Rarest Signatures in Comics 7 7

[Robot Man]

Rare? I don’t know. Shelton has lived in France for years. Got this at SDCC years ago. The sketch was a fun bonus!

[ADAMANTIUM]

10 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I got lucky. Took me two tries to get both...

Won’t ever have it in a SS slab but I don’t care a bit.

A lot of love!

[Kevin.J]

I believe Mike Wieringo quite tough, died way too young

 showed it a few years ago and got a lot of PMs

 

 

[Moondog]

On 12/2/2019 at 5:42 PM, Ron C. said:

Barry Windsor-Smith has one of my favorite signatures.... his signature matches his art (especially the head dress on this cover).

 

I can't help but think of this signature every time I see BWS's...ugh.

[N e r V]

50 minutes ago, Kevin.J said:

I believe Mike Wieringo quite tough, died way too young

 showed it a few years ago and got a lot of PMs

 

 

That’s very close to his death too. He died just 2 months later I believe.

[october]

My New Adventure 29 is double signed. I've seen a few Flessels, but I don't think I have seen another Vin Sullivan. 

 

[Robot Man]

1 hour ago, october said:

My New Adventure 29 is double signed. I've seen a few Flessels, but I don't think I have seen another Vin Sullivan. 

 

Wow, that is a TOUGH one. Never seen another. Too bad he used a sharpie. Probably bleeds through and has spread.

[*paull*]

This was a fun thread and I thought it deserved to be resurrected.  Any more unusual ones to add?

[Robot Man]

Is there such a thing as getting a signature for free at a con? I never paid for one ever and I posted a number of mine in this thread.

Not that it matters to me anymore because I can’t think of many living artists that mean much to me now.

[Robot Man]

Got this for free. Went to get my Groo #1 signed. There was no one there and I think Sergio was bored. I had just bought this book and asked if he would do a quick AEN sketch. We had a great conversation while he did it. Fun times! 

[*paull*]

Anyone ever see signatures in comics by any of these artists:

Matt Fox
Robert Webb
Pat Boyette
Carl Burgos
Bill Everett
Bernie Krigstein
A.C. Hollingsworth

 

[southern cross]

On 11/28/2019 at 2:37 PM, AlexH said:

Martin Nodell doesn't have too many SS.

The rarest one I have is Fred Kelly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kelly_(comics)

Pretty sure I have the only one done by him. 

I've got a Nodell. Bought back in the early 90s so not as

At the time it was solicited new through comic book stores after a couple of months after the issue was originally released. From memory I think it cost me $2.50

 

[The humble Watcher lurking]

Are Jerry Siegel,Joe Shuster,Bob Kane and Bill Finger tough to find for sigs?

[*paull*]

This is an uncommon signature.  I met Jay Disbrow around 20 years ago at a NY show.  Very nice man.  I asked him to sign the splash page to his story using the name he used at the time, Jay, instead of Jayson which he used for the rest of his career.  I bought a colored sketch from him as well. 

[Robot Man]

On 5/13/2023 at 9:58 AM, *paull* said:

Anyone ever see signatures in comics by any of these artists:

Matt Fox
Robert Webb
Pat Boyette
Carl Burgos
Bill Everett
Bernie Krigstein
A.C. Hollingsworth

 

I have seen one Everett on a piece of OA. I have also seen Hollingsworth on a couple comics. Interesting note. Baker gets attention among other things because he was black. Hollingsworth was also black and working around the same time as Baker.

All of these people are near impossible to have signed items. 

[Artboy99]

I have a comic convention program signed by Barry Smith before he became Barry Windsor-Smith, which is rare.

[ThothAmon]

Gotta think Bill Finger’s is pretty rare?

 

 

[comicwiz]

Bode is a tough one

I stumbled onto a graded Zap Comix 1 that had a full Robert Crumb sig. I know this is not common. I remember the late @EggsAckley was thrilled to find a signed Zap 1 when he did back in the day, but if I remember correctly, his was an R. Crumb.

I've only found one exemplar sig that was his full sig, and it was an old serigraph.

[*paull*]

On 5/13/2023 at 4:51 PM, Robot Man said:

I have seen one Everett on a piece of OA. I have also seen Hollingsworth on a couple comics. Interesting note. Baker gets attention among other things because he was black. Hollingsworth was also black and working around the same time as Baker.

All of these people are near impossible to have signed items. 

I tried to come up with some really tough ones.  I think that if these signatures existed, they might have been artist to a friend or artist to a family member.

Good point about Hollingsworth.  He was a terrific artist, and very innovative.  He did some very unusual page compositions.

 

[atrocitus]

How about Al Plastino