Auctions: comic books 2020, graded by CBCS

Batman (2016 3rd Series) 95B CBCS 9.8 Mattina Variant

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Francesco Mattina Variant.

Label #20-36861E1-005

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Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Jorge Jimenez. Cover by Francesco Mattina. It was always going to come to this. The Clown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight Detective go head-to-head for the last time. The Joker has never wanted to win before, he's never wanted his battle with Batman to end, but now his motivation has shifted. He has decided that one way or another, this will be the final chapter to their story. 'Joker War' begins here! Cover price $4.99.

Conan Battle for the Serpent Crown (2020 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.4 Asrar

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Label #22-069BD64-009

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Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Luke Ross. Cover by Mahmud A. Asrar. A DEADLY QUEST AND A DARING HEIST… IN THE AGE OF MARVELS! CONAN wanders the desert, and as he reaches the city, no Stygian temple nor Vendyhan fortress greets him. No, something far stranger: the lights of fabulous Las Vegas! Conan is far from home, and it's time for him to tread the thrones of the Marvel Universe under his sandaled feet! The City of Sin is just the beginning for Conan's solo jaunt by Eisner award-winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT, MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN) and Luke Ross (STAR WARS: ALLEGIANCE, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN), as the barbarian finds himself on a quest for a relic that predates even his Hyborian Age: the Serpent Crown of Atlantis! But will his battle for this crown earn Conan his own kingdom, or doom him to a nefarious trap set forth by MEPHISTO? Featuring a wide array of Marvel heroes and villains, this is an adventure you can't afford to miss! 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $3.99.

Conan Serpent War (2019 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.6 Pacheco

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Label #22-069BD64-008

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Written by Jim Zub. Art by Scot Eaton. Cover by Carlos Pacheco. THE WRATH OF THE SERPENT GOD! WARRIORS ACROSS TIME DEFY THE ELDER GODS! JAMES ALLISON will soon die. But it's not his first death. He's lived many lives, in many places - lives he can recall in vivid detail. But when an Elder God called the WYRM reaches across time to James, an ages-spanning quest begins! The serpent god SET plans to usher in an eternity of darkness, and only the chosen warriors across time and space have a hope of stopping him: CONAN THE BARBARIAN, SOLOMON KANE, DARK AGNES, and the man known as MOON KNIGHT! In an unprecedented comics event, Robert E. Howard's characters join forces along with Marvel's Moon Knight, in an all-new saga built on REH and Marvel lore from across the ages! 36 pages, full color. PARENTAL ADVISORY Cover price $4.99.

Far Sector (2019 DC) 1D CBCS 9.4 2nd Printing

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Second Printing.

Label #21-2E62824-005

2nd Printing. Written by N.K. Jemisin. Art and Cover by Jamal Campbell. N.K. Jemisin, the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Broken Earth and Inheritance science fiction trilogies, makes her comic book debut with bestselling Naomi artist Jamal Campbell as they thrust you into a stunning sci-fi murder mystery on the other side of the universe! For the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner 'Jo' Mullein has been protecting the City Enduring, a massive metropolis of 20 billion people. The city has maintained peace for over 500 years by stripping its citizens of their ability to feel. As a result, violent crime is virtually unheard of, and murder is nonexistent. But that's all about to change in this new maxiseries that gives a DC Young Animal spin to the legacy of the Green Lanterns! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Hawkman (2018 DC) 18A CBCS 9.8

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Label #21-37B657B-017

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Year of the Villain tie-in - Written by Robert Venditti. Art by Pat Oliffe and Tom Palmer. Cover by Tyler Kirkham. Corrupted with an infection concocted by the Batman Who Laughs, Carter Hall's psyche is overpowered by the darkest of all his past lives: the Sky Tyrant, the villainous Hawkman of Earth-3! A merciless winged warrior with no remorse and no rival, Sky Tyrant is unleashed on our Earth. The only chance of stopping him lies with the fading consciousness of Carter Hall. The series that reinvented Hawkman's mythology to encompass all of time and space takes its next adventurous leap into the Multiverse! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Immortal Hulk (2018 Marvel) 27C CBCS 9.8 Ross B&W Variant 2nd Printing

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Second Printing.

