UPDATE TO OUR POST:
Comic collection expected to fetch $2M at auction
Holy windfall, Batman! Man’s childhood comic collection fetches $3.5 million
DALLAS (AP) The bulk of a man’s childhood comic book collection that included many of the most prized issues ever published sold at auction Wednesday for about $3.5 million.
A copy of Detective Comics No. 27, which sold for 10 cents in 1939 and features the debut of Batman, got the top bid at the New York City auction Wednesday. It sold for about $523,000, including a buyer’s premium, said Lon Allen, managing director of comics for Heritage Auctions, the Dallas-based auction house overseeing the sale.
“This really has its place in the history of great comic book collections,” said Allen, who added that the auction was high energy, with “a bunch of applause at a couple of the top lots.”
Action Comics No. 1, a 1938 issue featuring the first appearance of Superman, sold for about $299,000; Batman No. 1, from 1940, sold for about $275,000; and Captain America No. 2, a 1941 issue with a frightened Adolf Hitler on the cover, brought in about $114,000, Allen said.
Among the 345 well-preserved comics bought decades ago by the Virginia boy with a remarkable knack for picking winners were 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide’s top 100 issues from comics’ golden age.
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Blue Beetle #9 by Paul Renaud
Superman Homepage: Details on “Justice League: Doom” Animated Movie
Justice League: Doom finds Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg and Batman on their heels when a team of super villains discover and implement the Dark Knight’s “contingency plans” for stopping any rogue Justice League member. The story is inspired by Mark Waid’s much-heralded “JLA: Tower of Babel.”
JLA voice actors in the film include Kevin Conroy as Batman, Tim Daly as Superman, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Carl Lumbly as Martian Manhunter, Michael Rosenbaum as The Flash, and Bumper Robinson as Cyborg. The script was the final contribution to animation & DC lore from writer Dwayne McDuffie, who passed away this past February.
Justice League: Doom will be released as a Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet combo pack on February 28th, 2012.
Shawn writes:
Screw Valentine’s and hold out for this!
The Justice League // artwork by Ed Benes and Jorge Gonzalez (2011)
Shawn writes:
Is Aquaman the one taking the picture? No love.
veronicaeatslemons mentioned the idea of Stephanie Brown becoming a member of the Green Lantern Corps. earlier, so I did some semi-lazy photoshop to see what it might look like.
Steph would be the greatest Green Lantern of them all :D
Shawn writes:
This art is awesome and so is the concept. Why didn’t she earn her own reboot title? With as much of a fan base as Stephanie has, we think DC seriously dropped the ball on that one.
Green Lantern by Gene Ha
Shawn writes:
Is this an allegorical complaint about DCs new logo?
Let’s nod and say yes.
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