Auctions: comic books February 1996

Sin City That Yellow Bastard (1996) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4735711003

Story and art by Frank Miller. Just one hour to go. Hartigan's polishing his badge and working himself up to kissing it good-bye, it and the thirty-odd years of protecting and serving and tears and blood and triumph that it represents. He's thinking about his wife's slow smile, about the thick, fat steaks she's picked up at the butcher's, about the bottle of champagne she's got packed in ice, about sleeping in till ten in the morning and spending sunny afternoons flat on his back. Just one hour to go and he gets word from a stoolie about that one loose end he hasn't tied up, a young girl who's out there, helpless in the hands of a drooling lunatic. Just one hour to go ... and he's gonna go out with a bang. 32 pages, B&W (and Yellow). Cover price $2.95.

Spawn (1992 Image) 43D CGC 9.8 Direct Variant

Paper: White

Label #4587355021

Direct Edition. Written by Todd McFarlane. Art and cover by Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane. "Evil!" Detectives Burke and Williams, after extensive investigation of Chief of Police Banks, are on the verge of breaking the case wide open. Before they can put the last pieces of the puzzle together, Banks fires them. Now, their hands are forced to take drastic measures, and take his file public. Hearing of this, Wynn orders all support around Banks to be shut down to ensure that banks will take the fall. When the newspaper hits the stands, Banks, with no one willing to help him out, crumbles under the pressure and takes his own life. Meanwhile, Spawn, slowly rejuvenates himself after surviving the Curses experiments on him. Getting stronger every day, he recuperates in solitude as he gradually makes his way back to New York. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: This issue is dedicated to Bernie Wrightson. Cover price $1.95.

Storm (1996 1st Series) 1 NM- 9.2

Storm blows into her own limited series! Trapped by her past...she faces her greatest challenge! Storm must rescue a young mutant from the clutches of a deadly villain. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and foil-stamped cover by Terry Dodson and Karl Story. Cover price $2.50.