Auctions: comic books July 2018

Batgirl (2016) 23B CGC 9.8 Middleton Variant

Paper: White

Variant Cover

Label #4085708021

Written by Hope Larson. Art by Minkyu Jung and José Marzan. Cover by Joshua Middleton. 'STRANGE LOOP' finale! Trapped in a prison of her own mind's making, Batgirl must act out of character in order to reenter reality. Can she put her need to survive above the needs of those she's sworn to protect? Or is she doomed to wander the mazes of her mind for all of eternity?! 32 pages, full color. Rated T. Cover price $3.99.

Despicable Deadpool (2017) 300F CBCS 9.8 SS Matthew Waite Cartridge Variant

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8-Bit Variant. Witnessed Signature: Matthew Waite (with sketch) on 4/29/2023.

Label #23-19E3ADF-002

Classic Game Cartridge Cover. Written by Gerry Duggan. Art by Scott Koblish, Matteo Lolli and Mike Hawthorne. Every bad decision, every betrayal, every fart joke - they've all come back to haunt Deadpool. He's gone from criminal to outcast to celebrity and back to criminal, and as Captain America leads the biggest heroes of the Marvel Universe to take him down, Wade is forced to be his most despicable self ONE LAST TIME… For over five years and more than a hundred issues Gerry Duggan has been putting words into the Mouth of the Merc with same…but all that ends in this TRIPLE-sized issue with art by longtime Deadpool collaborators Scott Koblish, Matteo Lolli and Mike Hawthorne! It's one last love letter to the character we love to hurt. Sorry, Wade! This one's gonna sting. 68 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $5.99.

Mall (2018 Scout) 1NYCC CGC 9.8 SS James Haick III Loureiro NYCC Variant

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Signed By James Haick lll on 4/2/20. New York Comic Con Edition.

Label #1963808024

New York Comic Con exclusive cover by Rafael Loureiro. Written by Don Handfield and James Haick III. Art by Rafael Loureiro. Fresh from the pages of Scout Presents: The Mall Free Comic Book Day, the MALL is set in everyone's favorite decade, the 1980's. This coming of age crime story takes place in a small Florida town at the height of the popularity of indoor malls. When the head of the Cardini Mob Family mysteriously dies, his three illegitimate children each inherit a store in the mall. While the stores front as legal businesses, the real money is in the illegal businesses. The kids are thrust into a world of crime, all the while just trying to survive normal high school life. It's a John Hughes movie set in the Godfather universe. Co-written by History Channel's Knightfall writer Don Handfield and Solar Flare's James Haick III. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Unnatural (2018 Image) 1CON CBCS 9.8 Convention Variant

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Convention Exclusive Variant.

Label #23-03DAE51-008

Convention exclusive variant. Story, Art and Cover by Mirka Andolfo. Leslie is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, she's stuck with a job she hates, and she lives under a brutal totalitarian government-one that punishes transgressors for anything deemed 'unnatural.' Leslie dreams of something different for herself. But those dreams are becoming dangerous... This Italian hit series by MIRKA ANDOLFO (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells) will transport you into a colorful but terrible world-full of anthropomorphic creatures, but light on personal freedoms-by way of a breathtaking plot that travels between thriller and fantasy, with a hint of sensuality. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1B CBCS 9.8 SS Donny Cates Stegman 1:100 Variant

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Witnessed Sig: Donny Cates on 3/29/2019. Ryan Stegman Retailer Incentive.

Label #19-1375280-044

Limited 1 for 100 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art and Cover by Ryan Stegman. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1B VF 8.0 Stegman 1:100 Variant

Limited 1 for 100 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art and Cover by Ryan Stegman. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1C CBCS 9.8 SS Cates Rivera 1:25 Variant

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Witnessed Sig: Donny Cates on 8/23/2019 Paolo Rivera Retailer Incentive.

Label #19-33109B3-025

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman. Cover by Paolo Rivera. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.A CBCS 9.8 SS Crain Crain Comic Mint Variant

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Witnessed Sig: Clayton Crain on 3/22/2019 Clayton Crain Exclusive Variant

Label #19-1247D7A-037

Comic Mint exclusive variant by Clayton Crain. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1CSA.A CBCS 9.8 SS Cates/ Stegman Quinones CSA Variant

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Witnessed Signatures: Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman on 4/9/2022. Quinoes Virgin Variant

Label #22-1683AAD-050

ComicSketchArt exclusive variant by Joe Quinones. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1G CBCS 9.8 SS Cebulski/Stegman/Kuder/Cates Kuder Variant

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Witnessed Sigs: CB Cebulski on 8/18/2018, Ryan Stegman on 9/21/2018, Aaron Kuder & Donny Cates on 10/7/2018. Young Guns Variant.

Label #18-3BB3BB9-020

Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman. Cover by Aaron Kuder. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1GRANOV CBCS 9.8 SS Cates Granov Virgin Variant

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Witnessed Sig: Donny Cates on 8/23/2019 Adi Granov Virgin Variant

Label #19-33109B3-026

Adi Granov exclusive variant cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Venom (2018 Marvel) 1HORN.A CBCS 9.6 SS Horn Horn Variant

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Witnessed Sig: Greg Horn on 5/25/2018. Greg Horn Art Exclusive A.

Label #18-1F5511A-075

Greg Horn Art exclusive A variant. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman. A NEW SERIES BY DONNY CATES & RYAN STEGMAN! In the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, an ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York, and with it, something equally evil has awakened in that most Wicked of Webslingers - VENOM! Still a Lethal Protector of the innocents in New York, this never-before-seen threat could force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear - including Eddie Brock! Join two of the hottest creators in comics today, Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, for a VENOM adventure a thousand years in the making! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+