Auctions: comic books July 2021

Archie and Friends Superheroes (2021 Archie) 1COLLECTOR.B CBCS 9.2 SS Dan Parent Parent Collector's Ed. Josie Variant

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Witnessed Signature: Dan Parent on 8/22/2021. Josie Collector's Edition.

Label #21-40F415C-004

Collector's Edition Josie Cover by Dan Parent - Limited to 300 copies. Written by Ian Flynn. Art by Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy, and Jeff Shultz. Get ready for some super heroics featuring Archie and the Gang… along with some very super appearances by classic Archie characters like Bob Phantom and Blackjack! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Black Panther (2018 7th Series) 25J CBCS 9.8 Momoko Nihonga Variant

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Momoko Fine Art Variant.

Label #23-3E84B37-001

Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Art by Daniel Acuña, Brian Stelfreeze. Cover by Peach Momoko. THE FINAL ISSUE OF TA-NEHISI COATES' LANDMARK RUN! It's the end of an era for the Black Panther as renowned writer Ta-Nehisi Coates concludes his Wakandan epic! Over five years, Coates has taken the Black Panther to hell and back and expanded Wakanda into the distant stars. Now, in his final issue, he brings T'Challa full circle, back to the home he left behind…and the crown he has never fully accepted. This is the story of a king who sought to be a hero, a hero who was reduced to a slave, a slave who advanced into legend…and the man who has struggled to hold up an empire in his bare hands. The journey will conclude, but the legend remains. Don't miss the close of a historic epoch in comic history, including an epilogue drawn by Brian Stelfreeze! 52 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $5.99.

Boys (2021 Dynamite) Reprint Edition 1A CBCS 9.8 SS Garth Ennis

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Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Second Printing. Verified Signature: Garth Ennis. Exclusive BAM! Box signing.

Label #21-1538816-090

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Dynamite Reprint Edition. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Darick Robertson. Need the perfect jumping-on point for The Boys after binging it on Prime? Here you go! Dynamite never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of The Boys (we started with #7), but now we're doing it here as a special, limited edition. Don't miss out on where it all began! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. NOTE: Do not confuse with the 2006 Wildstorm printing. Cover price $4.99.

Carnage Black, White and Blood (2021 Marvel) 2D CBCS 9.8 SS Cates Hotz Variant 2nd Printing

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Witnessed Signature: Donny Cates on 10/8/2021 Second Printing

Label #22-0692A42-162

2nd Printing. Written by Chip Zdarsky & Various. Art by Ram V., More. Cover by Kyle Hotz. The symbiotic slaughterfest continues, in the second installment of the stomach-churning study of ultraviolence called CARNAGE: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD! FIRST! The DAREDEVIL team of Chip Zdarsky & Marco Checchetto lends their brutal sensibilities to an eye-popping story pitting Carnage against THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN as you've never seen before! THEN! Al Ewing, who's brought a nigh-unthinkable level of body horror to the world of the IMMORTAL HULK, lends his terrifying talents to a tale - and if you thought his HULK stuff looked painful, you ain't ready for what he's done with Carnage! BUT WAIT! Because you readers out there in Mighty Marveldom deserve the best, we've brought comics heavyweight RAM V aboard for a story sure to make your skin crawl! 36 pages, PC/B&W. Parental Advisory Cover price $4.99.

Cimmerian The Man-Eaters of Zamboula (2021 Ablaze) 1B CGC 9.8 Moritat Variant

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Variant Cover B.

Label #3924399011

Written by Robert E. Howard & Gess. Art by Gess. Cover by Moritat. ROBERT E. HOWARD'S SAVAGE HERO CONTINUES HIS UNCENSORED ADVENTURES! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Cimmerian in the land of a thousand and one nights! A crossroads of beliefs, languages and cultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is also the scene of many dark legends. Upon paying the city a visit, Conan is warned of the dangers of Aram Baksh's home. It is said that most of the foreigners who stay there disappear under obscure circumstances...and it is precisely there that the Cimmerian is spending the night. But by lifting the veil on these mysterious cases of kidnappings, the Cimmerian will discover another secret, even more terrible, linked to the whole city of Zamboula... A story imbued with orientalism and macabre witchcraft, The Man-Eaters of Zamboula offers writer/artist Gess the opportunity to deliver his vision of Robert E. Howard's hero in a comic book story of exotic, erotic and dark beauty. Bonus Material: The original Robert E. Howard prose story is included! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Crime Syndicate (2021 DC) 3B CGC 9.8 Tarr Variant

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Variant Cover.

Label #3908061005

Written by Andy Schmidt. Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch. Cover by Babs Tarr. With the Crime Syndicates forces combined for the first time, seeds are sown to change the world forever. But before that can happen, Ultraman, Superia, Johnny Quick, Atomica, and Emerald Knight must survive a final battle with the biggest Starro of them all—and each other! Plus: Earth-3s Alexander Luthor makes his debut! Question of the month: On Earth-3, are Starros friends or foes? And in the backup story, witness the origin of Superwoman in tale illustrated by superstar artist Bryan Hitch! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Crime Syndicate (2021 DC) 3B CGC 9.8 Tarr Variant

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Variant Cover.

