Friday, February 5, 2016

Cockrum/Colan/Kubert School Scholarship Fundraiser

This auction has ended. 

Winners--please add up your winning lots and PayPal the EXACT amount to sales@aardwolfpublishing.com.  If you enter the TOTAL as a purchase for goods, we will invoice you for the PayPal fee, or you can just choose the "send money" option.

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Thanks to everyone for bidding. We will be offering additional items in about 30-45 days. Everyone who bid will be notified. Questions? Email cliffmeth@aol.com


Signed by Bernie Taupin 
Thanks to Harlan Ellison, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bob McLeod, Neal Adams, Walter Simonson and Stan Lee for signing items for this auction.

This private auction by the Dave Cockrum Estate is conducted under the auspices of the SIDEKICK Foundation, which was founded to aid comics creators in need. Funds are used to continue funding both the Gene Colan Scholarship and the Dave and Paty Cockrum Scholarship, which are awarded annually to students at the Joe Kubert School for Comic Art.

To bid, email the item number and description as well as your bid to cliffmeth@aol.com. High bids are updated frequently. We reserve the right to end bidding on any item if we feel it's value has been reached. Exact shipping costs will also be charged to lot winners. In addition, if you use PayPal, you'll be asked to pay their fee (or send the $ w/o incurring fees for anyone).




Lot # 1 - ATOM & HAWKMAN #39 CGC SIGNATURE SERIES graded 6.5 Signed by JOE KUBERT - winning bid $100 (CJO)
Two signed comics from Gene Colan's personal files


Lot #2 - BLACKHAWK #12 (Quality Comics, Fall 1946) CGC Certified as "From the Estate of Dave Cockrum" and graded 3.0 - winning bid $70 (EdZ)

Lot #3 - CAPTAIN MARVEL JR. #101 (Fawcett, 1951) CGC RESTORED Certified as "From the Estate of Dave Cockrum" and graded Apparent 4.5 - winning bid $50 (Zhiyou)

11x17 Deathlok by Marvel artist John Hebert
Lot #4 - CLIVE BARKER'S HARROWERS #1, #5 and #6 - All three comics from Gene Colan's file copies - minimum bid just $6 for ALL 3 comics - NO SALE

Lot #5 - CURSE OF DRACULA #2 - Gene Colan's personal file copy signed by both Gene Colan & Marv Wolfman - winning bid $50 (thjimmy)

Lot #6 - ESCAPIST #2 -  Signed by Gene Colan - from Gene Colan's file copies - winning bid: $12 (Dray)

Lot #7 - FUTURIANS #2 - Dave Cockrum's file copywinning bid $10 (RandyS)

Lot #8 - GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS - Signed by Gene Simmons (of KISS) - winning bid $50 (thjimmy)

Lot #9 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 - Signed by Gene Colan - winning bid: $25 (JPS)

Original art by Gene Colan - 3-1/2"x4-3/4" image on board (poor lighting on photo, art is clean)
Lot #10 - HOWARD THE DUCK #5 (B&W strip book from Marvel)  - Signed by Gene Colan - from Gene Colan's file copies - sold to FordD

Lot #11 - HOWARD THE DUCK - MAGAZINE #4  - Signed by Gene Colan - from Gene Colan's file copies - winning bid: $20 (JPS)

Lot #12 - INCREDIBLE HULK 102 CGC graded FN 6.0 - winning bid HM

Lot #13 - INCREDIBLE HULK - Original pencil art (unsigned) - Current bid $120 (JPS)

Lot #14 - INVINCIBLE IRON MAN KING-SIZE SPECIAL #1 (Iron Man vs. Sub-Mariner) CGC SIGNATURE SERIES graded 8.0 Signed by GENE COLAN -  winning bid $90 (ColinMc)

Lot #15 - THE MAXX #1 - signed by Bill Messner-Loebs - minimum bid just $5

Lot #16 - THE MAXX Graphic Novel - signed by creators Sam Keith & Bill Messner-Loebs - winning bid $20 (DShewman)

