Auctions: comic books July 2011

Amazing Spider-Man (1998 2nd Series) 660 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4623175003

Infested Prelude tie-in - Fantastic Voyage: Part 2 of 2 - Written by DAN SLOTT, FRED VAN LENTE & ROB WILLIAMS. Art by MIKE McKONE, STEFANO CASELLI, LEE GARBETT, ALEJANDRO SICAT & SCOTT HANNA. Cover by CASELLI. 'Parental Supervision Required' THIS ISSUE IS PACKED!!! The SINISTER SIX versus SPIDER-MAN and the FF... and by FF, we mean ALL of the Future Foundation! Know what's not a good place for children, even super powered kids? A full-scale battle with the world's deadliest super villains! It's not 'Bring Your Kids To Work' Day, not a field trip, and it's definitely not a game! This is a high stakes battle and there's no way it will end well.... You also get part 3 of the death-defying team up of Spider-Man and Ghost Rider by Rob Williams and Lee Garbett. Also, this issue...our 2nd in a series of 'Infested' preludes leading to this summer's top secret Spidey event! Phew! 44 PGS./Rated A Cover price $3.99.

Dave Stevens Complete Sketches and Studies HC (2011 IDW) 1-1ST FN+ 6.5

1st printing. Collects Dave Stevens: Selected Sketches and Studies SC (2002) Vol. 1-4. From the same people who brought you the Eisner award-winning Rocketeer Complete Adventures! For several years, Dave Stevens self-published four sketchbooks to sell at the San Diego Comic Con. These were very limited editions and are now highly sought-after collectibles. This volume collects the entire contents of those four sketchbooks, plus approximately 100 additional sketches that have never before been published. As with any sketchbook, the drawings in this volume are of varying stages of completion. They are a reminder that a piece of art is not full-born on the paper but rather is the product of hard work and sweat by the artist. These sketches, layouts, illustrations and portraits offer a unique behind-the-scenes glimpse of Dave Stevens' tremendous facility with pencil, pen and brush, and how special a talent he was. Hardcover, 8-in. x 12-in., 256 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $50.00.

Murder by High Tide HC (2011) Gil Jordan, Private Detective 1-1ST VF 8.0

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1st printing. Another classic from the Golden Age of Franco-Belgian comics, finally brought to American readers. Imagine Hergé (Tintin) put in service of a series of wise-cracking, fast-paced detective stories - punctuated with scenes of spectacular vehicular mayhem - and you'll see why 50 years later Gil Jordan is still considered a masterpiece in Europe. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $18.99.