Label #3986538003

Written by Andy Schmidt. Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch. Cover by Babs Tarr. With the Crime Syndicates forces combined for the first time, seeds are sown to change the world forever. But before that can happen, Ultraman, Superia, Johnny Quick, Atomica, and Emerald Knight must survive a final battle with the biggest Starro of them all—and each other! Plus: Earth-3s Alexander Luthor makes his debut! Question of the month: On Earth-3, are Starros friends or foes? And in the backup story, witness the origin of Superwoman in tale illustrated by superstar artist Bryan Hitch! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Crime Syndicate (2021 DC) 3B CGC 9.8 Tarr Variant

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Variant Cover.

Label #3986538002

Written by Andy Schmidt. Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch. Cover by Babs Tarr. With the Crime Syndicates forces combined for the first time, seeds are sown to change the world forever. But before that can happen, Ultraman, Superia, Johnny Quick, Atomica, and Emerald Knight must survive a final battle with the biggest Starro of them all—and each other! Plus: Earth-3s Alexander Luthor makes his debut! Question of the month: On Earth-3, are Starros friends or foes? And in the backup story, witness the origin of Superwoman in tale illustrated by superstar artist Bryan Hitch! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Crime Syndicate (2021 DC) 3B CGC 9.8 Tarr Variant

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Variant Cover.

Label #3986538001

Written by Andy Schmidt. Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch. Cover by Babs Tarr. With the Crime Syndicates forces combined for the first time, seeds are sown to change the world forever. But before that can happen, Ultraman, Superia, Johnny Quick, Atomica, and Emerald Knight must survive a final battle with the biggest Starro of them all—and each other! Plus: Earth-3s Alexander Luthor makes his debut! Question of the month: On Earth-3, are Starros friends or foes? And in the backup story, witness the origin of Superwoman in tale illustrated by superstar artist Bryan Hitch! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Fantastic Four (2018 6th Series) 32F CGC 9.8 Adams 1:25 Variant

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Schiti Variant Cover

Label #4171908013

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Dan Slott. Art by R. B. Silva and Javier Rodriguez. Cover by Valerio Schiti. THE BRIDE OF DOOM! Part 1: 'Betrothal' The HUMAN TORCH's love life is changed forever when he must choose between his soulmate and his ex-wife... And is Johnny Storm's first heartbreak, CRYSTAL, back in the book?! This is all too much! Fortunately, there is also a lot of punching, hitting and clobbering going on! All this and an ominous decree by DOCTOR DOOM! PLUS: A second tale in which Reed Richards duels Doctor Doom for the strangest prize imaginable! 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Heroes Reborn (2021 Marvel) 1L CGC 9.8 Artgerm Virgin 1:200 Variant

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Lau "Virgin" Edition.

Label #4208905004

Limited 1 for 200 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Jason Aaron. Art by Ed McGuinness. Cover by Artgerm. A WORLD WITHOUT AVENGERS! Welcome to a world where Tony Stark never built an Iron Man armor. Where Thor is a hard-drinking atheist who despises hammers. Where Wakanda is dismissed as a myth. And where Captain America was never found in the ice because there were no Avengers to find him. Instead this world has always been protected by Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Squadron Supreme of America. And now the Squadron faces an attack from some of their fiercest enemies, like Dr. Juggernaut, the Black Skull, the Silver Witch and Thanos with his Infinity Rings. But why is the Daywalker Blade the one man alive who seems to remember that the entire world has somehow been…reborn? 48 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

Joker (2021 DC) 3D CBCS 9.8 SS James Tynion IV Federici 1:25 Variant

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Witnessed Signature: James Tynion IV on 10/8/2021. Federici Retailer Incentive.

Label #22-0692A42-323

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns. Art by Guillem March & Mirka Andolfo. Cover by Riccardo Federici. The hunt for The Joker is under way, as Jim Gordon heads to a remote part of South America to run down a lead...and comes face-to-face with the Clown Prince of Crime himself! The mystery around A-Day deepens, but not before an attack by the blood-thirsty Sampson family! And in the Punchline backup story, Punchline has to face off against the Queen of Spades new muscle...Orca! At the same time, Bluebirds investigation at Punchlines alma mater takes a dark and horrifying turn! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

Mom Mother of Madness (2021 Image) 1A CBCS 9.8 SS Clarke Ratcliffe

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Verified Signature: Emilia Clarke. Signed Edition

Label #23-17E8610-011

Written by Emilia Clarke and Marguerite Bennett. Art by Leila Leiz. Cover by Jo Ratcliffe. Game of Thrones superstar EMILIA CLARKE debuts an EXTRA-LENGTH, THREE-ISSUE MINISERIES! The mayhem begins with Maya, under-the-weather scientist by day, over-the-top superhero by night, and badass single mom 24/7. Deadpool action and Fleabag comedy collide when Maya activates her freakish superpowers to take on a secret sect of human traffickers. Mature readers only! 48 pages, full color. Rated M. NOTE: Some copies were signed at release as a 1:500 retailer incentive "variant". These signed copies are treated like any other signed copy. Cover price $5.99.

