Heritage held their Signature Showcase Auction this past week, featuring a curated selection of high-grade and key books from the Golden Age up to the present. Below are the key auction results establishing all-time sales records in grade.

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Low
$90
Mid
$220
High
$850

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Gil Kane

Story: two boys build snowmen who become avatars for aliens seeking to destroy Earth

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $14,400 [No Previous Data]

DC ⋅ 1960
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Key Facts

Giant-size 80 page issue

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $13,200 [No Previous Data]

There is one copy graded 9.6, none higher

Price Trend
Low
$2k
Mid
$8k
High
$20k

Key Facts

World War II cover art featuring Hitler

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $11,400 [No Previous Data]

Low
$60
Mid
$180
High
$600

Key Facts

Marriage of Batman and Batwoman

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9.6 sold for $10,200 [No Previous Data]

DC ⋅ 1961
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Key Facts

Giant size 80-page issue

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9.4 sold for $8,400 [No Previous Data]

There is one copy graded 9.4, none higher

Low
$20
Mid
$65
High
$330

Key Facts

Reprints of Batman's 'Most Fantastic Foes'

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $7,800 [No Previous Data]

Quality ⋅ 1950
Low
$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Bill Ward

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $7,500 [No Previous Data]

Pines ⋅ 1939
Price Trend
Low
$1.8k
Mid
$6k
High
$18k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of the Red Mask

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $7,200 [No Previous Data]

Low
$10
Mid
$35
High
$180

Key Facts

Milestone issue #100

Iconic cover art by John Romita Sr.

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

DOUBLE COVER / NATIONAL DIAMOND SALES 9.8 sold for $6,600 [No Previous Data]

DC ⋅ 1973
Low
$6
Mid
$20
High
$75

Key Facts

DC begins publishing Shazam after licensing the Captain Marvel character from Fawcett who they had successfully sued 20 years earlier for copyright infringement due to the character's similarities to Superman

1st appearance of Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr. and Mary Marvel since the Golden Age

1st appearance of Doctor Sivana and family since the Golden Age

Origin of Captain Marvel retold

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.9 sold for $6,600 [No Previous Data]

There is one copy graded 9.9

DC ⋅ 1957
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Key Facts

Gray-tone cover art

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $5,520 [No Previous Data]

Price Trend
Low
$350
Mid
$925
High
$3.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by L. B. Cole

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $5,520 [No Previous Data]

Price Trend
Low
$500
Mid
$1.5k
High
$6k

Key Facts

The Man From Planet X movie photo cover

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $5,280 [No Previous Data]

Low
$8k
Mid
$25k
High
$112k

Key Facts

1st full appearance and origin of The Spectre

1st appearance of The Presence, creator of The Spectre and the most powerful entity in the DC Multiverse

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

COVERLESS / INCOMPLETE NG sold for $5,280 [No Previous Data]

Feature ⋅ 1940
Price Trend
Low
$350
Mid
$1.1k
High
$3.5k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Black Owl

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $5,280 [No Previous Data]

Price Trend
Low
$600
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6k

Key Facts

Early robot cover

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $5,040 [No Previous Data]

Low
$600
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6k

Key Facts

Demonic cover art published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $4,320 [No Previous Data]

Boy Comics #11

Non-Key
Lev Gleason ⋅ 1943
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Key Facts

Damsel in distress cover

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $4,080 [No Previous Data]

Archie ⋅ 1949
Low
$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Bill Woggon

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $4,080 [No Previous Data]

Continental ⋅ 1945
Low
$360
Mid
$1.4k
High
$3.6k

Key Facts

Cover art by L.B. Cole

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $3,960 [No Previous Data]

Low
$220
Mid
$825
High
$2.2k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Toyman

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $3,840 [No Previous Data]

Fawcett ⋅ 1942
Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k

Key Facts

Battle Captain Marvel Jr. vs. Captain Nazi

1st appearance and origin of Captain Nippon

1st appearance of Sherlock Holmes in a standard U.S. comic book story, unnamed but alluded to throughout - previously appeared briefly in a one-page activity game in Dynamic Comics #3 (1942)

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $3,840 [No Previous Data]

Low
$30
Mid
$90
High
$330

Key Facts

Charlton begins publishing Scooby Doo

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $3,360 [No Previous Data]

There are four copies graded 9.8

Harvey ⋅ 1951
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Key Facts

Bondage cover art

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $3,120 [No Previous Data]

Atlas ⋅ 1953
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Key Facts

1st appearance Lorna, the Jungle Queen

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $3,120 [No Previous Data]

Fawcett ⋅ 1945
Price Trend
Low
$250
Mid
$900
High
$2.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Jack Binder featuring Mary Marvel

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $2,100 [No Previous Data]

Holyoke ⋅ 1945
Low
$175
Mid
$650
High
$1.9k

Key Facts

Cover art by L.B. Cole

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,800 [No Previous Data]

Bell Features ⋅ 1944
Price Trend
Low
$1.5k
Mid
$5k
High
$15k

Key Facts

Black and white interior art, published in Canada during World War II

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $1,800 [No Previous Data]

Comic Media ⋅ 1954
Price Trend
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.2k

Key Facts

Cover art by Don Heck, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,320 [No Previous Data]

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