Auctions: comic books April 2024

Art of Steve Rude SC (2024 Rude Dude Productions) 1A-1ST VF/NM 9.0

Signed by Steve Rude (splash). Certification not included.

1st printing. If you are a fan of Nexus, a fan of Steve Rude artwork, or just wanting to learn how to draw and paint better, we have something for you. Inside you'll find various studies, commissions, tutorials, personal sketchbook pages, and some of the select published pieces you may have seen from Steve Rude during the past year. Softcover, 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.99.

Art of Steve Rude SC (2024 Rude Dude Productions) 1B-1ST NM 9.4

Signed by Steve Rude (splash). Certification not included.

1st printing. Green Lantern Variant cover. If you are a fan of Nexus, a fan of Steve Rude artwork, or just wanting to learn how to draw and paint better, we have something for you. Inside you'll find various studies, commissions, tutorials, personal sketchbook pages, and some of the select published pieces you may have seen from Steve Rude during the past year. Softcover, 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.99.

Cinderella Murder for all Seasons (2024 Zenescope) 1SHOWCASE.GARVEY.A CGC 9.8

Paper: White

CGC mislabeled variant as "Variant Cover G" when issues is "Showcase Edition 2024".

Label #4729950016

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2024 Showcase Edition Variant Cover by Keith Garvey - limited to 100 copies. Written by Dave Franchini. Ever since she was born, Cinderella has played by her own rules, which probably explains her lack of logic and boundaries. So when an evil corporation develops a way to change the very fabric of time to meet its own needs, accidentally involving Cindy is the last thing they or even she wanted. Now, forced to save reality to save herself, the serial killer princess must fight sword and nail through millions of years of history if she plans to survive this insane adventure! 56 pages, full color. Rated T

Edge of Spider-Verse (2024 Marvel) 1C CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Young Variant Cover.

Label #4714681019

Written by Jackson Lanzing; Nilah Magruder, Alex Segura. Art by Travel Foreman; Eric Gapstur, Salvador Larroca. Cover by Skottie Young. The now perennial Spider-Hit is back as we start the build to the biggest Spider-Versal story we've EVER DONE! We all know who Weapon X is, but WHO IS WEAPON VIII?! In their universe, when Weapon X escapes from his facility, they call on their greatest previous success to get him back. SPIDER-BYTE RETURNS! You may not have realized that the digital avatar Spider-Character who made her big screen debut in Across the Spider-Verse came from the comics first! She's back in comics now and you don't want to miss her! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Gratify by Melon Books Girls Collection 2024 (Japanese 2024 Melon Books) 1 CGC 9.9

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4700621025

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Japanese Art Book. Cover by Rice Flour. 2024 GW Royal. Japanese Language.

Grimm Fairy Tales (2016 2nd Series) 83E CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Variant Cover E.

Label #4428700006

Limited 1 for 20 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Dave Franchini. Cover by Alfredo Reyes. The end of the universe is seemingly around every corner for Skye Mathers. But when she decides to take a small break from protecting the world from the deadly creatures that roam it, she finds out very quickly there is no rest for the Guardian of the Nexus. Joined by Anabelle 'Belle' DiMarco, the beast hunter, Skye will face a new threat that plans to sink its claws and teeth into all it comes across! 20 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $10.00.

Grimm Fairy Tales (2016 2nd Series) 83I CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Variant Cover I.

Label #4471736002

2024 June Icons Topless Collectible Cover by Carla Cohen - limited to 75 copies. Written by Dave Franchini. The end of the universe is seemingly around every corner for Skye Mathers. But when she decides to take a small break from protecting the world from the deadly creatures that roam it, she finds out very quickly there is no rest for the Guardian of the Nexus. Joined by Anabelle 'Belle' DiMarco, the beast hunter, Skye will face a new threat that plans to sink its claws and teeth into all it comes across! 20 pages, full color. Rated T

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (2023 Marvel) 4th Edition 8-1ST NM 9.4

Limited to 408 copies

4th Edition - Volume 8 - 1st printing. "The Incredible Hulk: Book 1!" Collects Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #1-6. Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinman, and Dick Ayers. Cover by Jack Kirby. Introduction by Stan Lee. By popular demand! Back in hardcover, beautifully restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Welcome to Marvel's reMasterworks! Hot off the success of FANTASTIC FOUR, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created an atomic update on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. When mild-mannered scientist Dr. Robert Bruce Banner is caught in a gamma bomb explosion, he is transformed into the unstoppable engine of destruction known as the Incredible Hulk! In this collection of the Hulk's complete original solo series, you'll thrill to Hulk's first appearance as a gray goliath before he turned that familiar shade of green! You'll watch Hulk bust knuckles against the far-out Toad Men, the subterranean Tyrannus, the monstrous Mongu and the Metal Master! And you'll meet Rick Jones, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross and Betty Ross Hardcover, 200 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $75.00.

