Auctions: comic books 2001

Catwoman (1993 2nd Series) 89 VF 8.0

WRITTEN BY BRONWYN CARLTON;ART BY STAZ JOHNSON, CRAIG ROUSSEAU AND WAYNE FAUCHER;COVER BY JOHNSON AND FAUCHER. It's the return of Harley Quinn, the cupid of crime! She's one of the few people who knows Selina Kyle's real story, and knowledge is power after all. You'll never look at Catwoman the same way again after this one! Oh yeah, and "This Issue: Batman Dies!!!" FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.25.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 753 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-242B326-007

WRITTEN BY GREG RUCKA AND JORDAN B. GORFINKEL; ART BY STEVE MANNION, BRAD RADER, JEFF JOHNSON, AND DAN PANOSIAN; COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON. "This Issue: Batman Dies!!!" During a psychiatric evaluation, it's revealed that, as therapy, Two-Face has written and drawn his own comic book adventures starring Harvey Dent and Detective Renee Montoya, in which he chronicles the many deaths of the Dark Knight. Plus, the back-up adventure "The Jacobian" continues. FC, 40 PG. Cover price $2.50.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 760 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-242B326-016

WRITTEN BY GREG RUCKA AND ED BRUBAKER; ART BY SHAWN MARTINBROUGH, DARWYN COOKE, JESSE DELPERDANG, AND CAMERON STEWART; COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON Batman faces off against the sinister Mad Hatter as Montoya and Allen are trapped in a jail cell and a precinct full of cops fall into Hatter-induced chaos. Plus, "Trail of Catwoman" continues in the backup written by Ed Brubaker (BATMAN) and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke (BATMAN: EGO) & Cameron Stewart (DEADENDERS). FC, 40 PG. Cover price $2.50.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 761 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-242B326-018

WRITTEN BY GREG RUCKA AND ED BRUBAKER; ART BY SHAWN MARTINBROUGH, DARWYN COOKE, AND JESSE DELPERDANG; COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON?? Bruce's bodyguard Sasha Bordeaux has thirty days to prove her worth, or she's fired! Meanwhile, Internal Affairs heats up the M.C.U., and you won't believe whom they're after! Plus, "Trail of the Catwoman" continues in the backup written by Ed Brubaker (BATMAN) and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke (BATMAN: EGO). FC, 40 PG. Cover price $2.50.

Harley Quinn (2000) 2 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #16-AFA4895-012

Cover pencils by Terry Dodson, inks by Rachel Dodson. A Heart Broken in Two!, script by Karl Kesel, pencils by Terry Dodson, inks by Rachel Dodson; Harley decides to join up with Two-Face but turns on her new boss when he tries to abduct a schizophrenic and make her his new main-squeeze. 44 pgs., full color. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

Harley Quinn (2000) 4 VF+ 8.5

WRITTEN BY KARL KESEL; ART AND COVER BY TERRY DODSON AND RACHEL DODSON. Introducing...the Quinntettes! They're the baddest, meanest, most dysfunctional henchmen Harley could find, and they're ready for action! But the first mission's not what anyone's expecting, and one of the Quinntettes has something strange going on...in his head! It's crime, danger, and star-crossed love! Cover price $2.25.

Millennium Edition Batman (2001) 1 VF 8.0

Reprint of Batman #1. WRITTEN BY GARDNER FOX, BILL FINGER, PAUL GUSTAVSON, GEORGE SHUTE, TED RAYE, GUY MONROE, AND GEORGE PAPP; ART BY BOB KANE, JERRY ROBINSON, SHELDON MOLDOFF, GUSTAVSON, RAYE, AND PAPP; COVER BY KANE AND ROBINSON. The first comic dedicated exclusively to the Dark Knight! This classic 1940 issue pitted the Dynamic Duo against the menaces of the Joker, Catwoman (referred to as "the Cat"), and Professor Hugo Strange. Also included: a 2-page retelling of Batman's origin. FC, 64 PG. Cover price $3.95.

Mystic (2000 CrossGen) 15 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4026224007

By Marz, Peterson, and Dell. Still exhausted from her battle with Animora, Giselle retreats to her Sanctum on the moon accompanied by Genevieve and Thierry Chevalier. Romance begins to blossom - but is the object of Thierry's affections Giselle or Gen? Meanwhile, the eternal spirit of the Dark Magi Guild has been released and spreads its evil as it searches for a proper host. FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Punisher (2001 6th Series) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-29D381B-012

Painted cover by Tim Bradstreet. Garth Ennis / Steve Dillon / Jimmy Palmiotti. THE SCOOP: Frank Castle is back - and so are Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon and Jimmy Palmiotti! THE STORY: Hot off of last year's smash-hit series, the one and only Punisher returns to blast the dirtbags and dealers off the mean streets of New York City! Look for old friends, strangely changed enemies and lots of trademark humor and ultraviolence! But with Castle's war reinvigorated, the hapless Detective Soap finds his loyalties torn ? and his manhood tested! Yes, it's more twisted laughs and gruesome mayhem, as only this creative team can deliver! THE CREATORS SPEAK: "It's a good, down to earth, straightforward, kill-as-many-people-as-possible-in-a-short-period-of-time sort of comic," Dillon said. "Which is sort of fun." "The first five-issue storyline is definitely the same kind of wild, over-the-top, crazy stuff that you've seen in the first series," Ennis added. "The difference is that it's more of a big, epic action-movie type of story, rather than a sort of low-key crime thriller like the 12-issue storyline was." ? THE BUZZ: "Ennis' dark wit and Dillon's no-nonsense visual style are a perfect match and make for a story that is pure blood, guts and mayhem, and, above all else, a damn fine read." -IGN THE FORMAT: The debut issue of this monthly series is 32 pages, with ads. Cover price $2.99.