Label #20-30D3A46-017

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2nd Printing. Written by Al Ewing. Art by Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Belardino Brabo, Marc Deering and Sean Parsons. Cover by Alex Ross. Some monsters are born from gamma... other monsters worship a different kind of green. In his war on the human world, the Immortal Hulk is taking the fight to its lords and masters - the Roxxon Corporation. But when you mess with THE MINOTAUR... you get the horns. 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $3.99.

Marvel's Spider-Man Black Cat Strikes (2020 Marvel) 2B CBCS 9.8 Nakayama 1:25 Variant

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Slab: Scuffing on front of case

Nakayama Retailer Incentive.

Label #22-04DAEB9-047

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum. Art by Luca Maresca. Cover by David Nakayama. BLACK CAT HEARTS SPIDER-MAN! The BLACK CAT continues her mysterious crime spree in New York… …but will her reappearance catch SPIDER-MAN in a tangled web between MARY JANE and his former flame?! An all-new look into Peter and Felicia's fiery passion and the deadly consequences of a Super Hero romance. ME-OW! 28 pages. full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Nailbiter Returns (2020 Image) 1FOIL CBCS 8.0 SS Joshua Williamson

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Witnessed Signature: Joshua Williamson on 11/1/2021. Exclusive Foil Variant.

Label #22-01ED199-077

Foil Edition Cover by Mike Henderson - limited to 500 copies. Written by Joshua Williamson. Art by Mike Henderson. SERIES PREMIERE! Sixteen of the world's worst serial killers were all born in the same small town…but Agent Finch and Sheriff Crane solved and buried that mystery. Didn't they? Violent copycat murders imitating the infamous Buckaroo Butchers have begun in Portland, Oregon, and if Finch wants the killings to stop, he'll have to team up with the daughter of the Nailbiter himself. A brand-new mystery begins in this EXTRA-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE! 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Something Is Killing the Children (2019 Boom) 1LCSD CBCS 9.8 Dell'Edera LCSD Variant

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Local Comic Shop Day Variant.

Label #21-249F2FF-039

Local Comic Shop Day Edition. Written by James Tynion IV. Art and Cover by Werther Dell'Edera. GLAAD Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (Memetic, Batman: Detective Comics) teams with artist Werther Dell'Edera (Briggs Land) for an all-new limited series about staring into the abyss to find your worst fears staring back. When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories-impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it MUST be done. 32 pages, full color.

Something Is Killing the Children (2019 Boom) 1LCSD CBCS 9.8 SS Dell'Edera/Tynion Dell'Edera LCSD Variant

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Local Comic Shop Day Variant. Werther Dell'Edera on 9/25/2021 & James Tynion IV on 11/17/2021.

Label #21-272FDB7-001

Local Comic Shop Day Edition. Written by James Tynion IV. Art and Cover by Werther Dell'Edera. GLAAD Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (Memetic, Batman: Detective Comics) teams with artist Werther Dell'Edera (Briggs Land) for an all-new limited series about staring into the abyss to find your worst fears staring back. When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories-impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it MUST be done. 32 pages, full color.

Something Is Killing the Children (2019 Boom) 10A CBCS 9.6 Dell'Edera

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Label #21-16F7F4E-011

Written by James Tynion IV. Art and Cover by Werther Dell'Edera. When Erica's Handler forces a confrontation on the street of Archer's Peak, Erica must decide where her loyalties lie-to her employers, or to the people who need her? 24 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Something Is Killing the Children (2019 Boom) 11B CBCS 9.6 Frison Virgin Variant

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Jenny Frison Variant

Label #21-16F7F4E-012

Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Werther Dell'Edera. Cover by Jenny Frison. Erica's gambit to save Archer's Peak has failed. Now, the town is under the full control of the Order of St. George. And if the spread of the monsters can't be contained, then the Order might move to eradicate the entire area... 24 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Something Is Killing the Children (2019 Boom) 12A CBCS 9.8 Dell'Edera

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Label #21-16F7F4E-014

Written by James Tynion IV. Art and Cover by Werther Dell'Edera. Time is running out for Erica to save Archer's Peak, both from its monster infestation and from the occupation of the Order of St. George. Will Erica be forced to finally stop being a lone wolf and accept help from unlikely allies? 24 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Something Is Killing the Children (2019 Boom) 12SANCTUM.B CBCS 9.8 SS Peach Momoko Momoko Sanctum Sanctorum Sketch Variant

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Verified Signature: Peach Momoko. Sanctum Sanctorum Sketch Variant.

