Coming in June, we're hosting a CBCS 10th Anniversary Auction! Now accepting submissions of CBCS-graded comics for auction.

Auction in progress, bid now! Weekly Auction ends Monday May 6!

Auctions: comic books in 'King in Black'

  • Item #60585249
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover

    King in Black Gwenom vs. Carnage (2021 Marvel) 1ILLUMINATI.B CGC 9.8 SS Nakayama Nakayama Illuminati Virgin Variant

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Signed by David Nakayama on 10/12/2023. Nakayama Variant Cover B.

    Label #4347439007

    Starts May 13

    Comics Illuminati (Unknown Comics, Comic Traders, and Street Level Hero) exclusive Virgin cover by David Nakayama. Written by Seanan McGurie. Art by Flaviano. GWEN STACY ENTERS THE FRAY AGAINST THE KING IN BLACK! Bonded to a synthetic symbiote from another reality, GHOST-SPIDER, aka Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, is unique among the webslingers of the multiverse! But when KNULL descends on her adopted home, his gravity well of dark psychic energy will reap unforeseen consequences not only on Gwen, but on her symbiotic suit as well! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

  • Item #60517179
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    Published Feb 2021 by Marvel.

    King in Black (2021 Marvel) 1B CGC 9.8 SS Cates/ Stegman Stegman Variant

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Signed and Sketch by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman on 7/16/21 Stegman

    Label #2677906028

    Ends May 6 8:37 PM CST
    Bid History 1 bid
    Current Bid $1
    Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register.

    Written by Donny Cates. Art and Cover by Ryan Stegman and JP Mayer. DARKNESS REIGNS! After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull's death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn't come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth's heroes have ever faced. EDDIE BROCK, A.K.A. VENOM has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of Knull's symbiotic monsters can wreak - will he survive an encounter with the God of the Abyss himself? From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin and VC's Clayton Cowles comes the definitive chapter in their two-year-long VENOM saga that changed everything you thought you knew about symbiotes! 56 pages, full color . Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

  • Item #60545462
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    Published Feb 2021 by Marvel.

    King in Black (2021 Marvel) 1B CGC 9.8 SS Cate/Stegman Stegman Variant

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Signed and sketch by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman on 02/10/2021.

    Label #2593298028

    Starts May 6

    Written by Donny Cates. Art and Cover by Ryan Stegman and JP Mayer. DARKNESS REIGNS! After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull's death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn't come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth's heroes have ever faced. EDDIE BROCK, A.K.A. VENOM has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of Knull's symbiotic monsters can wreak - will he survive an encounter with the God of the Abyss himself? From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin and VC's Clayton Cowles comes the definitive chapter in their two-year-long VENOM saga that changed everything you thought you knew about symbiotes! 56 pages, full color . Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

  • Item #60517043
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    Published Feb 2021 by Marvel.

    King in Black (2021 Marvel) 1M CGC 9.8 SS Cates/ Stegman Cates 1:500 Variant

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Signed and Sketch by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman on 2/11/21 Cates Variant Cover

    Label #3773852002

    Starts May 6

    Limited 1 for 500 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman and JP Mayer. Cover by Donny Cates. DARKNESS REIGNS! After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull's death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn't come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth's heroes have ever faced. EDDIE BROCK, A.K.A. VENOM has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of Knull's symbiotic monsters can wreak - will he survive an encounter with the God of the Abyss himself? From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin and VC's Clayton Cowles comes the definitive chapter in their two-year-long VENOM saga that changed everything you thought you knew about symbiotes! 56 pages, full color . Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

  • Item #60517175
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    Published Feb 2021 by Marvel.

    King in Black (2021 Marvel) 1M CGC 9.8 SS Cates/ Stegman Cates 1:500 Variant

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Signed and Sketch by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman on 2/11/21 Cates Variant Cover

    Label #3773852001

    Ends May 6 8:38 PM CST
    Bid History 1 bid
    Current Bid $1
    Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register.

    Limited 1 for 500 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Ryan Stegman and JP Mayer. Cover by Donny Cates. DARKNESS REIGNS! After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull's death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn't come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth's heroes have ever faced. EDDIE BROCK, A.K.A. VENOM has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of Knull's symbiotic monsters can wreak - will he survive an encounter with the God of the Abyss himself? From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin and VC's Clayton Cowles comes the definitive chapter in their two-year-long VENOM saga that changed everything you thought you knew about symbiotes! 56 pages, full color . Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

  • Item #60336782
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover

    King in Black Planet of the Symbiotes (2021 Marvel) 3 CGC 9.8

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Label #3823427002

    Starts Jul 6

    Written by Rodney Barnes and Steve Orlando. Art by Gerardo Sandoval and Danilo Beyruth. Cover by Philip Tan. A DARK SHADOW LOOMS OVER CLOAK AND DAGGER! PLUS: THE RETURN OF TOXIN! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

  • Item #60723332
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover

    King in Black Omnibus HC (2022 Marvel) 1B-1ST VF+ 8.5

    Ends May 6 8:38 PM CST
    Bid History no bids
    Minimum Bid $1
    Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register.

