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[The Manhattan Projects #18 has been out for a couple weeks, butstill — if you haven’t read this issue and plan to, you might want toskip this post for now.]

Several years into the digital era for both comics reading andcomics production, I still love to look at original comic art upclose.  The look and feel of the art board, the subtle texture of theink, the faint traces of changes and corrections… it all adds up to alittle extra insight into the time and circumstances behind thecomics book’s creation.

We’ve mentioned a bunch of noteworthy original art sales here inrecent times — from that awe-inspiring Golden Age Action Comics#15 cover by Fred Guardineer, to this Silver Age Fantastic Four #55page by Jack Kirby, to this Bronze Age classic Amazing Spider-Man #121 cover by John Romita Sr, down to the current recordholder for a piece of American comic book art with this AmazingSpider-Man #328 cover by Todd McFarlane.

And increasingly, original art sales from much more recent comicsare turning heads as well.  It’s probably no surprise that SkottieYoung original art is highly sought after, or that Walking Deadoriginal art  — even panel pages — can command some eye-popping prices.  But modern comic art collectors have broadenedtheir interests to many other artists and titles of quality in recenttimes, such as this Pia Guerra Y: The Last Man panel page thatrecently went for $1000.

Which brings us to The Manhattan Projects, the award-winningImage series by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Pitarra, and JordieBellaire.  We told you last August that a splash page from TheManhattan Projects #13 by Pitarra had sold for $3550 after severalprivate sales of art from the series in the $1000+ range.

It appears that the market for original art from this series is aboutto be tested again.  The splash page from issue #18 — a keymoment in the story, and the first splash from the series to hit theopen market since that #13 splash — has just hit ebay and hasclimbed to $1045 at the time of this post.  And a rather strikingvisual it is…

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