Label #22-2448948-008

Sanctum Sanctorum exclusive sketch cover by Peach Momoko. Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Werther Dell'Edera. Time is running out for Erica to save Archer's Peak, both from its monster infestation and from the occupation of the Order of St. George. Will Erica be forced to finally stop being a lone wolf and accept help from unlikely allies? 24 pages, full color. Rated T+

Spider-Verse (2019 Marvel) 6 CBCS 9.4

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Label #22-0833472-005

Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Ze Carlos. Cover by Dave Rapoza. The conclusion to SPIDER-VERSE is here! All the various threads of this series (Miles Morales, Spider-Man Noir, SP//dr, Webslinger, Spider-Ma'am, and all the other Spider-People and Spider-Sonas) come together to re-spin the Web of Life and Destiny! But the journey won't be easy, so don't be surprised if all the spiders don't make it through alive! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars The Rise of Kylo Ren (2019 Marvel) 4B CBCS 9.4 Camuncoli 1:25 Variant

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Camuncoli Retailer Incentive.

Label #22-11A3106-034

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Charles Soule. Art by Will Sliney. Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli. BEN SOLO, KNIGHT OF REN? Soon, BEN SOLO'S path will end in a place of fire and blood, and a shadow will rise to take his place. He is with the KNIGHTS OF REN now, and they will welcome him, if he can pay their price. But before that destiny is fulfilled, a battle must be fought at an ancient JEDI Outpost on the planet ELPHRODA - between Ben and those who know what he could have been... and fear what he might become. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Everyone here is afraid - Ben Solo most of all! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.A CBCS 8.5 SS Peach Momoko Momoko Comic Mint Variant

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Comic Mint Momoko Exclusive. Verified Signature: Peach Momoko.

Label #23-1651B69-002

Comic Mint exclusive variant by Peach Momoko. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Thor (2020 Marvel 6th Series) 6E CBCS 9.8 Klein Variant 2nd Printing

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Second Printing.

Label #22-11A3106-040

2nd Printing. The Devourer King: Part 6 of 6 - Written by Donny Cates. Art and Cover by Nic Klein. THE DEATH OF KING THOR! The Black Winter has the power to reveal the means of any person's demise - and if the vision is true, Asgard is going to need a new Odinson to take the throne! But Thor is no mere herald or king - and even the death of all existence should fear his coming wrath. 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Unikorn (2021 Scout Comics) 1GLOW CBCS 9.8

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Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back

Glow-In-The-Dark Edition.

Label #22-0465D05-108

Glow in the Dark Cover by Nicholas Ely. Written by Don Handfield and Joshua Malkin. Art by Rafael Loureiro. Scoot Imprint. Mae Everhart inherits an old horse from her long lost mother, only to discover a strange nub on the horse's forehead hidden beneath a fly bonnet. Searching for answers, Mae explores her mom's abandoned veterinary office and finds a secret book her mother hid just for her, its title... Unikorn Guide! Join Mae and Percy on a journey of healing in Unikorn. Enjoy the first issue of this NON-STOP! title followed by the entire story collected soon after in one volume. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

Warcorns Combat Unicorns For Hire (2020 Source Point Press) One Shot 1A CBCS 9.4 SS Garrett Gunn

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Witnessed Signature: Garrett Gunn on 9/1/2021.

Label #21-3BDFCB9-011

Cover by Kevin Stokes and Jeremy Clark. Story by Garrett Gunn. Art by Kit Wallis. From the Franklin and Ghost universe comes the most fabulously elite military force in the galaxy. After having successfully evaded two complete dispatches of Retrieval Bots from Defilion, Franklin and Ghost are sent by their female accomplice, Delilah, to retrieve a rare weapon that is instrumental to the destruction of Defilion. Warcorns Special forces Group Alpha is dispatched, at the behest of General Erich Badguey, to intercept Franklin and Ghost and return them to Defilion dead or alive. Cover price $3.99.