"SPECIES" CAST & CREW MULTI-SIGNED COMIC BOOK & EXTENSIVE REFERENCE ARCHIVE.
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Starting Bid:
$230.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #218 - Part II
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Item Description
Lot includes "Species" #1 comic book published by Dark Horse Comics in 1995 and adapts the 1995 sci-fi thriller of the same name (see comic original art lots #1689-1692). Cover of comic has been signed by 16 people, including those involved w/the comic and the film itself. Director Roger Donaldson, producer Frank Mancuso Jr., cinematographer Richard Edlund, special effects artist Steve Johnson and film stars Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Michael Madsen as well as film script and comic writer Dennis Feldman, comic artist Jon Foster and inker Brian Kane, who obtained all these signatures. Cover artist John Bolton, comic editor Robert Conte as well as Sil designer H.R. Giger (who designed the Xenomorphs in "Alien") have also signed cover. Feldman and Giger having signed in gold paint pen, rest signing in silver. Pinch creases to spine, comic is Fine overall. Comes w/an extensive archive of film-related and comic reference material, including three full scripts (for "Species" comic book issues #1, 3 and 4), two sets of photocopied pose sheets of Sil created by Boss Film for the movie, two set of storyboard art of sec dream sequence and bw character photos from XFX, Inc., four color photocopied character studies pages from Boss Film, five photocopy (bw & color) Sil character studies by Steve Johnson, two of Feldman's original photos of Sil's alien body, and over 100 photocopy photos including topless photo of star Henstridge. Also of note is Giger's Death Train content. Scattered handling wear; VF-Exc overall. A truly one-of-a-kind collection. Comes with Hake's COA. From the collection of comics and illustration historian Brian M. Kane.
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