With about a day left in the auction as we post this, the current high bid is about $57,000. Wouldn’t be surprise if it topped $100,000 when it’s all said and done.
Per the seller’s auction description, “I was in the comic art, and toy collectable business for 35 years, and it is my opinion, based on empirical evidence of the number of people showing up to conventions, that Todd Mcfarlane is the single most popular comic artist ever (with all due respect to Jack Kirby, God bless him).”
And Todd actually posted about this auction on his Facebook, “HOW 2 MAKE MONEY: Sold a Spidey cover I did years ago for about $700. It’s now on EBAY for over $55,000! Guess I should have asked $800.”
Yep, years before anyone knew who Peter Jackson was, Eclipse Comics published a beautiful three issue (squarebound “prestige format”) adaptation in 1989, by Chuck Dixon and David Wenzel…
More info / resources:
David Wenzel’s official site is here, and we highly recommend it…
…and if you’re looking for back issues of the original series, definitely inquire at your local comic shop. And yeah, there’s also a collected edition!
Comics Scene was published by Starlog, and focused on comic book TV and movie adaptations. Scan courtesy of milehighcomics.com
Okay, here we’ve compiled a list of Comic News Magazines and Price Guides that were in existence at any point during the Copper Age of Comics (1984 – 1991) Did we miss anything? Please let us know!
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