When a Spider-Man splash sells for 3 million bucks, it fuels speculation. Finally, we can satisfy our curiosity! Five pages of art from the black costume’s true first appearance, Amazing Spider-Man #252,…
Patrick Bain
Patrick Bain
Patrick Bain is the author of the Comic Art Trends Price Guide 2019-2020. The Legends and Modern Masters editions of the CAT Price Guide feature a total of 70 artists. Original comic art from each of the seventy featured creators is documented with sales data, analysis, graphs of trends, and images of art. Patrick Bain is the founder of the Comic Reading Library. Search Comic Reading Library on Facebook.
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Rich Buckler Original Art: The Next…
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainWhat are your Rich Buckler career highlights: 1974-1976 Fantastic Four run, mid to late 80’s Spectacular Spider-Man or Saga of the Sub-Mariner, a host of Bronze age DC covers? Buckler, who passed…
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Artists that Paid Their Dues & Ruse: Sept HA Signature
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainIn the final CAT Eyes on Original Art preview of the September Heritage Auctions Signature event, I want to cover some cool pieces by artists that paid their dues. We’re talking legends…
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Marvel Bronze Art: Black and White Gold
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainCollectors have driven Marvel Silver Age original comic art prices to astronomical heights. It’s not too late to join the Marvel Bronze art “black and white” gold rush. There are plenty of…
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Batman Art in Heritage Signature Auction
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainWow! The September Heritage Signature Auction wipes the scowl off the Dark Knight’s grim visage by featuring a ton of awesome Batman art. But not just quantity, quality artists like Neal Adams,…
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Neal Adams: A Fan Asks “If Only…”
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainLike many, I poured over article after article, post after post, and comment after comment to find out what people were saying about Neal Adams, my favorite comic book artist. The response…
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Art Auction: Prices Soar, but No Million Dollar Sales this Time
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainWith the latest Heritage Signature Art Auction in the books, are you relieved or disappointed that there are no million-dollar sales prices? If you previously owned preliminary art of Spider-Man’s black costume…
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Spider-Man In Black: Zeck Art Sells for 3.36 Million
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainI am the Spider-Man in Black–art illustrated by Mike Zeck for Secret Wars 8 Page 25 shocked the world last Thursday. When the Washington Post, Huffington Post, and even the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette…
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Lost In Space Comics: Danger Will Robinson
by Patrick Bainby Patrick Bain“Lost in SPACE and I don’t know much. I was thinking aloud and fell out of touch.” Paraphrasing Graham Russell of the 80s soft rock band Air Supply–he described me well. I…
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Adam Hughes: Good Girrr….Ahem, All Around Artist
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainIs it a compliment or an insult to refer to Adam Hughes as a ‘Good Girl’ artist? Not to say Wikipedia is the Encyclopedia Britannica, but Wikipedia describes Hughes as best known…
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Doctor Strange Art Indeed: Brunner, Severin, Colan
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainThe Q Score for Dr. Stephen Strange has grown by mystic proportions since the release of Disney’s 2016 Doctor Strange film.  Is it just possible all this attention will boost the prices…
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George Pérez Legacy: Binge Meisters, Popcorn Poppers Salute!
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainThe legacy of George Pérez. Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Extended Universe, CW, HBO Max – all take a moment to say thank you to George Pérez. Pérez contributed pencil and artistic vision…
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John Buscema Original Art: Beyond Barbarians
by Patrick Bainby Patrick BainWith literally thousands of pages of original Conan art to his credit, it’s easy to forget that John Buscema is more than a barbarian. I’m not misusing the word literally by saying…
One Man’s Treasures: Comic Strip Art
 A long time ago I dabbled with my own comic dailies called One Man’s Treasures. I won’t go into the details but creating story and art for a comic strip was harder…
Bob Kane or Frank Miller: Who Did Batman Better?
On the verge of the most stunning Batman sale of the millennium, I’ll ask the question, who did Batman better, Bob Kane or Frank Miller? It was a quiet day in Gotham…
After Zeck 3.3 Shock and Art: What’s Next?
It’s all about ‘what’s next?’ in comics and art, Zeck Secret Wars Spider-Man art begs an answer to that question. In my last article, Spider-Man in Black, I wondered about the valuation…
Holy Death Traps Batman! Covers Worthy of Houdini
Is this the end of the Dynamic Duo? Will the Caped Crusaders make their great escape? Find out…same Bat-time, same Bat-channel! Cliffhangers and escapes highlighted episodes of Batman ’66, but the comics…
Dune Keys & Bill Sienkiewicz Dune Art
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.” So spoke Frank Herbert through the Reverend Mother in his novel, Dune.Â