    Dawn of the King Cover

    1st printing. Collects King in Black (2021 Marvel) #1-5; King in Black: Immortal Hulk (2020 Marvel), King in Black: Iron Man/Doom (2020 Marvel), King in Black: Black Knight (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Marauders (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Black Panther (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Captain America (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Wiccan and Hulking (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Spider-Man (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Scream (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Ghost Rider (2021 Marvel); King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage (2021 Marvel) #1-3; King in Black: Namor (2020 Marvel) #1-5; King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes (2021 Marvel) #1-3; King in Black: Return of the Valkyries (2021 Marvel) #1-4;King in Black: Thunderbolts (2021 Marvel) #1-3; Symbiote Spider-Man: King in Black (2020 Marvel) #1-5; Black Cat (2020 4th Series Marvel) #1-3; Daredevil (2019-2022 7th Series) #26-27; Deadpool (2020 Marvel) #10; Fantastic Four (2018 6th Series) #29-30; Guardians of the Galaxy (2020 7th Series) #10; Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2019 Marvel) #23; S.W.O.R.D. (2021 Marvel) #2-4; Savage Avengers (2019-2022 Marvel) #17-19; Spider-Woman (2020 Marvel 7th Series) #7-8; The Union (2020 Marvel) #1-2; Venom (20182021 Marvel) #31-34; and King in Black Handbook (2020 Marvel).

    Cover by Ryan Stegman.

    Darkness reigns in the Marvel Universe!

    After a campaign of terror across the galaxy, Knull - ancient and malevolent god of symbiotes - reaches Earth with an endless army of symbiote dragons at his command! The King in Black is a force unlike any ever faced by Venom and the rest of the planet's heroes - but now Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the Sub-Mariner and more must battle an endless wave of darkness! Outgunned and badly outnumbered, can anyone possibly survive Knull's symbiotic onslaught? Or will they all be forced to bow to the King in Black?

    Featuring every epic chapter in one monstrous, black-hearted volume!

    Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 1,568 pages, full color. Parental Advisory

    Credits:

    Written by Donny Cates, Al Ewing, Christopher Cantwell, Simon Spurrier, Gerry Duggan, Geoffrey Thorne, Danny Lore, Tini Howard, Jed MacKay, Clay McLeod Chapman, Ed Brisson, Seanan McGurie, Kurt Busiek, Clay McLeod Chapman, Frank Tieri, Jason Aaron, Torunn Gronbekk, Matthew Rosenberg, Jed MacKay, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Dan Slott, Saladin Ahmed, Karla Pacheco, and Paul Grist.

    Art by Ryan Stegman, Aaron Kuder, Salvador Larroca, Jesus Saiz, Luke Ross, German Peralta, Mirko Colak, Luciano Vecchio, Michele Bandini, Garry Brown, Juan Frigeri, Flaviano, Ben Dewey, Jonas Scharf, Guiu Vilanova, Danilo Beyrouth, Nina Vakueva, Juan Ferreyra, C.F. Villa, Nina Vakueya, Marco Checchetto, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, Ze Carlos, Juan Cabal, Carmen Nunez Carnero, Valerio Schiti, Kev Walker, Pere Perez, Andrea Di Vito, Paul Grist, and Iban Coello.

    Cover price $150.00.

  • Item #60518177
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Published Aug 2019 by Marvel.

    Silver Surfer Black (2019 Marvel) 1E CBCS 9.4 SS Zeck Zeck 1:100 Variant

    Paper: White

    Witnessed Sig: Michael Zeck (with sketch) on 05/20/2020. Hidden Gem Variant.

    Label #20-1C5DDE8-028

    Starts May 6

    Limited 1 for 100 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Tradd Moore. Cover by Mike Zeck. Spinning out of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1, almost the entire galaxy's defenders have been blown through a black hole, including the Silver Surfer! But the story doesn't end thereā€¦ In order to fight back the oblivion, Surfer will have to fight to save his own soul and not lose himself to the void. Follow the Sentinel of the Spaceways on a journey that will change him forever! From superstars Donny Cates (VENOM, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) and Tradd Moore (ALL-NEW GHOST RIDER, VENOM)! Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.