Mom Mother of Madness (2021 Image) 1A CBCS 9.6 SS Clarke Ratcliffe

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Verified Signature: Emilia Clarke. Signed Edition

Label #23-17E8610-033

Written by Emilia Clarke and Marguerite Bennett. Art by Leila Leiz. Cover by Jo Ratcliffe. Game of Thrones superstar EMILIA CLARKE debuts an EXTRA-LENGTH, THREE-ISSUE MINISERIES! The mayhem begins with Maya, under-the-weather scientist by day, over-the-top superhero by night, and badass single mom 24/7. Deadpool action and Fleabag comedy collide when Maya activates her freakish superpowers to take on a secret sect of human traffickers. Mature readers only! 48 pages, full color. Rated M. NOTE: Some copies were signed at release as a 1:500 retailer incentive "variant". These signed copies are treated like any other signed copy. Cover price $5.99.

Mom Mother of Madness (2021 Image) 1A CBCS 9.2 SS Clarke Ratcliffe

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Verified Signature: Emilia Clarke. Signed Edition

Label #23-17E8610-014

Written by Emilia Clarke and Marguerite Bennett. Art by Leila Leiz. Cover by Jo Ratcliffe. Game of Thrones superstar EMILIA CLARKE debuts an EXTRA-LENGTH, THREE-ISSUE MINISERIES! The mayhem begins with Maya, under-the-weather scientist by day, over-the-top superhero by night, and badass single mom 24/7. Deadpool action and Fleabag comedy collide when Maya activates her freakish superpowers to take on a secret sect of human traffickers. Mature readers only! 48 pages, full color. Rated M. NOTE: Some copies were signed at release as a 1:500 retailer incentive "variant". These signed copies are treated like any other signed copy. Cover price $5.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha (2021 Marvel) 1C CGC 9.8 McNiven Variant

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Crimson Edition

Label #3842061010

Written by Charles Soule. Art by Steve McNiven. Cover by Steve McNiven (after Stephen Platt's cover to Marc Spector Moon Knight (1989) #55). THE STAR WARS COMIC EVENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! The notorious bounty hunter BOBA FETT has finally landed his greatest prize - HAN SOLO, frozen in carbonite for easy transport. Fett will bring the smuggler to TATOOINE to collect the massive bounty placed on Solo's head by the fearsome crime lord JABBA THE HUTT. Sounds easy. What could go wrong? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha (2021 Marvel) 1E CGC 9.8 SS Christopher Christopher Action Figure Variant

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Signed by John Tyler Christopher on 1/23/22 Action Figure Variant Cover

Label #2574719022

Written by Charles Soule. Art by Steve McNiven. Cover by John Tyler Christopher. THE STAR WARS COMIC EVENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! The notorious bounty hunter BOBA FETT has finally landed his greatest prize - HAN SOLO, frozen in carbonite for easy transport. Fett will bring the smuggler to TATOOINE to collect the massive bounty placed on Solo's head by the fearsome crime lord JABBA THE HUTT. Sounds easy. What could go wrong? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Sweet Paprika (2021 Image) 1SADLEMON.A CGC 9.8

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Sad Lemon Comics Edition A

Label #3945084006

Sad Lemon Comics Exclusive "Nice" Edition Virgin Cover by Leirix Li. Written and Art by Mirka Andolfo. Paprika is a successful businesswoman, a New Yorker of Italian origin. Job and career consume her, forcing her to neglect her personal needs as well as her friends and family. Her heart is broken from a previous relationship and its consequences, and a rigid upbringing has made her a very introverted person. She wants a romantic relationship, but she doesn't know what she's doing. Not like Dill, a naïve and suave delivery boy with an angelic attitude, handsome, and always surrounded by beautiful women falling for him. He doesn't have a worry in the world, and this makes Paprika very nervous. But he's the guy who could help her with her feelings (and with... sex). Bridget Jones's Diary meets Sex and the City, with a pinch of The Devil Wears Prada in the new international hit by acclaimed creator MIRKA ANDOLFO (UNNATURAL, MERCY). 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Wonder Woman (2016 5th Series) 772B CGC 9.8 Middleton Variant

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Variant Cover.

Label #3986538017

Written by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Jordie Bellaire. Art by Travis Moore and Paulina Ganucheau. Cover by Joshua Middleton. Wonder Woman may have outsmarted the beasts of Asgard for now, but nothing has prepared her for whats to come. Dianas darkest self has emerged as a new opponent, and shell need help from an unexpected ally whose connection to thunder has inspired many a tale: Thor! Can this god-and-demi-goddess duo find out what has disturbed the balance of things? Or are they doomed to leave everything, including their lives, on the battlefield? Find out as this Norse narrative continues! And in the backup story taking place during the younger days of our hero, Diana must dive deep into the depths of Themysciras oceans to learn more about the mysterious manuscripts left to her. Little does she know, what lies beneath has many teeth and is dying to meet her. Beware the mighty megalodons and their appetites! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.