the actual published comic books are not included with this auction, only the original artwork.

 

This cover comes in 2 pieces, the main portrait of Deadpool done in pencil and ink, then the "thumbs down" overlay done in pencil and ink where you can also see penciled layouts by Jimenez of Deadpool, both are rendered on separate 11" x 17" official Marvel comic book illustration boards.

 

The "Spider-Man" figure featured on the "Web of Spider-Man" #5 artwork is absent because it was added digitally in post production. That exact image was used for "Amazing Spider-Man" #583, so was not needed to be redrawn by the original artist, Phil Jimenez for this cover.

 

This Deadpool cover was also popular enough to be subsequently used as the cover for "Spider-Man Universe" Issue #16 released in Europe.

 

With the Deadpool movie, starring Ryan Reynolds scheduled for a 2016 release, the character is one of Marvel's fan favorites.

 

Both original art pieces are autographed by Phil Jimenez, and the main cover has an overlay of the patched artwork for further aesthetics.

 

 

What If? (Volume 1: June 1977) Issue #3 Page #43

 

Artists: Gil Kane / Klaus Janson

 

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Description

 

What If The Avengers Had Never Been ? Released in 1977, with artwork by Gil Kane, inked by Klaus Janson.

 

This is a pure action battle scene featuring Iron Man versus Namor, The Sub-Mariner, in the epic final battle where in the end, Tony Stark dies in this alternate Earth-776 universe. This issue was the 1st appearance of Earth-776 (http://marvel.wikia.com/Earth-776) and the Earth-776 characters on this page.

 

Four (4) of the dialogue captions are missing on the first 2 panels, but do reveal the complete artwork beneath as you can see, with production adhesive tanning where the word balloons once were.

 

 

Fantastic Four (Volume 1: December 1980) Issue #225 Page #23

 

Artists: Bill Sienkiewicz / Pablo Marcos

 

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Description

 

This page is by Bill Sienkiewicz and features Thor, of the Avengers teaming up with The Fantastic Four. This page features super heroes in every panel, including the entire Fantastic Four team.

 

The last panel has The Human Torch declaring his "Flame On" battle cry, with The Thing's dialogue ending in mid-sentence as a cliff hanger to his "It's Clobberin' Time!" decree.

 

Thor's use of his mystic uru hammer, Mjolnir is rendered beautifully as well, and this was published in 1980, when Bill Sienkiewicz's artwork was influenced by Neal Adams style, and is a fan favorite era in the artist's career.

 

 

Uncanny X-Men #510 (Volume 1) Issue #510 Page #24

 

Artists: Greg Land / Jay Leisten

 

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Description

 

This is an emotion filled cliff hanging conclusion end page of the X-Men featuring an intense scene with Cyclops and Wolverine by fan favorite artist, Greg Land.

 

Greg Land has been one of Marvel's most popular artists of both covers and interior work, the past decade and continues to work on high profile projects, most recently rendering the variant covers for "The Death of Wolverine" series.

 

 

Uncanny X-Men #541 (Volume 1) Issue #541 Page #15

 

Artists: Greg Land / Jay Leisten

 

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Description

 

This is an action packed splash page by Greg Land featuring the character, Pixie (Megan Gwynn) in a full figure pin-up pose, battling Cain Marko, The Worthy's Kuurth, best known as The Juggernaut. This was a crossover issue for the "Fear Itself" storyline.

 

Greg Land is an artist known for his beautiful photo realistic renderings, especially of females, and this is a prime example of his exquisite work.

 

 

Spider-Man Lifeline (April 2001) Issue #1 Page #1

 

Artists: Steve Rude / Bob Wiacek

 

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Description

 

This is the title splash page to the first issue of Spider-Man Lifeline, done by artist Steve Rude, best known for his work on Nexus.

 

What makes this page especially appealing is there's a full figure Spider-Man in costume above the story title in web slinging action along with a full portrait of Peter Parker in his civilian job as a photographer for the Daily Bugle with camera in hand, but done with the iconic half Peter Parker / half Spider-Man face, all while showing his spider sense going off, supported in addition, by the dialogue.