Lot #17 - PREDATOR HELL & HOT WATER GRAPHIC NOVEL - art by Gene Colan - Gene Colan's personal file copy -  winning bid $20 (DennisD)


From Gene Colan's personal file copies, and signed by Colan


Lot #18 - SHARKMAN - Gene Colan's personal file copy AND god of war SIGNED by Marv Wolfman - NO SALE

Lot #19 - SPAWN #33 - signed by Todd McFarlane - winning bid $20 (DennisCh)

Lot #20 - SUB-MARINER COMICS #39 (Atlas Comics, 1955 - Bill Everett story, Joe Maneely cover, Namora appearance) CGC Certified as "From the Estate of Dave Cockrum" and graded 4.5 - winning bid $200 (Zhiyou)

Hardcover signed by STAN LEE
Lot #21 - SUB-MARINER #11 CGC SIGNATURE SERIES graded 8.0 Signed by GENE COLAN  - Sold to RobR 

Lot #22 - X-MEN 94 CGC graded FN- 5.5 - winning bid $210 DennisCh

Lot #23 - X-MEN 97 CGC graded VG/FN 5.0 - winning bid $40 (HyC)

Lot #24 - Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible Stan Lee (hardcover) signed for this auction by Stan Lee - winning bid $120 (MNiosi)

Lot #25 - THIS BASTARD PLANET (stories by Clifford Meth, cover by Joe Linsner) signed by Meth, Dave Cockrum, Paty Cockrum, Gene Colan & Marie Severin (who all have art in the book) - Sold to RobR 

Lot #26 - Marvel Masterworks - Avengers #59-68 remarqued with original Gene Colan (small) sketch of Black Panther's head (see images) Mint condition - winning bid $95 (ColinMc)



Lot #27 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Black Profiles in Courage (in wraps) signed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - NO SALE

Lot #28 - Hand-autographed photo of Ken Griffey Jr. (who just made the Baseball Hall of Fame) - NO SALE

Lot #29 - JEMM SON OF SATURN #3-12 - These were GENE COLAN's personal file copies - all in beautiful condition. All ten (10) comics - winning bid $15 (ColinMc)

LOT #30 - SUB-MARINER #27, 28 and 29 -- all from the personal collection of DAVE COCKRUM. All three (3) of these Silver Age comics - winning bid $25 (DanH).

LOT #31 - PHANTOM STRANGER #28, 39 and 40 -- all from the personal collection of DAVE COCKRUM. All three (3) of these Silver Age comics  - winning bid $20 (AndyS)

LOT #32 - ELEKTRA #1 and #4 -- both from the personal collection of DAVE COCKRUM and both signed by BILL SIENKIEWICZ. Both of these beautiful comics - winning bid $30 (DennisCh)

LOT #33 - THOR #374 signed by Walt Simonson - winning bid of $10 (JLam)

LOT #34 - Tales of Suspense #39 - Marvel Milestone Edition - reprints first appearance of Iron Man - signed by both Don Heck and Gene Colan. winning bid $40 (MikeW)

LOT #35 - Defenders 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31 and 32 - Twelve (12) comics in this lot - winning bid $22 to HankM

Gambit 9x12 sketch by Marvel artist John Hebert
LOT #36 - HAWKMAN #0 signed by Bill Messner-Loebs - winning bid $5 (Dray)

LOT #38 - Detective Comics #528 - CGC Signature Series - Signed by Gene Colan - 8.5 condition - winning bid $35 (HyC)

from the personal collection of Dave Cockrum
LOT #39 - Hardcover edition of god's 15 Minutes by Clifford Meth (introductions and afterwords by Harlan Ellison and Robert Bloch), cover by Wm. Michael Kaluta and interior art by Gene Colan, Dave Cockrum, Marie Severin, Joe Sinnott, Gray Morrow, George Perez & Herb Trimpe - signedwinning bid $20 (thjimmy)

