Auctions: comic books February 2020

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) Facsimile Edition 38A CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4691722014

Written by Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Jack Lehti, Gardner Fox, Chad Grothkopf and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Maurice Kashuba, Dennis Neville, Jack Lehti, Fred Guardineer, Chad Grothkopf, Ken Ernst and Don Lynch. Art by Bob Kane & Various. Cover by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. Find out why Batman's partner in crimefighting was billed as 'the sensational character find of 1940' in this special reprint issue that features the first appearance of Robin, the Boy Wonder! Also in this issue: 'Spy,' and 'Slam Bradley,' both written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel; plus the Crimson Avenger, Speed Saunders, and other detective features! 64 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Ghost Rider 2099 (2019 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.8 Giandiordano

Paper: White

Label #25-2793B47-017

2099 (The Fight for the Future): Part 8 of 13 - Written by Ed Brisson. Art by Damian Couceiro. Cover by Valerio Giangiordano.

NOTE: Story continued from Amazing Spider-Man (2018 6th Series) #35.

SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE OVERDRIVE! It's the city that never stops! Welcome to Transverse City, where everything's for sale-if you're fast enough to take it! Kenshiro 'Zero' Cochrane was just your average keyboard cowboy until he shocked with the wrong people and got murdered-life's a glitch, ain't it? Now, with a second chance from a higher power and an advanced weaponized automaton, Zero will punish those who have spilled innocent blood! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+

NOTE: Story continues in Venom 2099 (2019 Marvel).

Cover price $4.99.

Suicide Squad (2020 DC) 1UNKNOWN.B CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Unknown Comics Edition B.

Label #2130365004

Unknown Comics exclusive Minimal Trade Dress Variant Cover by Ryan Brown. Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Bruno Redondo. Task Force X-nicknamed the Suicide Squad-unites some of the DCU's unlikeliest villains for its bloodiest series yet! The Squad's new mission is to neutralize a new group of international super-terrorists known as the Revolutionaries-and not everyone on either side will make it out back alive! But when the U.S. government's most deniable team of do-badders realizes that the surviving Revolutionaries will be joining the Squad, all hell breaks loose! Who can Harley Quinn and Deadshot trust when their new teammates are the very people their crew was assigned to kill? The Suicide Squad doesn't just need to worry about surviving their next mission... now they have to survive each other! The acclaimed Injustice creative team of writer Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo reunite for the wildest incarnation of the Squad ever seen! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+

Venom (2018 Marvel) 21A CGC 9.6 Bagley

Paper: White

Label #2093612002

Venom Island: Part 1 of 5 - Written by Donny Cates. Art and Cover by Mark Bagley. VENOM ISLAND BEGINS HERE! 'Nuff said! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.