Oz Fall of the Emerald City (2024 Zenescope) 1K CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Variant Cover K.

Label #4590220008

2024 April Leather, Lace, and Latex Collectible cover by Sun Khamunaki - limited to 299 copies. Written by David Wohl. When the fallen of Oz and Earth begin to return to the lands of the living, Dorothy, Glinda and all of their allies must join forces to discover the cause and fight against this fateful event, before the Emerald City falls forever. Don't miss this shocking new series that will change the world of Oz forever! 22 pages, full color. Rated T

Penthouse Comics (2024 Penthouse) 2G CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Variant Cover G.

Label #4689075002

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Jean-David Morvan & Various. Art by Guillem March & Various. Cover by Tula Lotay. Cover art by Tula Lotay. Known for her work with Warren Ellis and Image Comics on the series Supreme: Blue Rose, as well as the recently adapted for Netflix series, Bodies. Tula founded the Thought Bubble Festival in the UK and was awarded the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at the SDCC Eisner Awards. Releasing 30 years after the original line debuted, Penthouse is proud to present the ongoing return of Penthouse Comics! Featuring a wealth of talent from all across the industry telling stories in the action, thriller, and horror genres, issue #2 continues with the four ongoing tales while introducing a fifth tale, The Dead All Have the Same Skin. Gun Crazy continues with the wild ride of Dolly Sanchez and Lanoya O'Brien, two girls fighting for survival in this violent story in the crossroads of Tarantino, VHS stuff, and the 80's. Guillem March continues with his incredible artwork on The Dream, a tale about Megan, a Hollywood casting director who attempts to bring out the potential actor hidden deep inside a stripper in the San Francisco suburbs. I Spit On Your Grave, is an adaptation of Vernon Sullivan's famous novel about Lee Anderson, whose only goal is to avenge the death of his brother. Along the way he'll fall into a life of debauchery and sex. Miss October continues following a young and high-flying female who desperately must find the killer whose murdering women, one-by-one and dubbing them by each month of the year, before she's next! Part one ends here! As always, Penthouse Comics features a bonus photoshoot and editorial! 96 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $12.99.

Peyton Blue Woman of War (2023 M House Publishing) 1BOWSETTE.TAYLOR.B CGC 9.9

Paper: White

Taylor "Virgin" Edition B.

Label #4478214001

"Bowsette" Topless Edition Virgin Cover by Nestor Taylor. Story by Ruben Najera and Melinda Young. Art by Alfret Le, Ryan Kincaid, and Mateus Duarte. 28 pages, full color, adults only.

Poison Ivy (2022 DC) 19B CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Nakayama Variant Cover.

Label #4750158019

Written by G. Willow Wilson. Art by Marcio Takara. Cover by David Nakayama. A STORY DECADES IN THE MAKING! Long has her tale been told by others, but witness for the first time--in intimate detail--the one true secret origin of Poison Ivy, as revealed by the viridescent villainess herself. The GLAAD Media Award-winning team of writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Marcio Takara reunites to tell this heartbreaking and historic origin story as only they can. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Satoshi & Yoshinobu's Rough Sketches & Doodles (Japanese 2024 I Love Beach-Kun) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4728251013

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Japanese Doujinshi/Fan Art Book. Cover and Art by Satoshi Urushihara and Yoshinobu Makita. Japanese Language.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 40th Anniversary (2024 TMNT: A Collection) 1A VF 8.0

TMNT: A Collection Exclusive Original Wraparound Cover - Limited to 9,275 copies. A full reproduction of TMNT #1 1st Printing created using the TMNT #1 Production Negatives as the source for all 40 pages and scans of the interior covers from an actual 1st printing in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of TMNT. Presented exactly as it was in 1984 using the original dimensions (10 15/16″ x 7 1/2″), interiors, layout, and material (newsprint interiors / lightweight cover paper) – including the unique printing defects and irregularities. This reproduction was even manufactured using the original machinery models (as much as still possible) – including the presses (Goss Community Offset Press), folding machine, and bindery equipment. 40 pages, B&W

Ultimate Spider-Man (2024 Marvel) 2B CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Variant Edition.

Label #4715500025

Written by Jonathan Hickman. Art by Marco Checchetto. Cover by Mateus Manhanini. THE MOST SURPRISING SPIDER-MAN STORY OF THE 21ST CENTURY CONTINUES! Spider-Man faces his first super villain! J. Jonah Jameson's quest to uncover who is really pulling the strings of this new Ultimate Universe leads to a shocking revelation! And New York City welcomes its newest hero…the Green Goblin! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.