Lot #40 - CRIB DEATH & OTHER BEDTIME STORIES (stories by Clifford Meth, cover by Joe Linsner) signed by Meth, Dave Cockrum, Paty Cockrum & Marie Severin (who all have art in the book) - NO SALE

LOT #41 - From the boyhood collection of Dave Cockrum, Captain Marvel Adventures #95 & The Marvel Family #22 - both of these Golden Age books together - winning bid $30 (DennisCh)

LOT #42 - Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 46, 90, 93, and 96 - winning bid $16 (DennisCh)

LOT #43 - 5 different Silver Age UNKNOWN WORLDS comics with covers by Kurt Schaffenberger (see photo) - winning bid $20 (jmartin)

LOT #44 - 7 different Silver Age Charlton comics (Fightin' Airforce, Fightin' Airforce, Fightin' Army and Teen Love) (see photo)  - winning bid $15 - (JMartin)
7 Charlton comics from Dave Cockrum Estate

LOT #45 - The Fly #3 (1959, VG/FN) and The Fly #4 (1960, FN+) from the Estate of Dave Cockrum. - winning bid $35 (EdZ)

LOT #46 - Uncanny X-Men #164 - Dave Cockrum's file copy (contains Cockrum art) - cover untrimmed - this was a "proof copy" given to Cockrum from Marvel -- Dave had only one of these for every issue that he drew of the X-Men and we have very few left (the others were auctioned off over the years) - winning bid $85 (DennisCh)

LOT #47 - Avengers #124 - Dave Cockrum's file copy (contains Cockrum inks over J. Buscema pencils) - winning bid $20 (JDavids)

LOT #49 - The Legion #25  - Dave Cockrum's file copy - winning bid $5 (EdZ)

LOT #50 - Justice League Quarterly #8 - Dave Cockrum's file copy (contains Cockrum art) - note: on this cover, Dave does a homage to his X-Men #100 cover - winning bid: $10 EdZ

LOT #51 - She-Hulk #54 - Dave Cockrum's file copy (Dave Cockrum cover art) - min. bid $8… NO SALE

LOT #52 - Hulk #207 - Dave Cockrum's file copy (Dave Cockrum cover art) - winning bid $10 (DennisCh)


LOT #53 - GI Joe Special Missions #24 - Dave Cockrum's file copy (Dave Cockrum cover art / pencils) - signed for this auction by cover inker Bob McLeod - min. bid $10… NO SALE

LOT #54 - Four (4) X-Men file copies from Dave Cockrum's files: X-Men Chronicle (new full-team X-Men cover by Cockrum, rare), X-Men Special Edition #1, X-Men Collectible Classics (35th anniversary ed. of Giant-Size X-Men #1 with new cover), and X-Men Archives #4  - winning bid $40 (HankM)

LOT #55 - Warriors of Plasm Home for the Holidays graphic novel - Dave Cockrum's file copy (Dave Cockrum art) - This copy was signed by Dave Cockrum to his mother in law thus: "To a very special mom-in-law love, Dave Cockrum") - winning bid $15 (DennisCh)

LOT #56 - Fantastic Four #144 -  signed by Joe Sinnott - winning bid $55 (thjimmy)

LOT #57 - STRANGE KADDISH trade paperback, with stories by Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Bill Messner-Loebs, Clifford Meth and others; art by Dave Cockrum, Gray Morrow and others; painted cover by Gray Morrow - signed by Meth -  winning bid $20 (DShewman)

LOT #58 - Perverts, Pedophiles & Other Theologians - trade paperback (Barnes & Noble TOP 10 Horror Pick in 1997) cover and all interior art by Gene Colan, stories by Clifford Meth - signed by Meth -  NO SALE

