Selling at $400,000 (£285,715), the original cover artwork for the 100th issue of Amazing Spider-Man comic led a recent three-day American comic and comic artwork auction that raised a total of around $7.2m (£5.14m).
The creation of John Romita Sr, whose artwork for issues 39-95 had seen the character transformed from ”…a kind of nerdy high school kid to a more confident college student”, and Frank Giacoia, it was part of a Heritage Auctions (19.5% buyer’s premium) sale of February 22-24.
Surrounding Spider-Man (aka Peter Parker) are over two dozen other characters, villains and friends alike, executed in Marvel Comics’ popular “floating heads” style.