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November 2026 Comic/Art Auction

Mon, Oct 19, 2026 09:00AM EDT - Wed, Nov 11, 2026 09:40PM EST
  2026-10-19 09:00:00 2026-11-11 21:40:00 America/New_York Hake's Hake's : November 2026 Comic/Art Auction https://www.hakes.com/auctions/hakes-auctions/november-2026-comic-art-auction-24929
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NOELLE GIDDINGS HARDWARE #33 UNUSED COVER (PUBLISHED IN ISSUE #50) ORIGINAL COLOR ART.

Estimate: $400 - $700
Starting Bid
$200

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8.5x11.5" 90 lb. watercolor paper, watercolor dyes, paint and color pencils. Prentis Rollins line art transferred on to heavy smooth hot press paper that Milestone Color Editor and artist, Noelle Giddings, hand-painted as the original camera ready art for print of the comic book cover. This is published art used as a pin-up in Hardware #50 that was published by DC Comics under their Milestone imprint Nov. 1995. Image shows Hardware in battle. This art was originally meant to be used for the cover to issue #33 but was changed to a piece by Howard Chaykin. Title and artist name written on back of artboard. Light edge wear, but in Exc. condition.

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