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ComicConnect Newsletter: April 8, 2010Can't see everything? View this newsletter on the web.
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Dear Friend and Fellow Collector,
 Wow - what an exciting time to collect comic books! In case you didn't hear the news, last week ComicConnect.com again broke the world record for the most expensive comic book ever sold, this time with the highest-graded copy of Action Comics #1 on the CGC census, the Very Fine Plus 8.5, which sold for $1.5 Million. Click here to read all about it!
Don't miss out on all the fun, and make sure you pick up some fantastic comics for your own collection this month. Hurry up and get your bids in with the April ComicConnect.com Event Auction, which is ending right now and features over 2,100 auction lots! Here are the auction end-times:
Session 1: Art + Comic Titles A-G ( Fri, April 9th, 6 PM-12 AM EDT)
Session 2: Comic Titles H-Z ( Sat, April 10th, 6 PM-12 AM EDT)
Session 3: Bonus Round A-D (Mon, April 12th, 6 PM-12 AM EDT)
Session 4: Bonus Round E-L (Tue, April 13th, 6 PM-12 AM EDT)
Session 5: Bonus Round M-S ( Wed, April 14th, 6 PM-12 AM EDT)
Session 6: Bonus Round T-Z ( Thu, April 15th, 6 PM-12 AM EDT)
If you have questions about bidding, would like to place a bid over the phone, or need pre-approval to bid over $25k, please contact us ASAP.
Happy Collecting!
The Staff of ComicConnect.com
www.comicconnect.com
Phone: 212.895.3999
Int: 001.212.895.3999
support@comicconnect.com
ComicConnect.com COO Vincent Zurzolo will attend C2E2, the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo April 16-18 and will be aggressively buying. To schedule an appointment to meet Vincent to sell your comics, consign to ComicConnect.com, or simply get an appraisal, email us ASAP at support@comicconnect.com. You can also browse ComicConnect.com’s sister-company site, MetropolisComics.com, to request that Vincent bring comics out to the show for you to review and buy. Don’t get to the show and be disappointed you couldn’t find the comics you want – ask us for them, and you will receive!
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A PEAK AT WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE APRIL EVENT AUCTION
 Here is just a taste of some of the incredible comics up for grabs in the ComicConnect April Event Auction!
The Event Auction includes major keys such as Action Comics #1 CGC 3.0, Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 8.5, Human Torch #2 CGC 9.4, All-American Comics #16 CGC 4.5, Batman #2 CGC 9.2, Superman #1 CGC 1.8, Suspense Comics #3 CGC 7.0, All-American Comics #61 CGC 9.4, X-Men #94 CGC 9.8, Flash Comics #1 CGC 5.0, Daredevil #1 CGC 9.4, Action Comics #2 CGC 5.5, Flash Comics #104, CGC 9.2, Journey into Mystery #83 CGC 8.5, Showcase #22 PGX 8.0, Batman #1 CGC 1.0,Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 6.5, All-Star Comics #3 CGC 6.0, Action Comics #2 CGC 5.5, Batman #5 CGC 9.4, Batman #6 CGC 9.4, Detective Comics #27 NG, and Superman #1 PGX 5.0 EP.
Some more great comics to check out: Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 6.5, Fantastic Four #1 CGC 6.0, Amazing Spider-Man #2 CGC 9.2, Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 5.0, Donald Duck Four Color #408 CGC 9.4, Startling Comics #49 CGC 9.0, and Uncle Scrooge #3 CGC 9.4.
Pedigrees represented in this auction include the Edgar Church Mile High, Crowley, D Copies, Gaines, Windy City, Mohawk Valley, Bowling Green, Rockford, White Mountain, Rocky Mountain, Massachusetts, Cosmic Aeroplane, Larson, Pennsylvania, Slobodian, Pacific Coast , Circle 8, Boston, Big Apple, and Dell File Copies.
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 Original art pieces by comic book legends Joe Kubert, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko are up for grabs in the original art section of the ComicConnect.com April Event Auction.
Kubert pencils and inks Enemy Ace from Our Army at War #155. Kirby provides the pencils for a page from Fantastic Four Annual #4 featuring every member from the Fantastic Four while Steve Ditko offers a page from Amazing Spider-Man #22.
Jim Mooney presents a remarkable page from Star Spangled Comics #112 that includes Batman and Robin in every panel; these are rare to find anywhere.
Gil Kane’s cover to Ghost Rider #8 is just awesome.
Superboy fans are offered seven complete pages from Superboy #148 with art by the legendary team of George Papp and Chic Stone.
Keith Giffen is represented well with two pages from Legion of Super-Heroes. Harvey Comics master
Warren Kremer did his Richie Rich-est with one unpublished cover to Casper and Richie #1 as well as the published cover to Richie Rich and Gloria #1.
Painted cover fans will want to check out three pieces from Jesse Santos, Jungle Twins #17, Dagar the Invincible #9, and Occult Files of Doctor Spektor #3 while George Wilson paints the cover to Dark Shadows #28.
Larry Lieber fanatics can delight to his covers featuring Super Spider-Man from the United Kingdom line of comics.
ComicConnect.com asks, “What’s rarer than rare?” A box of 36 sealed packs of Marvel Comic Book Heroes stickers, that’s what.
Art and memorabilia lots end Friday, April 9th at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
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 If you win lots in Session 1 and Session 2, wait for the Session 3, 4, 5, & 6 Bonus Rounds to scoop up great bargains before completing checkout! There are over 1,400 bonus session lots, including over 200 CGC and PGX graded comics, 95% of which are $1 start and no reserve. Also included are over 500 comics with ComicConnect Verified Grades. There are also over 400 group lots available, with starting prices at just a small fraction of Overstreet Guide value. These group lots are a great opportunity for dealers looking to beef up their inventory, and for collectors to pick up “runs” for reading, or for an instant collection!
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 “With temperatures hovering in the 80s this week in New York, naturally a comic book collector’s thoughts turn to love; and by love, actually, we mean Matt Baker,” said ComicConnect’s Rob Reynolds.
Comics featuring Matt Baker covers in the ComicConnect.com Event Auction include Diary Secrets #14 CGC 8.5 , Pictorial Romances #23 CGC 7.5, Romantic Marriage #23 CGC 6.0, Teen-Age Temptations #7 CGC 7.5, True Love Pictorial #7 CGC 8.0, and Wartime Romances #8 CGC 8.0, along with a couple dozen more.
“Humorist H.L. Mencken said, ‘Love is like war, easy to begin but very hard to stop.’ TheApril Event Auction comes fully loaded with dozens of war books that will be difficult for any collector to stop bidding on. They include over a dozen copies of G.I.Combat including issue #100 CGC 8.5, more than two dozen Our Army at War comics including the first appearance of Enemy Ace in issue #151 CGC 8.0, and a couple great dinosaur issues from Star Spangled War Stories. Many of these are highest graded!” he said.
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