Daredevil #190 cover

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Comic Link is offering the cover to DD 190 in it's November auction:

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fsearch%2Easp%3FPreviewCode%3D2011nov%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Ddaredevil%2B190%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26ItemType%3DCA%23Item_907277&id=907277

Looks like there will be a reserve.

Covers which have 2 separate images making up the cover, tend to sell on the low side, wonder if the reserve will reflect that.

The description makes the obligatory reference to the Daredevil #188 cover which sold for over $100K in the May 2010 Heritage auction. There is no mention however about the Daredevil #186 cover selling for $30K three months later in the August 2010 auction.

Without taking values into consideration, I personally think this cover is superior to both of the recently publicly offered DD covers.

This is the first publicly offered DD and Elektra cover, and one of the better and more memorable of the classic Miller DD run. It should do very well.

The Elektra image alone is worth a pretty penny....

I'll be watching from the sidelines for sure while the grown ups bid....

My prediction: Reserve Not Met

Looks like there will be a reserve.

 

Is any decent OA ever auctioned off without a reserve?

OA sellers are such wusses compared to comic sellers.

My prediction: Reserve Not Met

That was my initial thought when I saw it and that it is on CLink.

$1.00 DOUBLE SIZED ISSUE

Man, those were the days

For a buck - an hour of fun

Simple pleasures like this are gone

Over-priced junk nowadays

$1.00 DOUBLE SIZED ISSUE

 

Man, those were the days

 

For a buck - an hour of fun

 

Simple pleasures like this are gone

 

Over-priced junk nowadays

It took you an hour to read a double size issue? -

Actually, in some ways, comics are the most expensive form on entertainment these days, $4 for 3-5 minutes, that's almost a buck a minute!

Malvln

I would have thought it may reach $45K but with a high reserve it probably won't sell

I would have thought it may reach $45K but with a high reserve it probably won't sell

The first DD cover with Elektra to hit public auction, (and one of the most memorable "key issue" covers at that)? And you think it will sell for as little as a good Dark Knight panel page?!? I strongly disagree.

I think the Miller market is getting seriously strong for the few nicer pieces like covers and splashes (and certain really memorable panel pages).

I side with those that think this cover will do very well. This is really the first (and probably last) time collectors really had a chance at a good DD cover with Elektra (or a Dark Knight splash for that matter). Seriously good Miller pieces don't usually reach the public...it's been a good year for Miller collectors (to at least get a shot at buying pieces).

it's been a good year for Miller collectors who are selling.

Fixed that for ya.

it's been a good year for Miller collectors who are selling.

Fixed that for ya.

Much appreciated

But keep in mind, higher prices sometimes "brings out" pieces that wouldn't normally ever be for sale...

Dark Knight splash, DD #190 cover, Ronin pages...if prices weren't high, chances are we wouldn't see these better-quality pieces come out of hiding...

it's been a good year for Miller collectors who are selling.

Fixed that for ya.

 

Much appreciated

 

But keep in mind, higher prices sometimes "brings out" pieces that wouldn't normally ever be for sale...

Dark Knight splash, DD #190 cover, Ronin pages...if prices weren't high, chances are we wouldn't see these better-quality pieces come out of hiding...

 

Very true.

Would this be worth significantly more if it were on one board?

If it was one whole piece instead of 2 pieces?

Absolutely.

I really like this cover and don't care whether its on one board or two, but this far into his DD run, my only question is how much of this is Miller vs Janson? Any thoughts?

Wasn't Miller still doing the covers at that time? The insides are a totally different story.

Edit:

That's a good question. Reading BackIssue #21, Janson states some of the techniques he was using on that issue #190. Here's a quote about pg. 15: "Beautiful design and interesting drawing, but one can't finish this if one can't draw. Klaus kept the design, then added a little drawing, shadows, blacks, and textures. You still can find some kind of Miller's drawing in the final page, but it is clear that the page is a Miller/Janson piece of art. Miller's trust of Janson's work was so real that Klaus was allowed to change whole faces as long as he stayed faithful to Miller's idea."

"Janson embellished Miller's great finished layouts with every tool he could find: brushes, pens, markers, zip-a-tone, duo shade paper, and clothes (for inked effects)."

"By the end of his run, Frank Miller was doing simple layouts on small sheets of papers, a process he began with issue #185. Klaus Janson was drawing, inking, and coloring the book."

Janson goes on to talk about texture and color. Seems like the kind of things one would do when working on two different pages to create one image. Again, nothing concrete but puts the cover(s) in a different perspective.