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (2001) 9 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Label #20-1E00027-003

cover by jim mahfood brian michael bendis/jim mahfood ? THE SCOOP: Spidey meets the First Family of sci-fi action! ? THE STORY: It all starts with a field trip to the world famous Baxter Building, the high-tech headquarters of the fabulous Fantastic Four. Yep, it's just another day in the life of young Peter Parker -- until he accidentally unleashes a Skrull invasion! Now it's up to the inexperienced Spider-Man to cram those awful aliens back into the Negative Zone portal! Hey, perhaps Mr. Fantastic, the Human Torch, Invisible Woman, and the Thing can lend a hand! It's "Bedlam at the Baxter Building!" What? That title's been used before? Okay, howzabout "Bendis at the Baxter Building!" And did we mention that this incredible issue also features a look at the offices of Marvel Comics in the Ultimate world? Well it does! ? THE CREATORS: Written by Wizard's "Best Writer of 2000," Brian Michael Bendis ? with art by Jim Mahfood (Clerks)! ? THE FORMAT: 32 pages, with ads. 7-59606-05088-8-00911 2.25 Cover price $2.25.

Wonder Woman (1987 2nd Series) 170 FN/VF 7.0

WRITTEN BY PHIL JIMENEZ AND JOE KELLY; ART BY JIMENEZ AND ANDY LANNING; COVER BY ADAM HUGHES ACTION COMICS writer Joe Kelly co-writes a "day in the life" tale of the amazing Amazon as documented by the intrepid Lois Lane. Lane joins Diana on a trip to the United Nations, to the White House for official business with President Luthor, on a visit with Steve Trevor and Etta Candy, as a guest on a talk show, and more. Before the day is over, Lois finally confronts Diana on her relationship with Superman. But it's not the Man of Steel who seems to have captured Diana's heart... FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.25.

X-Men (1991 1st Series) 114 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4392161009

"E is for eExtinction: Part 1 - Cover by Frank Quitely

Written by Grant Morrison. Art by Frank quitely and Tim Townsend.

THE SCOOP: The future is now as the X-Men are remade!

THE STORY: Humankind's time on Earth is nearly at its end. Within a half decade, they will be extinct, replaced by their genetically gifted cousins: mutants! With this discovery, the very fabric of society begins to fray. And as fear and paranoia grows by the day, it will soon tear! Charles Xavier has been forced to evolve his X-Men. But in the shadows, something beckons to him. A mutant more powerful - and more depraved - than he ever could have foreseen. And very soon, that mutant will threaten his people, his world and his every perception!

New creators, new characters, new costumes, a new logo, a new direction... this is the start of it all!

THE CREATORS: Grant Morrison remade the JLA. Frank Quitely made Authority a must-read. Just imagine what they'll do together to the X-Men!

THE FORMAT: 32 pages, with ads.

Cover price $2.25.

X-Men (1991 1st Series) 115A VF 8.0 Quitely

new X-MEN no. 115(a) Wolverine cover. cover by frank quitely grant morrison/frank quitely/tim townsend & mark morales "E is for Extinction" rocks on ? with Sentinels in the skies! With racial paranoia at an all-time high, the villain known only as Cassandra unleashes a legion of transfigured Sentinels on the world's mutant population! Their first target? The island nation of Genosha! Caught in the maelstrom are Cyclops and Wolverine ? and one of them will have to make a terrible choice! Cover price $2.25.

X-Treme X-Men (2001 1st Series) 1A CBCS 9.2 SS Chris Claremont

Paper: White

Verified Signature: Chris Claremont. (#451/1500).

Label #20-3C294B8-003

Cover by Salvador Larroca. Written by Chris Claremont. Penciled by Salvador Larroca. Humanity is at a crossroads, and will choose a future of glory... or of utter annihilation. The path they face was mapped a century ago by the blind mutant seer known as Destiny, and recorded in her 13 volumes of The Books of Truth. As seen in X-MEN #109, one volume has come into the possession of Professor X's charges and now Rogue, Beast, Bishop, Thunderbird, Psylocke, Sage (an all-new character) and Storm choose to leave the safety of the X-Mansion and search for the missing volumes. But what they don't know is that another force is embarked on the same quest, a man who is the first manifestation of the true homo sapiens superior the rightful inheritors of Earth and he considers mutants his mortal enemies... to be killed on sight! Cover price $2.99.