Art & Inks by Frank Frazzetta
WSF was a science fiction anthology comic that ran for 7 issues starting on March 1954. And this art you are seeing on the left was the cover for its #29 issue - considered by most comic art afficionados as one of the finest comic masterpieces of all time. Frazetta's beautiful anatomy and great attention to detail up to the tiniest parts of this original art -is simply stunning and downright incredible.
How much was this original art for?
Frazetta's Family sold this for an amazing $380,000 to Jim Halperin, co-chariman of the third largest auction house - Heritage Auctions.
Wow. That's a lot of money. But wait till you see this next piece of comic royalty made by another Frank.
Most Expensive Interior Art:
Splash Page from The Dark Knight Returns #3
Pencils and Inks by Frank Miller
Frank Miller's DKR was one of the main guns that triggered the start of the industry's turn from child-friendly, lighthearted stories into something dark, gritty and violent.
DKR featured an aging Bruce Wayne/Batman coming back out of retirement to don the iconic cowl and rid his beloved Gotham City of more evil, and was considered as one of the greatest comic books of all time (but I don't buy that totally.)
This original art by Miller showing Batman and his sidekick Robin jumping out of the Gotham night - sold for a whopping $448,125, making it the most priced original art ever.
Damn, I thought the economy is not good nowadays? Where do these junkies get their money to pay for a piece of paper with Batman and Robin? Crazy insane.
Now if you thought that was crazy expensive, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Because there is one particular comic artifact that was sold... at a price that would totally blow your minds off like you have no idea.
Most Expensive Comic Book:
Action Comics #1
Art by Joe Shuster
This is called the "Holy Grail" of comic books.
The one that started it all.
It featured the first ever superhero. The one that would eventually become the superhero-archetype and an American cultural icon.
His name?
Superman.
The price?
A copy (in great "brand-new" condition) of Action Comics #1 was bought by an unknown buyer from ComicConnect.com for a staggering... mind-boggling... totally out-of-this-shit price of...
$1,500,000. (those who threw their copies of this comic book might have probably kicked themselves in the head)
Just in case you thought what you just read was a typo, I'll repeat it again:
1.5 MILLION. U.S. DOLLARS.
'Nuff said. I wanna find one of these somewhere in the garbage cans right now and be a fucking millionaire.
