Auctions: comic books July 2001

X-Men (1991 1st Series) 114 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4392161009

"E is for eExtinction: Part 1 - Cover by Frank Quitely

Written by Grant Morrison. Art by Frank quitely and Tim Townsend.

THE SCOOP: The future is now as the X-Men are remade!

THE STORY: Humankind's time on Earth is nearly at its end. Within a half decade, they will be extinct, replaced by their genetically gifted cousins: mutants! With this discovery, the very fabric of society begins to fray. And as fear and paranoia grows by the day, it will soon tear! Charles Xavier has been forced to evolve his X-Men. But in the shadows, something beckons to him. A mutant more powerful - and more depraved - than he ever could have foreseen. And very soon, that mutant will threaten his people, his world and his every perception!

New creators, new characters, new costumes, a new logo, a new direction... this is the start of it all!

THE CREATORS: Grant Morrison remade the JLA. Frank Quitely made Authority a must-read. Just imagine what they'll do together to the X-Men!

THE FORMAT: 32 pages, with ads.

Cover price $2.25.

X-Men (1991 1st Series) 114 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4392161008

"E is for eExtinction: Part 1 - Cover by Frank Quitely

Written by Grant Morrison. Art by Frank quitely and Tim Townsend.

THE SCOOP: The future is now as the X-Men are remade!

THE STORY: Humankind's time on Earth is nearly at its end. Within a half decade, they will be extinct, replaced by their genetically gifted cousins: mutants! With this discovery, the very fabric of society begins to fray. And as fear and paranoia grows by the day, it will soon tear! Charles Xavier has been forced to evolve his X-Men. But in the shadows, something beckons to him. A mutant more powerful - and more depraved - than he ever could have foreseen. And very soon, that mutant will threaten his people, his world and his every perception!

New creators, new characters, new costumes, a new logo, a new direction... this is the start of it all!

THE CREATORS: Grant Morrison remade the JLA. Frank Quitely made Authority a must-read. Just imagine what they'll do together to the X-Men!

THE FORMAT: 32 pages, with ads.

Cover price $2.25.

X-Treme X-Men (2001 1st Series) 1A CBCS 9.2 SS Chris Claremont

Paper: White

Verified Signature: Chris Claremont. (#451/1500).

Label #20-3C294B8-003

Cover by Salvador Larroca. Written by Chris Claremont. Penciled by Salvador Larroca. Humanity is at a crossroads, and will choose a future of glory... or of utter annihilation. The path they face was mapped a century ago by the blind mutant seer known as Destiny, and recorded in her 13 volumes of The Books of Truth. As seen in X-MEN #109, one volume has come into the possession of Professor X's charges and now Rogue, Beast, Bishop, Thunderbird, Psylocke, Sage (an all-new character) and Storm choose to leave the safety of the X-Mansion and search for the missing volumes. But what they don't know is that another force is embarked on the same quest, a man who is the first manifestation of the true homo sapiens superior the rightful inheritors of Earth and he considers mutants his mortal enemies... to be killed on sight! Cover price $2.99.