As Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine continues to lay its global box office competition to waste, the owner of the original cover art featuring Deadpool in his first appearance in New Mutants #98 has put it up for a staggering price of $7.5 million. If the sale happens, the Merc With a Mouth cover will become the most expensive original comic book art piece in history.
The Deadpool piece has been consigned to Heritage Auctions after its anonymous owner put it up for sale, having reportedly turned down several past opportunities to make a profit on it. The owner has had the art for twenty years and believes now is the time to sell it in order to capitalize on the obscene success of Deadpool & Wolverine. At $7.5 million, the New Mutants #98 cover will eclipse the current record holder, a $5.4 million piece by Frank Frazetta.
Created by Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool alias Wade Wilson made the New Mutants #98 appearance in December 1990, debuting initially as a supervillain and foil to the New Mutants and X-Force. Liefeld effectively pitched the character as “Spider-Man with guns and swords.” The quippy Canadian fourth-wall-breaking mercenary eventually became an anti-hero and is currently one of the most popular comic book characters in pop culture, partly due to Ryan Reynolds’ live-action Deadpool iteration.
As Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine continues to lay its global box office competition to waste, the owner of the original cover art featuring Deadpool in his first appearance in New Mutants #98 has put it up for a staggering price of $7.5 million. If the sale happens, the Merc With a Mouth cover will become the most expensive original comic book art piece in history.
The Deadpool piece has been consigned to Heritage Auctions after its anonymous owner put it up for sale, having reportedly turned down several past opportunities to make a profit on it. The owner has had the art for twenty years and believes now is the time to sell it in order to capitalize on the obscene success of Deadpool & Wolverine. At $7.5 million, the New Mutants #98 cover will eclipse the current record holder, a $5.4 million piece by Frank Frazetta.
Created by Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool alias Wade Wilson made the New Mutants #98 appearance in December 1990, debuting initially as a supervillain and foil to the New Mutants and X-Force. Liefeld effectively pitched the character as “Spider-Man with guns and swords.” The quippy Canadian fourth-wall-breaking mercenary eventually became an anti-hero and is currently one of the most popular comic book characters in pop culture, partly due to Ryan Reynolds’ live-action Deadpool iteration.
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