Auctions: comic books July 2016

Black Hammer (2016 Dark Horse) 1B CGC 9.8 Lemire Variant

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case

Variant Cover.

Label #3732555013

Written by Jeff Lemire. Art by Dean Ormston and Dave Stewart. Cover by Jeff Lemire. Once they were heroes, but the age of heroes has long since passed. Banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City-Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, and Barbalien-now lead simple lives in a timeless farming town. Even as they try to find their way home, trouble has a unique way of finding heroes wherever they are! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

La Muerta Descent (2016) 1B CGC 9.8 Gomez Variant

Paper: White

Bones Edition

Label #4487112012

Written by Brian Pulido and Mike MacLean. Art and Cover by Joel Gomez. Present day. Maria Diaz, a US soldier, returns from Afghanistan to be reunited with her family on the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos. But her brother has fallen in with The Zavalas, a death-worshipping crime cartel led by the nefarious Mama Z. When they see the family celebrating, they believe they've been ripped off by them. The entire family is murdered in cold blood. Maria wakes out of a coma Eight months later to find her family dead and gone. She seeks justice finds none: Daring the impossible, Maria decides to avenge her family and send the Zavala's to hell. Can one woman defeat an entire crime cartel and what will be the cost to her humanity? 48 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

La Muerta Descent (2016) 1C CGC 9.8 Ortiz B&W 1:10 Variant

Paper: White

Ortiz Incentive Edition

Label #4487112013

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Brian Pulido and Mike MacLean. Art by Joel Gomez. Cover by Richard Ortiz. Present day. Maria Diaz, a US soldier, returns from Afghanistan to be reunited with her family on the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos. But her brother has fallen in with The Zavalas, a death-worshipping crime cartel led by the nefarious Mama Z. When they see the family celebrating, they believe they've been ripped off by them. The entire family is murdered in cold blood. Maria wakes out of a coma Eight months later to find her family dead and gone. She seeks justice finds none: Daring the impossible, Maria decides to avenge her family and send the Zavala's to hell. Can one woman defeat an entire crime cartel and what will be the cost to her humanity? 48 pages, full color.

Punisher (2016 11th Series) 1E CGC 9.8 Young Variant

Paper: White

Young Variant Cover.

Label #4429546009

Written by Becky Cloonan. Art by Steve Dillon. Cover by Skottie Young. FRANK CASTLE LOSES CONTROL! A by-the-numbers drug bust is about to take Frank Castle by surprise…and he HATES surprises. The horrible fallout threatens to send The Punisher into the heart of darkness, but Castle won't make that journey alone: A DEA agent is on his trail and attempting to get into his head…but what horrors will she find there, and will she survive the experience? First-time Punisher writer Becky Cloonan and quintessential Punisher artist Steve Dillon are forcing Frank Castle out of his comfort zone and taking him to the edge of the world he thought he knew! 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $3.99.

Robyn Hood I Love NY (2016) 2VIP.GREEN.A.METAL CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Green Metal Edition A

Label #4127414006

VIP Metal "Honey Nut Heroes" Edition Variant Cover by Paul Green. Written by Joe Brusha and Lou Iovino. Art by Sergio Arino and David Lorenzo Riveiro. I Love NY #2 Robyn's supernatural PI business is back up and running but clients aren't exactly beating down her door. She decides to take matters into her own hands and earn some reward money by solving a local missing person's case. But she quickly finds out that this is anything but you're typical disappearance and that landing this reward may cost Robyn her life. 32 pages, full color. Rated T

Robyn Hood I Love NY (2016) 2VIP.GREEN.B.METAL CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Green Metal Edition A

Label #4127414005

VIP Metal Naughty "Honey Nut Heroes" Edition Variant Cover by Paul Green. Written by Joe Brusha and Lou Iovino. Art by Sergio Arino and David Lorenzo Riveiro. I Love NY #2 Robyn's supernatural PI business is back up and running but clients aren't exactly beating down her door. She decides to take matters into her own hands and earn some reward money by solving a local missing person's case. But she quickly finds out that this is anything but you're typical disappearance and that landing this reward may cost Robyn her life. 32 pages, full color. Rated T