Heritage held their Signature Showcase Auction this past week, featuring a curated selection of high-grade and key books from the Golden Age up to the present. Below are the key auction results establishing all-time sales records in grade.

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Eastern Color ⋅ 1934
Low
$3.7k
Mid
$9.9k
High
$27.9k

Key Facts

First ongoing monthly comic book to be sold on newsstands

Fawcett ⋅ 1950
Low
$1.2k
Mid
$4k
High
$12k

Key Facts

Short lived series that stayed away from common racial stereotypes with stories about romance, going to college and other middle-class pursuits

Low
$415
Mid
$1.2k
High
$5.3k

Key Facts

Cover art by Bill Everett

Low
$455
Mid
$1.4k
High
$8.2k

Key Facts

Second issue

St. John ⋅ 1953
Low
$550
Mid
$1.5k
High
$5.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Matt Baker

Low
$650
Mid
$2k
High
$12k

Key Facts

3rd appearance of the Red Skull

Although the Red Skull made his third appearance in Young Allies #4, a later retcon made Young Allies a comic book that existed in the Marvel Universe

Low
$3k
Mid
$9k
High
$39k

Key Facts

4th appearance of Superman

Timely ⋅ 1942
Low
$275
Mid
$830
High
$3.4k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Powerhouse Pepper

David McKay ⋅ 1936
Low
$3k
Mid
$10k
High
$30k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Popeye in standard comics - reprinted newspaper comic strips

1st appearance of Flash Gordon in standard comics - reprinted newspaper comic strips

1st appearance of Mandrake the Magician

1st appearance of Brick Bradford

Low
$640
Mid
$2.2k
High
$6.8k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Santa Claus in DC Comics

Promotional giveaway distributed by multiple retailers including: Bailey's, Macy's, Royal Crown, Toyland and Boston Store

St. John ⋅ 1955
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Key Facts

Cover art by Matt Baker

Low
$50
Mid
$150
High
$550

Key Facts

Origin of Wonder Woman's costume

Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

Cover art by Alex Schomburg

EC ⋅ 1955
Low
$90
Mid
$275
High
$900

Key Facts

1st cameo appearance of Alfred E Neuman on the cover of MAD Magazine

Previously appeared on the cover of The MAD Reader

Hitler & Stalin on cover

Popeye vs Superman parody

Low
$170
Mid
$550
High
$1.7k

Key Facts

Cover art depicting an atomic bomb

Prize ⋅ 1945
Low
$420
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4.2k

Key Facts

Premiere issue of a series created by Dick Briefer that follows the humorous adventures of Frankenstein as he returns from the war and settles into small-town life

The series ceased publication in 1949 yet resumed in 1952 as a horror comic

DC ⋅ 1936
Low
$1.1k
Mid
$3.6k
High
$7k

Key Facts

Prototype of Superman

Low
$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k

Key Facts

Cover and interior art by Matt Baker featuring Rulah

Low
$170
Mid
$540
High
$2.5k

Key Facts

Cover art featuring Hitler

Archie ⋅ 1968
Low
$80
Mid
$230
High
$815

Key Facts

Innuendo cover

Fawcett ⋅ 1942
Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

Battle of Captain Marvel Jr. vs Captain Nazi

DC ⋅ 1971
Low
$9
Mid
$20
High
$90

Key Facts

Final issue, cover art by Neal Adams

DC ⋅ 1965
Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$70

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Fisherman, an enemy of Aquaman

DC ⋅ 1937
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Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.
Fawcett ⋅ 1940
Low
$290
Mid
$850
High
$3.5k

Key Facts

Debut of Captain Marvel costume with full buttons on chest flap - interior splash page only

Catechetical Guild ⋅ 1950
Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k

Key Facts

32-page anti-Communism promotional giveaway distributed to children attending Catholic school

Features the true story of a Soviet boy named Pavlik Morozov who reported his father to the political police for forging documents to sell to enemies resulting in the man's execution. The boy was later killed by other members of his family for the betrayal of his father and achieved hero status by the people of the Soviet Union

Henle ⋅ 1936
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Key Facts

First artwork in comics by Will Eisner

Low
$390
Mid
$1.1k
High
$5k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Ultra-Man, Gary Concord

Fawcett ⋅ 1940
Low
$345
Mid
$1k
High
$4.2k

Key Facts

4th appearance of Captain Marvel (Shazam)

4th appearance of Dr. Sivana

2nd appearance of Beautia

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