Realized: $28,197,863
2024 April 4 - 7 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction #7369
Auction Overview:
The most valuable comic Heritage has auctioned to date, Action Comics #1, is the biggest highlight of one of the best lineups of key issues we have ever had. The Silver Age selection is led by the sole highest-graded copy of Iron Man's first appearance, Tales of Suspense #39.
The original art section is highlighted by art from a number of first appearance issues including those of Iron Man, Ghost Rider, Doomsday, Cloak and Dagger, Rachel Summers as Phoenix, and Spider-Man's black costume as well as the first meeting of the Justice League and Justice Society. A special catalog is devoted to the collection of Denis Kitchen, reflecting his career as an artist and publisher as well as the creators who influenced him.
Also of note is our first-ever offering of CGC-certified pulp magazines.
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20% of the successful bid (minimum $29) per lot.
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Live Proxy bidding on Heritage Live now starts within 2 hours of when the auction opens for proxy bidding and continues through the live session.
1 - Signature® Floor Session - Comics & Memorabilia (Live Floor, Live Phone, Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 91001-91193) - 12:00 PM Central Time, Thursday, April 4, 2024.
2 - Signature® Floor Session - Comic Art (Live Floor, Live Phone, Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 92001-92185) - 12:00 PM Central Time, Friday, April 5, 2024.
3 - Signature® Internet Session - Comics & Memorabilia - No Floor or Phone Bidding (Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 93001-93515) - 12:00 PM Central Time, Saturday, April 6, 2024.
4 - Signature® Internet Session - Comic Art - No Floor or Phone Bidding (Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 94001-94665) - 12:00 PM Central Time, Sunday, April 7, 2024.
Approximate rate of lots sold per hour: 45 lots
Auction Location
Heritage Auctions - Dallas
2801 W. Airport Freeway
Dallas, TX 75261
In the Beginning, There Was Superman
AS THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPERHERO, THE MAN OF STEEL'S ORIGIN IS THE STUFF OF LEGEND, BUT THERE'S A CHAPTER OF HIS STORY YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW
By Robert Wilonsky
Among its boundless treasures, Heritage's April 4-7 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction offers two versions of Superman's origin story, each historic in its own right.
Legendary Publisher Denis Kitchen Offers 275 Major Works of Original Comic Art April 4-7 at Heritage Auctions
The Kitchen Sink Press founder's collection includes works by some of comicdom's all-time greats, including Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Art Spiegelman and many more
By Robert Wilonsky
DALLAS, Texas (March 18, 2024) --- To Denis Kitchen, the 275 works of original comic art he's offering in Heritage's April 4-7 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction are more than just landmark works by some of the medium's most influential creators --- though, of course, there's that, too.
It's Doomsday For Superman! The Original Art That Announced the Death of The Man of Steel Makes Its Auction Debut at Heritage in April
Jon Bogdanove's 1992 artwork, which introduced the villain who killed Superman, sent shockwaves through pop culture and helped make Superman bigger than ever
By Robert Wilonsky
DALLAS, Texas (March 22, 2024) --- For the first time, Jon Bogdanove is auctioning his drawing that told the world Superman would die.
Among the numerous centerpieces in Heritage's April 4-7 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction, this original artwork --- which featured the first appearance of the character aptly called Doomsday --- never appeared in a comic book. It never ran in an ad. It was the cover of a magazine meant to get comic-book retailers interested in selling comic books: Advance Comics No. 47, published in November 1992.
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