Rare Issues of Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man Comic Books Comes to Sale With Potter & Potter Auctions

The upcoming auction, presented by Potter & Potter Auctions, offers a wide selection of prized valuables from the world of comics, including Captain America and Amazing Spider-Man comics. The complete copy of Captain America that leads the sale was issued by Timely Comics in 1941. The cover art, by Simon and Jack Kirby, shows Captain America punching Adolf Hitler. The lot currently ranks at 7th place in Overstreet’s Top 100 Golden Age Comics list. 

The first issue of Amazing Spider-Man by Marvel Comics is also available. The book, consisting of off-white to white pages, retells Spider-Man’s origin. Besides Spider-Man, the superhero team from Fantastic Four— Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the Thing— feature on the cover. A portion of the catalog also includes autographs, posters, and trading cards. Among the listed trading cards is a fleer basketball case of three 24-count boxes dating to 1990. Several pulps, serial magazines, fanzines, and periodicals are on offer as well. The issues have been authored by Murray Leinster, Edward E. Smith, James Blish, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Willy Ley, and more. View the complete catalog of the Golden Age and Pre-Code Horror: The Comic Book Collection of Stephen J. Farber auction by visiting Potter & Potter Auctions.