Comic Art Weekly

A summary of the week in original comic art

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Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00 (CET)

After a short summer break, we’re back with this week’s ComicArtTracker overview for original comic art collectors. Let’s take a clear look at the pieces, listings, and auction dates worth having on your radar.

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Past week auction recapAuctions results

Hake’s sold 235 of 268 lots, totaling $222,839, with a median price of $428. The session was led by Mark Bagley and Larry Mahlstedt’s New Warriors #10 cover, which sold for $28,524, above its $7,000–10,000 estimate. Ron Lim and Joe Rubenstein’s Infinity Gauntlet #5 splash page followed at $12,455, slightly above its $8,000–12,000 estimate, while another Ron Lim Infinity Gauntlet #5 Thanos and Galactus splash page reached $9,356. Other higher results included Al Kilgore’s first Bullwinkle daily strip pencil art at $6,991, Jim Lee’s X-Men Annual #1 page layouts at $4,680, and Dave Cockrum’s Uncanny X-Men #156 page at $4,774.

Heritage offered more than 300 pieces and sold nearly all of them, with 364 sales totaling $249,001 and a $300 median. Larry Lieber and Frank Giacoia’s Captain Britain #2 cover sold for $10,625, Dick Ayers’ unused Two-Gun Kid #70 cover for $10,000, and Alex Toth’s Creepy #7 story page for $7,500. Michael Kaluta’s Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual illustration group and Bernie Wrightson’s unpublished Captain Sternn story page each sold for $9,375, while Humberto Ramos’ Empyre #2 Spider-Man variant cover reached $5,250.

Landry Pop Auctions sold 164 of 177 lots, totaling $53,188, with a $153 median. David Finch’s Walking Dead Deluxe #110 cover led at $2,286, below its $4,000–6,000 estimate, followed by Greg Land’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian #4 cover at $2,196, within its $2,000–4,000 estimate. Tony Daniel’s Batman: Faces of Death DC Essentials cover sold for $1,952, Earl Norem’s Amazing Spider-Man: The Big Top Mystery page for $1,651, and Ron Wilson and Mike Esposito’s Mighty World of Marvel unpublished cover for $1,586.

Catawiki sold 240 of 349 listed lots, totaling €40,633, with an €80 median. Don Lawrence’s Storm original page sold for €2,900. A group of dedications featuring Franquin, Hubinon, Morris, Graton, Roba, Jacques Martin, Will, Jidéhem, and Françoise sold as a multi-artist dedication lot for €1,978, while Giovanni Ticci’s Tex drawing reached €1,200. Other results included Gil Formosa’s Buck Danny back-cover drawing and a Will Eisner studio Spirit page, each at €850.

eBay reported notable marketplace auction sales led by Elzie Segar’s Popeye’s Ark original strip at $6,500. A Marvel Saga #18 Thor back cover signed by Keith Pollard and Al Milgrom sold for $3,000, Don Perlin’s Werewolf by Night #38 original page for $1,395, and John Rosenberger’s Adventures of the Fly #15 splash page for $1,275. Massimo Belardinelli’s 2000 AD The Dead original art sold for £672.54, about $900 or €790.

Raremarq sold 55 of 159 auction lots, totaling $16,720, with a $200 median. The top result was Artgerm’s Supergirl sketch cover at $2,290, followed by Sunao Saito’s Cassandra Cain illustration at $700, Borja Burgueño Moreno’s Symbiote Spider-Man sketch cover at $685, and Santa Fung’s Dark Phoenix sketch cover at $660.

Among smaller sources, mycomicshop.com sold all ten listed sketch and pin-up lots, led by Norm Breyfogle’s Prime sketch at $52. The misc / divers group included several low-price sales, led by a Norm-signed Detective Comics #611 page at $220.

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eBay added a small auction group, led by Johnny Ryan’s Prison Pit original art group, currently at $800. John Romita Sr.’s Spider-Man pencil sketch is at $305, and Bill Vigoda’s Archie’s Pals ’n’ Gals #19 page is at $270.

Catawiki added a large run of active original art auctions. Current higher bids include Gil Formosa’s XIII vs Buck Danny page at €1,100, Corrado Roi’s Dylan Dog: Le Nebbie di Praga page at €400, Jan Bosschaert’s Sam original page at €275, Claudio Villa’s Tex cover at €320, and José González’s Ceremony of the Innocent drawing at €245.

Raremarq has both active auctions and fixed-price listings. In auction format, Jorge Molina’s Absolute Batman #22 variant cover is at $9,500, Steve Dillon’s Preacher #35 page is at $1,775, and a We Live Age of Palladions #1 cover bundle is at $1,400. Fixed-price additions include Marco Santucci’s Tyler Rake: An Extraction Story #4 cover at $2,000, Robyn Hood: Enter the Sandman cover at $1,500, and Alexis Ziritt’s Exquisite Corpses #1 variant cover at $1,200.

Thornbush Art listed a large fixed-price group, headed by Richard Corben’s Son of Mutant #4 painted cover at €100,000, Albert Uderzo’s Asterix, Obelix and Idefix cover at €75,000, Wallace Wood’s Haunt of Fear #6 title page at €60,000, Frank Miller’s Sin City Hell and Back double page at €26,000, and top-ranked Moebius with a mixed-media drawing at €26,000.

Neat Stuff Vault added two high-end DC pages: Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt’s Legion of Super-Heroes #292 page at $39,995, and Don Newton and Frank Chiaramonte’s Detective Comics #513 Batman page at $33,329.

