Auctions: comic books in 'Clown'

Harley Quinn (2000) 32 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4659186003

WRITTEN BY A.J. LIEBERMAN; ART BY STEVE YEOWELL; COVER BY MIKE HUDDLESTON AND TROY NIXEY. Featuring guest artist Steve Yeowell (STARMAN, THE INVISIBLES) and an appearance by the Clown Prince of Crime! Harley is about to cross the line from wacky to just plain insane! Bishop, the cop who's sworn to take down Harley for killing his partner, has unknowingly met her under her fake civilian guise of psychiatrist Jessica Seaborn. Now, Harley has accepted a date with this not-so-fine example of Gotham's finest. And just to keep Harley on her toes, Cupid has sent a certain psychotic ex-paramour to turn this into the strangest date in the history of love! Can you say...The Joker? FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

Harley Quinn Futures End (2014) 1A CGC 9.8 Conner Lenticular

Paper: White

Label #4662451017

3-D linticular cover, image changes. Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Chad Hardin. Cover by Amanda Conner. Harley and The Joker make it legal at last! Follow the happy couple to their secret honeymoon spot, where it's literally till death do they part! Cover price $3.99.

Harley Quinn Futures End (2014) 1A CGC 9.8 Conner Lenticular

Paper: White

Label #4662451018

3-D linticular cover, image changes. Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Chad Hardin. Cover by Amanda Conner. Harley and The Joker make it legal at last! Follow the happy couple to their secret honeymoon spot, where it's literally till death do they part! Cover price $3.99.

Harley Quinn Futures End (2014) 1A CGC 9.8 Conner Lenticular

Paper: White

Label #4662451019

3-D linticular cover, image changes. Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Chad Hardin. Cover by Amanda Conner. Harley and The Joker make it legal at last! Follow the happy couple to their secret honeymoon spot, where it's literally till death do they part! Cover price $3.99.

Harley Quinn Futures End (2014) 1A CGC 9.8 Conner Lenticular

Paper: White

Label #4662451020

3-D linticular cover, image changes. Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Chad Hardin. Cover by Amanda Conner. Harley and The Joker make it legal at last! Follow the happy couple to their secret honeymoon spot, where it's literally till death do they part! Cover price $3.99.

Joker (1975 DC) 1 CBCS 7.5

Paper: White

Label #22-1657F1A-032

Cover by Dick Giordano. "The Joker's Double Jeopardy!," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; When a new criminal breaks Two-Face out of Arkham Asylum, claiming that he has need of "a truly master criminal", the Joker is incensed; Soon, the Clown Prince of Crime stages his own breakout and tracks down Two-Face, determined to show just who Gotham's number-one criminal truly is. Article on the creation of the Joker. Hostess Twinkies ad with Batman. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Joker (1975 DC) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: White

Label #2090429022

Cover by Dick Giordano. "The Joker's Double Jeopardy!," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; When a new criminal breaks Two-Face out of Arkham Asylum, claiming that he has need of "a truly master criminal", the Joker is incensed; Soon, the Clown Prince of Crime stages his own breakout and tracks down Two-Face, determined to show just who Gotham's number-one criminal truly is. Article on the creation of the Joker. Hostess Twinkies ad with Batman. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Joker (1975 DC) 8 CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #2090429023

Cover by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua). Featuring: 17 page Joker story "The Scarecrow's Fearsome Face-Off!" Characters: the Joker, the Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane], Southpaw (Joker's henchman), Tooth (Joker's henchman), Dr. Farr, Nightmare (Scarecrow's pet raven), Sonny November; Jerry (student). In this tale, when the Joker makes a robbery dressed as the Scarecrow, the real Scarecrow hunts him down to exact revenge. Written by Elliot S! Maggin, with art by Irv Novick and Tex Blaisdell. Cover price $0.30.

Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 50 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage. Staple rust.

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Cover art by Marvin Stein. Ex-Con Shakedown, art by Marvin Stein; a man who makes a living shaking people down tries to get money from an ex-con. The Weak Link, pencils by Rudy Palais; a gang is hobbled by its weakest member. No Escape, pencils by Rudy Palais. The Alibi text article. Death Warrant. Ad for The Dollar Mystery Guild. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Kingdom Come (1996 DC) 1DF.SIGNED NM- 9.2 DF Signed Variant

One of 1500 copies signed and numbered by Mark Waid with Dynamic Forces certificate of authenticity. "Strange Visitor" kicks off what is arguably the greatest Elseworlds tale ever told. Kingdom Come, replete with grand storytelling and biblical prophecy, takes place in the near future when Superman has retired and a new, ruthlessly violent generation of "heroes" has corrupted the Earth, their questionable deeds culminating in the destruction of Kansas. Written by Mark Waid, with art by Alex Ross.

Man-Thing (1974 1st Series) 5 VF- 7.5

"Night of the Laughing Dead!" Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Mike Ploog and Frank Chiaramonte. The Man-Thing and his companions face the sinister assault of a spectral fiend. Includes Marvel Value Stamp. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.25.

Obnoxio the Clown vs. the X-Men (1983) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4505527007

Story and Art by Alan Kupperberg . More perplexing than Mister Mxyzptlk! More baffling than the Impossible Man! The Children of the Atom are in for the biggest headache of their lives when they try to match brawn and wit against the surliest, most ill-tempered prankster in the multiverse. It's the X-Men vs. the walking, talking conundrum known as Obnoxio the Clown! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.

Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) 79 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage and residue.

Cover art by Bob Montana. "Don't Talk Chum"; Archie and Jug try to help Sam stop stuttering. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; The devil tempts Sis into spending all her money on candy; She gets sick, and Katy gives her Castor Oil. "The Private Eye"; Ferdy becomes a private eye and ends up in jail. "It's All in the Mind," art by Joe Edwards; Mr. Wilkins can't get any respect until he takes Wilbur's advice on the stock market, not knowing it's based on a 20 year old newspaper. "Ah-hh Spring!"; t's springtime and nobody wants to be in school; Especially after Jughead tosses a bag of garlic into the ventilation system. "It's the Breaks," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx makes a snowman around a fire hydrant for stability; Bill wants to teach her a lesson by sledding through the snowman to destroy it. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Adventures (1950 1st Series) 205 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4272505005

1st appearance of Deadman in "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?" Script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Carmine Infantino. Back-up story: "War of the Mind Readers!" Infantino/George Roussos cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press) 60 VG- 3.5

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Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and Jack Sparling. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The use of hot-air balloons in warfare; The history of American clowns; Gladiatorial combat in Rome. The World's Funniest Clowns; Underground Fighter; Favorite Fiddler; Gunning for Balloons; Speedway Speed Demon; Butch the Bum; Loafer's Reward; Kill or Be Killed!; Cities of Destiny: Los Angeles; What Would You Do?; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.