Magnus 8 Interior Page - $800

[nycjadie]

A recent auction I was watching.

David Lapham pencils/Kathryn Bolinger w/Maria Beccari inks; Rai page 3; 1992; image size 10" x 15"
Rare pre-Unity Valiant art!

From the Rai #4 flipbook, attached to Magnus #8, featuring the story 'Supernova, Invasion part 8,' written by Valiant founder Jim Shooter. Great early work from Lapham, who would go on to stardom with his self published Stray Bullets series, featuring Magnus and Rai. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/1020569?tzf=1

[ManofTheAtom]

[corey]

Did you buy the larosa ninjak cover on comiink tonight?

Went out of my budget. $2786?


Congrats to whoever got it

[SouthernComicGeek]

A recent auction I was watching.

David Lapham pencils/Kathryn Bolinger w/Maria Beccari inks; Rai page 3; 1992; image size 10" x 15"
Rare pre-Unity Valiant art!

From the Rai #4 flipbook, attached to Magnus #8, featuring the story 'Supernova, Invasion part 8,' written by Valiant founder Jim Shooter. Great early work from Lapham, who would go on to stardom with his self published Stray Bullets series, featuring Magnus and Rai. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/1020569?tzf=1

It's mine now

[SouthernComicGeek]

Did you buy the larosa ninjak cover on comiink tonight?

Went out of my budget. $2786?


Congrats to whoever got it

It shot up high at last little bit. But I was watching that one too.

[greg]

A recent auction I was watching.

David Lapham pencils/Kathryn Bolinger w/Maria Beccari inks; Rai page 3; 1992; image size 10" x 15"
Rare pre-Unity Valiant art!

From the Rai #4 flipbook, attached to Magnus #8, featuring the story 'Supernova, Invasion part 8,' written by Valiant founder Jim Shooter. Great early work from Lapham, who would go on to stardom with his self published Stray Bullets series, featuring Magnus and Rai. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/1020569?tzf=1

It's mine now

[nycjadie]

You know, I lost track of the Comiclink auctions ending recently and it is really too bad how poor their website is with no tracking. I would have paid more for these pieces. Seller would have been happy. I have written and even talked to them about it and they know they are doing a disservice to both sellers and buyers yet they have no intention of changing. Nutso.

[nycjadie]

A recent auction I was watching.

David Lapham pencils/Kathryn Bolinger w/Maria Beccari inks; Rai page 3; 1992; image size 10" x 15"
Rare pre-Unity Valiant art!

From the Rai #4 flipbook, attached to Magnus #8, featuring the story 'Supernova, Invasion part 8,' written by Valiant founder Jim Shooter. Great early work from Lapham, who would go on to stardom with his self published Stray Bullets series, featuring Magnus and Rai. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/1020569?tzf=1

It's mine now

[magnusr]

it is really too bad how poor their website is with no tracking.

I was kind of hoping the big bidders would miss this one, but happy it went to one of us. Congrats to SouthernComicGeek.

/Magnus

[corey]

You know, I lost track of the Comiclink auctions ending recently and it is really too bad how poor their website is with no tracking. I would have paid more for these pieces. Seller would have been happy. I have written and even talked to them about it and they know they are doing a disservice to both sellers and buyers yet they have no intention of changing. Nutso.

I always just put a small bid on any items I wanna watch.. your going to be outbid anyway.. and if you are not. I got the item way cheaper than what I thought it would go for

[iggy101us]

Congrats on the new owner

I haven't watched early Valiant art prices for a long time. Last piece I bought was back in 2017. Has there been a price surge or is this a one-off? Guess it has to do with pre-Unity plus Lapham.

[magnusr]

I haven't watched early Valiant art prices for a long time. Last piece I bought was back in 2017. Has there been a price surge or is this a one-off? Guess it has to do with pre-Unity plus Lapham.

This is unfortunately not a one-off. Not sure if it should be called a surge or a steady increase?

/Magnus

[nycjadie]

Valiant art is higher than it ever has been before. I'm selling a bunch of my pieces on another thread, at about the cost I paid for them. I've sold a lot. On general, the prices range from 1/3 to 1/2 of what they are going for now. It's kind of bananas.

And at the other end of the scale, Dinesh has been buying the original #1 Valiant covers (e.g. Shadowman 1, etc.). These are ranging from $20-60K.