Essential Sequential listed Rafael Albuquerque’s Absolute Series connecting covers at $12,500, along with several Yildiray Cinar pieces from What If...? Spider-Man and Legion of Super-Heroes, including the What If...? Spider-Man #1 variant cover at $3,500 and the Legion of Super-Heroes #8 cover at $2,500.

Galerie Barbier listed top-ranked Moebius with Starwatcher original drawing at €8,000. Venere Comic Art added Massimiliano Frezzato’s Pinocchio illustration at €7,500, Klaus Janson’s Blood and Glory #1 splash page at €6,000, and Frank Cho’s Hunchback of Notre Dame illustration at €5,000.

Scott’s Collectables listed Werther Dell’Edera’s Something is Killing the Children #31 double page at £4,100, about $5,500 or €4,800, Kael Ngu’s G.I. Joe #1 cover at £3,060, about $4,100 or €3,600, and Michael Walsh’s Superman Red & Blue #1 cover at £3,035, about $4,000 or €3,600.

Kirby’s Comic Art added several David Mack Daredevil: Born Again official Marvel Studios pieces, including panel 3, panel 4, and panel 1, each at £6,500, about $8,700 or €7,600. Philippe Labaune Gallery listed multiple Paul Pope works, including Wang Dang Doodle at $7,000 and Untitled, 2025 at $6,000.

Kinetic Collectibles added a large selection of modern covers and interior pages, including Dani’s Batwoman #5 cover at $2,750, Luana Vecchio’s Post Malone’s Big Rig #2 variant cover at $2,500, and Laurence Campbell’s Hellboy & the B.P.R.D.: The Ghost Ships of Labrador #2 cover at $1,700. Nicola Scott also listed a large artist-direct group, led by Wonder Woman March Madness cover, Secret Six omnibus cover, and Superman Movie cover, each at $3,500.

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Heritage has more than 700 original art lots scheduled or active. The highlighted current bids include Frank Springer and Kim DeMulder’s Transformers #2 story page at $2,062.50 and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1 page at $1,437.50. Other active lots include Gary Larson’s Far Side sketch at $2,500, Mike Grell’s Star Trek / Legion of Super-Heroes #3 variant cover at $820, Artgerm’s Magik illustration at $656.25, and John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein’s Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Beetle illustration at $537.50.

The misc / divers active group includes two major current bids: Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen page 24 with color guide at $22,000 and Tony Moore’s Walking Dead #15 cover at $15,000. John Romita Jr.’s Daredevil #254 Typhoid Mary page is at $5,100, with several Paul Pope Ballad of Doctor Richardson and Horse Comics pages clustered around $499.99.

Septimus has close to 300 lots scheduled in euros, with several major Franco-Belgian pieces. The headline estimates include Hergé’s Tintin and Snowy travel drawing at €18,000–22,000, Hergé’s Tintin and the Picaros double panel at €15,000–18,000, Juanjo Guarnido’s Les Indes Fourbes original page at €9,500–11,500, Jacques Martin’s Alix: La griffe noire page at €8,000–10,000, and Enki Bilal’s La ville qui n’existait pas page at €8,000–10,000.

Landry Pop Auctions has 45 lots, led among current bids by Matt Horak’s Spider-Man / Deadpool #36 pages at $750 and Shawn McManus’ Rhino vs Spider-Man illustration at $350. Bonhams has Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts daily strip from December 5, 1989 estimated at $8,000–12,000. Urania Casa d’Aste is offering 94 lots, led by Roberto Baldazzini’s Chiara - Severa Punizione, currently at €2,800.

Catawiki has more than 300 active lots. The featured items are Jan Bosschaert’s Sam original page at €275 and Virgilio Muzzi’s Tex Willer drawing at €185. Other current higher bids include Aurelio Galleppini’s Tex: Un Incarico Pericoloso page at €1,500, Gil Formosa’s XIII vs Buck Danny page at €1,100, Jijé’s Barbe Rouge drawing at €1,100, and Michel Blanc-Dumont’s Colby original page at €800.

eBay has a short current extract, with Bill Vigoda’s Archie’s Pals ’n’ Gals #19 original page at $270. Other tracked listings include Johnny Ryan’s Prison Pit original page group at $800 and John Romita Sr.’s Spider-Man pencil sketch at $305.

Raremarq has more than 100 auction lots, led by Jorge Molina’s Absolute Batman #22 variant cover at $9,500. Steve Dillon’s Preacher #35 page is at $1,775, a We Live Age of Palladions #1 cover bundle is at $1,400, Laura Braga’s G.I. Joe sketch cover is at $1,000, and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy pencil sketch is at $850.

todocoleccion has a smaller active auction group, led by Roger Subirachs’ El Rrollo underground original and Josep Farriol’s El Rrollo underground original, each at €600, plus Juan Martínez Osete’s Grandes Exploraciones original art group at €560.

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Moebius, Mike Mignola, Spider-Man, John Byrne, and Frank Miller occupy the top five positions in this week’s rankings. The rest of the top ten is Batman, Milo Manara, Jim Lee, Frank Frazetta, and Art Adams.

The largest one-week ranking gains were recorded by J.R.R. Tolkien, up from rank 1200 to 146, a gain of 1,054 places; Cerebus, up from 996 to 154; Lobo, up from 829 to 176; Brett Booth, up from 773 to 164; and Gorr the God Butcher, up from 767 to 187.

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