Auctions: comic books August 2009

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 854A CGC 9.8 Williams

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case

Label #3986279019

FIRST PRINTING. Elegy: Part 1 of 4 - Written by Greg Rucka. Art by JH Williams and Cully Hamner. Cover by JH Williams. A new era in the history of DETECTIVE COMICS begins as Batwoman is unleashed on Gotham City! Marked by the blood-red bat, Kate Kane is a soldier fighting her own private war - one that began years ago and haunts her every waking moment. With a script by Greg Rucka and breath-taking art by JH Williams III, you've never seen anything like this! Featuring the debut of a new co-feature starring The Question written by Rucka! Odds against you? Alone and nowhere to turn? Willing to fight, but you don't know how? When you're searching everywhere for an answer, sometimes all you need to do is ask the right Question. Renee Montoya again dons the faceless mask to help those in need, all the while searching for her own answers in this new adventure with art by Cully Hamner (BLUE BEETLE). Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by JH Williams III ), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by JG Jones). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale June 24 ? 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US Cover price $3.99.

Gotham City Sirens (2009) 1A CBCS 9.8 March

Paper: White

Label #17-2187C27-004

Cover by Guillem March. Written by Paul Dini Art by Guillem March. This all-new series features the bad girls of Gotham City! Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are tired of playing by other people's rules regardless of which side of the law they're on. These tough ladies have a new agenda that's all their own, and they'll use any means necessary to pursue it. But can they get along and work as a team? And who will get hurt along the way? Cover price $2.99.