He bought the Unity 1 cover. No idea what that one went for. BWS. Must have been big.

[aj583]

Did you buy the larosa ninjak cover on comiink tonight?

Went out of my budget. $2786?


Congrats to whoever got it

Thanks! I’m very happy to have gotten this Ninjak cover. Went a bit higher than I wanted, but I’m lucky @nycjadie didn’t jump into the fray!

And congrats @SouthernComicGeek for your Magnus 8 page! Great pick up.


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[corey]

Did you buy the larosa ninjak cover on comiink tonight?

Went out of my budget. $2786?


Congrats to whoever got it

Thanks! I’m very happy to have gotten this Ninjak cover. Went a bit higher than I wanted, but I’m lucky @nycjadie didn’t jump into the fray!

And congrats @SouthernComicGeek for your Magnus 8 page! Great pick up.


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Hell ya man, glad you got it!!

[iggy101us]

Thanks for the feedback, nycjadie and Magnus. Glad to see OA prices climbing steadily.

[iggy101us]

I have these which are earlier that the page in auction. Got these back in 2014.

Magnus #6 flip book Rai #2 page 4. Pencilled by David Lapham, inked by Kathryn Bolinger.


Magnus #6 flip book Rai #2 page 5. Pencilled by David Lapham, inked by Kathryn Bolinger.

[Ryan]

Beautiful pages Iggy. I love those early Rai issues.

[iggy101us]

Beautiful pages Iggy. I love those early Rai issues.

Thanks. Looking at the early art and pages bring back so much. Good times.

[iggy101us]

Those early Rai pages are just full of action and violence. This level of violence was not seen in Marvel and DC at the time. One of the many things that made Valiant so unique and memorable. Here are 3 pages in sequence:

Rai #2 page 2. Pencilled by Joe St Pierre, inked by Charles Barnett III.


Rai #2 page 3. Pencilled by Joe St Pierre, inked by Charles Barnett III.


Rai #2 page 4. Pencilled by Joe St Pierre, inked by Charles Barnett III.

[magnusr]

I’m very happy to have gotten this Ninjak cover.

Congrats

/Magnus

[magnusr]

I have these

Great pages, Iggy

/Magnus

[Ryan]

Those early Rai pages are just full of action and violence. This level of violence was not seen in Marvel and DC at the time. One of the many things that made Valiant so unique and memorable. Here are 3 pages in sequence:

No doubt. Image comics and everyone else since the 90s have done a ton of over the top violence. But the way those early Valiant comics portrayed violence with the straightforward artwork and in the same little square panel as every other part of the story always felt more realistic and sophisticated to me. Like the difference The Godfather and a violent exploitation b-movie.

Rai #2 page 2. Pencilled by Joe St Pierre, inked by Charles Barnett III.


Rai #2 page 3. Pencilled by Joe St Pierre, inked by Charles Barnett III.


Rai #2 page 4. Pencilled by Joe St Pierre, inked by Charles Barnett III.

Great sequence. Super readable even without the text and exciting without Image-style flashiness. The lost art of straightforward action-adventure comics.

[grendeljd]

You know, I lost track of the Comiclink auctions ending recently and it is really too bad how poor their website is with no tracking. I would have paid more for these pieces. Seller would have been happy. I have written and even talked to them about it and they know they are doing a disservice to both sellers and buyers yet they have no intention of changing. Nutso.

I always just put a small bid on any items I wanna watch.. your going to be outbid anyway.. and if you are not. I got the item way cheaper than what I thought it would go for

I do the same thing at Comiclink - I try to remember to log in on the opening night of each major auction to get low bids in on stuff I’m interested in following (so much easier to go into the “my bids” section after to see everything in one spot). Wish they had an option for just watching/tracking as well.

[grendeljd]

Valiant art is higher than it ever has been before. I'm selling a bunch of my pieces on another thread, at about the cost I paid for them. I've sold a lot. On general, the prices range from 1/3 to 1/2 of what they are going for now. It's kind of bananas.

And at the other end of the scale, Dinesh has been buying the original #1 Valiant covers (e.g. Shadowman 1, etc.). These are ranging from $20-60K.

He bought the Unity 1 cover. No idea what that one went for. BWS. Must have been big.

Man, I saw that BWS Unity 1 piece up for auction too but I can’t recall which company it was with now. Would love to check and see what it went for too!