Treasures from the Robinson Collection

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Jerry Robinson is one of the most influential figures in the cartoon arts in America and around the world. As a member of the original Batman team, he was responsible for the first and most COMICS & COMIC ART AUCTION iconic of all supervillains, the Joker, NOVEMBER 15-17, 2011 | BEVERLY HILLS | Live & Online and co-created Robin, the archetypal sidekick. From the earliest days of the Golden Age of comic books, Treasures from the Robinson created characters such as London, Atoman and Jet Scott, Robinson Collection and worked in many genres, notably November 16, 2011 | Live auction in Beverly Hills | Online bidding at HA.com/7039 editorial cartooning, newspaper strips and illustration. In his other influential careers Robinson has been a features syndicate founder, teacher, curator and champion of artists rights. Penciled and inked by JERRY ROBINSON Among Robinson’s thirty published Original cover art for works is The Comics: An Illustrated Detective Comics #67, 1942 History of Comic Strip Art (Dark Estimate: $300,000-$400,000 Horse), a definitive study of the genre. His other books include the First cover appearance of biography Skippy and Percy Crosby one of Batman’s greatest (Holt), The 1970s: Best Political foes, Cartoons of the Decade (McGraw the Penguin. Hill), and most recently a two-volume See high-resolution image online set of his 1950s sci-fi strip, Jet Scott (Dark Horse). The biography Jerry Robinson: at HA.com/7039-190001 Ambassador of Comics (Abrams) was published last year. Robinson’s numerous honors include the National Cartoonists Society Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award and the San Diego Comic-Con Eisner Hall of Fame.

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Penciled and inked by JOE SIMON and JACK KIRBY Original cover art for Adventure Comics #73, 1942 Estimate: $150,000-$250,000

Key issue with the first appearance of the new Penciled and inked by Manhunter. Tied with FRED RAY Star-Spangled Comics #7 Original cover art for as the first cover that the Action Comics #46, 1942 legendary Simon and Kirby Estimate: $100,000-$150,000 team drew for DC comics.

Comics’ first superhero, See high-resolution image online at HA.com/7039-190002 drawn by one of the top artists of the Golden Age

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