LOT #58 - ONE SMALL VOICE (IDW Publishing) - trade paperback - cover by NEAL ADAMS, stories by Clifford Meth, introduction by Roy Thomas, illustrations by DAVE COCKRUM - signed by Meth - NO SALE

LOT #59 - Beautiful full-color Iron Man print #18/30 by Bob Layton (and signed by Layton) (see picture) - winning bid $45 (Dray)

LOT #60 - HUGE Deathlok original sketch by Marvel artist John Hebert (signed to Cliff Meth when John was on that book)… (see photo) - NO SALE

LOT #61 - Three (3) pieces of original art: 1) Bobby Kennedy sketch by Gray Morrow (3-times Hugo nominated fantasy artist); 2) a three-panel piece of various women's heads by DC artist Jose Marzan; and 3) a topless woman holding a duck's severed head by DC artist William Messner-Loebs - winning bid $25 (rquint)

LOT #62 - Gambit inked & detailed original sketch by Marvel artist John Hebert (see photo) - winning bid $30 (rquint)

LOT #63 - Howard the Duck Magazine #6 - mint - this was Gene Colan's file copy -  min. bid just $7…no bids yet

LOT #64 - Kid Colt Outlaw #134 - this Silver Age book contains Herb Trimpe's first Marvel work - winning bid $20 (EdZ)

LOT #65 - Star Trek the Motion Picture #1 - Dave Cockrum's file copy (contains Cockrum art) - signed for this auction by writer Marv Wolfman - winning bid $25 (MNiosi)

LOT #66 - Willie Mays signed photo - winning bid $40 (DennisD)

LOT #67 - A check signed by Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin (see photo, which comes matted) - NO SALE

LOT #68 - Rabbit Hole #14 (Spring, 1992) signed by Harlan Ellison - NO SALE

LOT #69 - Eleven (11) different Gold Key Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney's Comics & Stories comics in high-grade from the 1970's -- all from the personal collection of Dave Cockrum. - winning bid $12 (Zhiyou)

LOT #70 - Judenhass personalized & signed to Adrienne Colan (Gene Colan's wife) by writer/artist Dave Sim (creator of Cerebus) - winning bid $10 (JPS)

LOT #71 - Kickback (hardcover) personalized & signed to Gene Colan by writer/artist David Lloyd (creator of V for Vendetta) - winning bid $15 (DennisSt)

LOT #72 - METHo.d. - short-print trade paperback - stories by Clifford Meth, cover by Jim STERANKO, introduction by Peter David - art by Steve Lieber, Michael Netzer, others - this is the signed/Lettered bookplate edition (Letter J) of which only 26 exist - winning bid $25 (DennisSt)

LOT #73 - Five (5) blank cover Wolverine Marvel Variant Edition #1 - mint - NO SALE

LOT #74 - Eight (8) different Thor comics all drawn by Walter Simonson in super-high-grade… winning bid $16  -  (Zhiyou)

LOT #75 - Tomb of Dracula #70 VF/NM - signed by Gene Colan - winning bid $45 (thjimmy)

LOT #76 - The Gene Colan Treasury - rare art portfolio - winning bid $35 (DennisD)

LOT #77 - Dave Cockrum's FUTURIANS RETURN graphic novel (publisher's copy) w/ special bookplate signed by Neal Adams or Walter Simonson - a tie -- both DennisD and thjimmy have won this LOT (it's ok -- we have 2)

LOT #78 - Invincible Gene Colan - signed/numbered hardcover (signed by Gene) - a $45 value… A tie - winning bids from (JPS) and (DShewman) - It's ok - we have two copies.

LOT #79 - The Uncanny Dave Cockrum - limited #'d hardcover edition - winning bid is $20 JPS

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

The Estate of Dave Cockrum is selling his personal collection

In conjunction with the below auction, if you have a want list, feel free to email cliffmeth@aol.com. We're happy to look through Dave's boxes of comics to help you fill holes in your collection.