CGC-certified Captain America Realizes More than $250,000 in ComicLink Auction

Graded by Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®), several Golden Age Timely and DC comics that feature some of their oldest and most iconic heroes realized six-figure results in a recent sale. Bidding for ComicLink’s Summer Featured Auction concluded in late August and early September 2025.

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Topping the auction was a Captain America Comics #1 graded CGC 7.0, which realized $250,420. Published by Timely Comics (a precursor to Marvel) in 1941, this comic featured the first appearance of Captain America. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the cover showing Captain America punching Adolf Hitler became an iconic image, reflecting the burgeoning patriotic fervor in the United States prior to its entry into World War II. This issue also introduced key characters such as Bucky Barnes, Cap's loyal sidekick, and the villainous Red Skull.

Also sold from Marvel’s Timely era was a Marvel Mystery Comics #4 graded CGC 7.5, which realized $133,000. Published in February 1940, Marvel Mystery Comics #4 is the first cover appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner after he debuted just months earlier in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1. Created by Bill Everett, Namor is half-human and half-Atlantean and often hostile toward the surface world, setting him apart from the more traditional do-gooder heroes of the era.

Other CGC-certified comics sold in this auction include:

• a Superman #1 graded CGC 1.5, which realized $120,000
• a Daredevil #1 graded CGC 9.6, which realized $96,000
• an X-Men #1 graded CGC 9.0, which realized $95,109
• a Startling Comics #49 graded CGC 9.6, which realized $90,000
• a Silver Surfer #1 graded CGC 9.8, which realized $70,500
• a Fantastic Four #55 graded CGC 9.9, which realized $65,555
• an Incredible Hulk #181 graded CGC 9.8 Signature Series, with a Stan Lee signature, which realized $60,888
• an Incredible Hulk #181 graded CGC 9.8, which realized $57,555
• a Daredevil #2 graded CGC 9.8, which realized $47,899
• a Marvel Super-Heroes #18 graded CGC 9.8, which realized $47,000
• a Sub-Mariner Comics #1 graded CGC 7.5, which realized $44,000
• a Fantastic Four #11 graded CGC 9.4, which realized $43,261
• a Superman #14 graded CGC 9.0, which realized $43,000
• a Detective Comics #33 graded CGC 4.5, which realized $42,507
• a Superman #4 graded CGC 9.0, which realized $42,000

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