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This auction is for 54 early Modern Age comic books published by three publishers: Image, Tekno-Comix, and Valiant. Each of these issues have been read either once or not at all. Retail values are from the 2014 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. I add 5% to the listed NM- 9.2 value for NM 9.4, 10% for NM+ 9.6, and 20% for NM/M 9.8.
Image
Seventeen comics including the first Image miniseries.
Savage Dragon #1 - #3, COMPLETE miniseries, July through December 1992, cover price $1.95 each. I’m pretty sure that Savage Dragon #1 is the first Image comic. Savage Dragon is a very tough, mutant Chicago cop. Each issue is NM 9.4 with a combined current retail value of $5.25 + $4.20 x 2 = $13.65.
WildC.A.T.S. #1, August 1992, cover price $1.95. It has bound-in Spartan and Voodoo trading cards. NM- 9.2, $5 current retail value.
WildC.A.T.S. #2, October 1992, cover price $2.50. It has a front cover showing the Covert Action Team in front of an eye-catching, holographic foil pattern background. NM/M 9.8, $6 value.
Darker Image #1, March 1993, cover price $2.50. With Deathblow trading card. NM 9.4, current value $3.15. NM 9.4, $3.15 value.
The Maxx #1, March 1993, cover price $1.95. NM 9.4, $5.25 value.
Spawn #10, May 1993, cover price $1.95. Story by Dave Sim, art by Todd McFarlane. VF/NM 9.0, $5.40 value.
(Wizard Presents) Maxx #1/2, June 1993, free from mail-in coupon plus postage, in Wizard envelope with Certificate of Authenticity. VF/NM 9.0, $8 value.
Regulators #1 (of 4), June 1993, cover price $2.50. NM+ 9.6, $3.30 assumed value--not listed in Overstreet.
Regulators #2, July 1993, cover price $2.50. NM 9.4, $3.15 assumed.
Regulators #3, August 1993, cover price $2.50. VF/NM 9.0, $2.70 assumed.
(Hero Premiere Edition #10 Presents) Pitt #3, 1994. This is an ashcan-size, sixteen-page comic in black-and-white featuring a short story and an art gallery by Dale Keown. It has a red foil-enhanced cover and came free with Hero magazine. NM+ 9.6, $3.30 value (estimated, not listed in Overstreet).
Kurt Busiek’s Astro City Volume 1 #1, August 1995, $2.25 cover price. NM+ 9.6, $16 value.
Kurt Busiek’s Astro City Volume 2 #1, September 1996, $2.50 cover price. NM- 9.2, $8.
Kurt Busiek’s Astro City, Volume 2, #4, December 1996, cover price $2.50. NM- 9.2, $6 value.
Cliffhanger #0, 1997, sixteen-page sketchbook free with Wizard #79 magazine, in black-and-white. NM- 9.2, $6 value.
Tekno-Comix
Eighteen comics from eight beginning consecutive runs of from one to three comics each. Beginning consecutive runs are the best way to be introduced to titles!
Gene Roddenberry’s Lost Universe #1 with promo sheet from Previews and Mr. Hero trading card
Isaac Asimov’s I-Bots #1 - #6
John Jakes’ Mullkon Empire #1 - #3
Leonard Nimoy’s Primortals #1 (no trading card)
Neil Gaiman’s Lady Justice #1 - #3
Neil Gaiman’s Mr. Hero #1 (no trading card) & #2 with Primortals trading card
Neil Gaiman’s Teknophage #1
Tad Williams’ MirrorWorld #0
These Tekno-Comix average at least NM- 9.2 with a value of $3 each.
Valiant
Nineteen comics, including five of the seven chrome-covered comics which Valiant published in the first couple of years of that company’s existence. Two of these five have chrome plates attached to the covers and the other three have 100% metal covers. These are some of the most beautiful comic covers ever produced!
[The two Magic The Gathering comics seen in the photo have been removed from this auction.]
Bloodshot 1, multi-colored chrome-enhanced cover, NM- 9.2, $5
Bloodshot 2, NM 9.4, $3.15
Bloodshot 5, NM 9.4, $3.15
Bloodshot 8, NM- 9.2, $3
Chaos Effect: Omega, NM+ 9.6, $3.30
Magnus, Robot Fighter 21, NM- 9.2, $4
Magnus Robot Fighter 25, embossed cover, NM+ 9.6, $5.50
Ninjak 1, multi-colored chrome wrap-around cover, NM- 9.2, $5
Rai and the Future Force 9, NM+ 9.6, $6.60
Rai and the Future Force 10, NM 9.4, $6.30
Rai and the Future Force 21, with original Upper Deck X-O Manowar trading card, NM+ 9.6, $4.40
Rai and the Future Force 23, NM- 9.2, $4
Shadowman 0, multi-colored chrome wrap-around cover, NM+ 9.6, $5.50
Solar 25, VF+ 8.5, $3.40
Turok Dinosaur Hunter 1, embossed multi-colored chrome-enhanced cover, NM+ 9.6, $4.40
X-O Manowar 0, multi-colored chrome wrap-around cover, NM+ 9.6, $5.50
X-O Manowar 12, NM 9.4, $4.20
X-O Manowar 15, NM- 9.2, $4
X-O Manowar 21, NM 9.4, $3.15
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SUMMARY
I paid $119.60 for these fifty-four comics when they were published. I did not grade the Tekno issues but assume an average grade of at least NM- 9.2. Adding those into the graded issues gives one NM/M, ten NM+, eleven NM, twenty-eight NM-, three VF/NM, and one VF+ average NM 9.4, the equivalent of most new, unhandled comics on comic store shelves! In these conditions, these early Modern Age comics comics have a current retail value of
$230.45!
The Buy-It-Now price of $16.45 is an insane 93% OFF current retail value and only $0.30 each!
This is a true wholesale offer for fifty-four spectacular, vintage (> twenty years old) comics in crispy-new condition, including six of the most attractive comic book covers ever produced: the five Valiant chromes and the WildCATS #2 holo!
SHIPPING
The buyer must pay for shipping these comics in a USPS Large Priority Mail box which costs $16.55 with my eBay Priority Mail discount. Signature confirmation is recommended if there is a chance that your package might be stolen. Message me before paying if interested in purchasing signature confirmation for an additional $2.45. International buyers must also pay the eBay Global Shipping fee.
GRADING
My comic book grading is done carefully and slowly to ensure that no imperfections are overlooked. I regularly refer to the Overstreet Comic Book Grading Guide, 2nd Edition 2003. I take pride in honest and accurate grading because I am first a comic collector, second a comic seller. I have never received a complaint about my grading.
COMIC BAGS & PACKAGING
These comics are individually bagged in decent used comic bags. Backing boards are not included unless mentioned or seen in the photos. I have shipped thousands of comics to hundreds of eBay buyers, and not once have I been notified of a comic arriving damaged because MY PACKAGING IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST ON EBAY! Shipments are protected by corrugated cardboard and waterproof plastic bags. I have never received a negative or even a neutral feedback from any eBay buyer or seller!
FEEDBACK
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BUYERS OUTSIDE USA
One of eBay’s rules is that Post Office boxes are not acceptable destinations except in Canada. Another is that signature confirmation is not available outside the USA. A third rule for international shipping is that auctions cannot be combined to reduce shipping costs.