 

The origin of Spider-Man is also retold within the artwork of this page, and there's a silver age retro throwback style to the credits for Steve "The Dude" Rude and writer "Fabulous" Fabian Nicieza.

 

So, for Spider-Man fans, this is one of the most complete and aesthetic published pieces to own.

 

The page is hand signed by Steve Rude with his autograph in red pencil at the bottom

 

 

Doctor Strange (August 1968) - Issue #171 Page #6

 

Artists: Tom Palmer & Dan Atkins / Writer: Roy Thomas

 

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Description

 

This is from Marvel's silver age and is an original art page from the 3rd issue of Doctor Strange's first solo comic book series (numbering started at #169, retitled after Strange Tales ended at #168) and features Ms. Victoria Bentley, who has been a recurring character with the powers of Magic, and has been romantically linked to Steven Strange a.k.a. Dr. Strange. This was written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Tom Palmer and Dan Atkins, this was published August 1968, during Marvel's silver age. You can also see Editor-in-Chief, Stan Lee's comments in the 1st panel as "Sooth-Saying Stan."

 

This page is hand signed and autographed by writer, Roy Thomas. With the Doctor Strange movie scheduled for release in 2016, the character is becoming increasingly popular amongst both fans and investment speculators.

 

The original comic book, Doctor Strange #171 is included with the original artwork. This artwork measures approx. 11" x 17"

 

 

The Walking Dead - Issue #57 Page #1

 

Artist: Charlie Adlard / Writer: Robert Kirkman

 

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Description

 

This original art page features Abraham Ford and Rosita Espinosa in the opening scene where Rosita assures Abraham that the people he killed in the past left him no choice and it was not his fault that he killed those people. The emotional scene culminates into a romantic kiss between the two. This was written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, published January 2009.

 

Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) and Rosita (Christian Serra) are both featured characters on the AMC television series, The Walking Dead.

 

This page is hand signed and autographed by artist Charlie Adlard. This original art measures 8 1/2" x 14"

 

 

The Walking Dead - Issue #73 Page #1

 

Artist: Charlie Adlard / Writer: Robert Kirkman

 

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Description

 

This original art page features the issues opening scene with Abraham Ford and Rosita Espinosa in bed, with Rosita sleeping and Abraham sitting awake anguishing. This was written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, published June 2010.

 

Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) and Rosita (Christian Serra) are both featured characters on the AMC television series, The Walking Dead.

 

This page is hand signed and autographed by artist Charlie Adlard. This original art measures 8 1/2" x 14"

 

 

The Walking Dead - Issue #90 Page #15

 

Artist: Charlie Adlard / Writer: Robert Kirkman

 

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Description

 

This original art page features Abraham Ford and Holly in a risqué scene of their love affair that eventually develops into a romantic relationship. This was written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, published October 2011.

 

Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) is a featured character on the AMC television series, The Walking Dead.

 

This page is hand signed and autographed by writer, Robert Kirkman and artist, Charlie Adlard. This original art measures 8 1/2" x 14"

[artdealer]

I remember back in 1977 when I had those Kane/Janson What If pages for sale.

They were real nice in person.

Wish I'd kept some.

 

MI

[AKA Rick]

The Web of Spider-Man #5 Cover by Phil Jimenez featuring Deadpool has now been updated with the image of the artwork in ComicLink's May 2015 Featured Auction Preview. Included are images of the published final artwork as well too.

 

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[AKA Rick]

The Bidding Begins on May 20th, 2015, today Wednesday at 8:00pm, so place your tracking bids early...

 

The ComicLink Auctions close with online bidding only on June 11th (various times, ending alphabetically in sequence by artist's last name), so remember not to risk getting snipped...

[chrisco37]

The Bidding Begins on May 20th, 2015, today Wednesday at 8:00pm, so place your tracking bids early...

 

The ComicLink Auctions close with online bidding only on June 11th (various times, ending alphabetically in sequence by artist's last name), so remember not to risk getting snipped...

 

Asked in another thread as well....where on the CL website do they give this info? All I can see/find is the auctions start tonight at 8pm.

 

Where do they tell you end date/times?

