This auction is closed.
The bookcase purge for charity continues! You can see a complete list of all auctions here, in chronological order starting with the latest, here. Full auction details are included at the end of the article, but to bring the new folks up to speed real quick:
Every weekday until Friday, June 5th, we publish a new Shelf Bound article announcing a bind or bound set up for auction.
Each bind auction’s bidding starts when its article is published and ends 72 hours later, so today’s auction will close at 4 PM EST on June 8, 2020.
Bids must be posted in an item’s comment section to be considered for that item; highest bid posted before close of auction wins.
Bids from outside the U.S. are welcome, although shipping outside the U.S. may incur additional fee. Bids posted in currencies other than US dollars will be valued at their USD equivalent.
The winning bidder emails me (greg at multiversity comics dot com) to verify donation particulars, then makes the donation and send me verification.
NOTE: This auction’s proceeds will go to one of the organizations supported by Black Lives Matter listed here (winner’s choice).
I send out the bind.
Everyone wins.
30 weekdays. 34 binds. All proceeds going to charity. Sound good? Let’s get to it!
THE ROCKETEER BY DAVE STEVENS & FRIENDS
Creators: Alex Ross, Art Adams, Ashley Wood, Bill Morrison, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bob Wiacek, Brendan McCarthy, Bruce Timm, Cassandra Poulson, Chris Mowry, Chris Sprouse, Chris Weston, Colin Wilson, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Gibbons, Dave Stewart, David Lapham, David Mandel, Eric Canete, Eric Powell, Gene Ha, Geof Darrow, J. Scott Campbell, Jamie Grant, Jason Wright, JD Mettler, Jim Silke, Joe Chiodo, Joe Pruett, Joe R. Lansdale, John Arcudi, John Byrne, John Cassaday, John K Snyder III, John Paul Leon, John Rauch, John Workman, Jonathan Ross, Jordie Bellaire, Justin Eisinger, Karl Story, Kurt Busiek, Kyle Baker, Laura Martin, Louise Jones Simonson, Lowell Francis, Marc Guggenheim, Mark Waid, Matt Wagner, Michael Wm Kaluta, Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, Neil Uyetake, Paul Dini, Peter David, Robbie Robbins, Ryan Sook, Sandy Plunkett, Scott Dunbier, Scott Hampton, Serban Cristescu, Shawn Lee, Stan Sakai, Stephanie Buscema, Tom Taylor, Tommy Lee Edwards, Tony Harris, Walter Simonson
Published by: IDW Publishing
Collecting:
- The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures TPB (Dec 2009)
- The Rocketeer Adventures #1-4 (May 2011 – Aug 2011)
- The Rocketeer Adventures 2 #1-4 (Mar 2012 – Jul 2012)
- The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom #1-4 (Aug 2012 – Nov 2012)
- The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #1-4 (Feb 2013 – May 2013)
Additional Material: None
Bind Details:
- Oversewn binding
- Hickory Arrestox cover material
- Black/white headbands
- White endpapers
- Page edges trimmed
Signatures: Simonson (Walt & Louise), Sakai, Waid, Samnee, Langridge, David, Edwards, Snyder III, Wagner, Sienkiewicz
Sketches: Samnee, Sakai, Wagner
Our last auction, appropriately enough given the times we find ourselves in today, focuses on a character well known for giving fascists a punch in the jaw. Dave Stevens and his Rocketeer creation may not have as much of a back catalog as Captain America or Superman, but the goodwill for this character among fans and other comic creators is real and on display in this book.
This isn’t a complete collection of IDW’s Rocketeer comics, as a few were released after I made this book, but it’s close.
You get all of Stevens’ original Rocketeer work from a vast swath of publishers, cleaned up and recolored by Laura Martin . . .
. . . plus new miniseries by Roger Langridge & J. Bone . . .
. . . and the Daredevil/Black Widow dynamic duo of Chris Samnee & Mark Waid . . .
. . . AND both Rocketeer Adventures anthology minis. There are so many creators involved with those 8 comics alone I broke format and just listed everybody in one clump above. If you can’t find at least one creator listed there whose work excites you, then I don’t know what to tell you. I like using the phrase “all killer, no filler” and this book’s list of creators is one of the best examples of that description I can think of.
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And finally, the signatures.
I’ve mentioned before how much fun it can be taking a book like this around a convention, collecting signatures. I even had extra white pages added to the back of the book as additional sketch/signature pages. I had a blast getting these, but am even more excited about someone else getting a chance to add more!
So you COULD take the time & effort to track down all the original issues and turn them into your own book via a binder using the techniques & approaches we cover every month in Shelf Bound . . .
OR!
You could bid on the bind we’re auctioning today, get the benefit of someone else doing all that work for you, AND do some good for the comics community we all love in the process!
Starting Bid: $25
Auction Ends: June 8, 2020 at 4 pm
Proceeds Benefit: One of the organizations supported by Black Lives Matter listed here (winner’s choice).
AUCTION FINE PRINT
- This auction ends 72 hours after the date & time of this article’s posting.
- Bids MUST be placed as comments below to be valid.
- Bids order is set by the timestamp given by Disqus. I subscribe to every comment section and receive an email notification simultaneous to the posting of every new comment. That email’s timestamp is what I use to determine bid order & the final bid cutoff time.
- Bids placed anywhere other than the auction article’s comment section (i.e. replying to the announcement tweet) will be ignored.
- Bids posted in currencies other than US dollars will be valued at their USD equivalent.
- Highest bid posted before the end of the auction wins. The winning bidder has 24 hours to contact me via twitter or email (see below) to set up payment. If contact is not made in this timeframe, the winning bid is invalidated and the next highest bid will be the winner.
- Winning bidder will make the donation in the amount of the winning bid to the agreed-upon charity. Upon successful donation and receipt of receipt (hehe) by me, the bind will be mailed out via Media Mail on the following Saturday unless an alternate schedule is agreed upon by all parties.
- Feel free to post any additional questions you may have prior to the end of the auction below; I will do my best to answer them ASAP. Additional and/or specific pictures of the bind are available on request.
- Thanks in advance to anyone bidding on these binds. Good luck!
