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Lawrence Klein Collection Part 1

Mon, Sep 28, 2026 09:00AM EDT - Wed, Oct 21, 2026 09:40PM EDT
  2026-09-28 09:00:00 2026-10-21 21:40:00 America/New_York Hake's Hake's : Lawrence Klein Collection Part 1 https://www.hakes.com/auctions/hakes-auctions/lawrence-klein-collection-part-1-24684
Original comic art and key issues from Lawrence Klein, the Turtles' first fan, including TMNT #1 signed by Eastman & Laird. Bidding ends Oct 21.
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Lot 169

JOHN ROMITA JR. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #244 COMIC BOOK PAGE ORIGINAL ART.

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10-7/8x15-7/8" artboard has pencil original art by John Romita Jr. w/inks by Klaus Janson for Amazing Spider-Man #244, published by Marvel Comics Sept. 1983. Page features six panels, showing Spider-Man looking for Hobgoblin, being fooled onto truck being driven by robot, which promptly drives into pole in attempt to kill Spider-Man. Thankfully his Spider-Sense activates just in time, allowing him to leap clear. Page 25. Spider-Man appears in every panel. All caption/word balloons have been hand-lettered. Screentone accents show little to no aging. Top margin has inked title and issue/page numbers. Bottom margin has been signed by Romita Jr. (who adds "90" date), Janson (who adds "2/84" date) and writer Roger Stern (who adds "5-20-95" date). Back has Marvel Comics copyright inkstamp. Top margin has been trimmed w/upper right and both bottom corner clipped. Art shows some scattered trace aging, but o/w art remains clean and Exc. Classic Romita Jr. art from a classic Hobgoblin issue. Lawrence Klein Collection.

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From the collection of long-time comic book and comic art collector Lawrence Klein, founder of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) and the MoCCA Arts Fest, this auction presents a lovingly-curated selection from a lifelong collector. Klein’s connections within the industry have given him unique insight and opportunities to procure an impressive assemblage of art from some of the hottest names in the comic publishing world from the past several decades.