[AKA Rick]

The Bidding Begins on May 20th, 2015, today Wednesday at 8:00pm, so place your tracking bids early...

 

The ComicLink Auctions close with online bidding only on June 11th (various times, ending alphabetically in sequence by artist's last name), so remember not to risk getting snipped...

 

Asked in another thread as well....where on the CL website do they give this info? All I can see/find is the auctions start tonight at 8pm.

 

Where do they tell you end date/times?

 

It's in their printed catalog, which they mail out to their customer database (I received mine in the mail yesterday).

 

Also in the auction itself when it's live (which it is now) there's a section called "END DATE" that counts down the days and minute left.

 

See below as an example:

 

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #5 DEADPOOL VARIANT COVER

Item description:

2010, Large Deadpool profile

Primary Artist Name: PHIL JIMENEZ

Secondary Artist Name:

Year: 2010

Current Bid: $32

Number Of Bids: 2

Time Left: 22 days 25 minutes

End Date: 6/11/2015 9:42:40 PM

 

 

[chrisco37]

Yeah, when the auction started they put up the end dates.

 

I did (finally) see it on the website yesterday after I asked. real small print at the bottom of one of the pages. So, just me not looking hard enough.

 

I just got my catalog yesterday.

[AKA Rick]

05/21/15 Thursday CURRENT BID PRICE STATUS UPDATE - 1st Day of Bidding

 

ADLARD, CHARLIE = The Walking Dead - Issue #57 Page #1 Abraham Ford & Rosita @ $15

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ADLARD, CHARLIE = The Walking Dead - Issue #73 Page #1 Abraham Ford & Rosita @ $15

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ADLARD, CHARLIE = The Walking Dead - Issue #90 Page #15 Abraham Ford & Holly @ $15

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JIMENEZ, PHIL = Web of Spider-Man #5 Deadpool Variant Cover (Obama Reimagined) @ $90

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KANE, GIL = What If? (1977) Issue #3 Page #43 Iron Man VS Sub-Mariner (1st App of Earth 776) @ $191

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LAND, GREG = Uncanny X-Men (Volume 1) Issue #510 Page #24 Wolverine & Cyclops @ $16

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LAND, GREG = Uncanny X-Men (Volume 1) Issue #541 Page #15 Pixie Splash Page @ $46

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PALMER, TOM = Doctor Strange (1968) - Issue #171 Page #6 @ $26

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RUDE, STEVE = Spider-Man Lifeline (2001) Issue #1 Page #1 Title & Origin Splash Page @ $62

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SIENKIEWICZ, BILL = Fantastic Four (1980) Issue #225 Page #23 Thor & FF Team @ $85

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[AKA Rick]

CURRENT BID PRICE STATUS UPDATE - ComicLink Auctions with Online Bidding Closing in 2 days this week on Thursday 06/11/15 starting at 5pm pst / 8pm est...

 

ADLARD, CHARLIE = The Walking Dead - Issue #57 Page #1 Abraham Ford & Rosita @ $151

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ADLARD, CHARLIE = The Walking Dead - Issue #73 Page #1 Abraham Ford & Rosita @ $132

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ADLARD, CHARLIE = The Walking Dead - Issue #90 Page #15 Abraham Ford & Holly @ $132

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JIMENEZ, PHIL = Web of Spider-Man #5 Deadpool Variant Cover (Obama Reimagined) @ $302

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KANE, GIL = What If? (1977) Issue #3 Page #43 Iron Man VS Sub-Mariner (1st App of Earth 776) @ $1,900

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LAND, GREG = Uncanny X-Men (Volume 1) Issue #510 Page #24 Wolverine & Cyclops @ $85

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LAND, GREG = Uncanny X-Men (Volume 1) Issue #541 Page #15 Pixie Splash Page @ $198

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PALMER, TOM = Doctor Strange (1968) - Issue #171 Page #6 @ $138

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RUDE, STEVE = Spider-Man Lifeline (2001) Issue #1 Page #1 Title & Origin Splash Page @ $354

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SIENKIEWICZ, BILL = Fantastic Four (1980) Issue #225 Page #23 Thor & FF Team @ $232

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