ComicConnect is already in the midst of their Winter Mega Monthly Auction, and they are still taking consignments of vintage comics and original art for their upcoming Event Auction 61.

Event Auction 61’s collection of Golden Age firsts already features Wonder Woman #1 8.0 and Captain America Comics #1 7.0. Now there’s the first appearance of the Fantom of the Fair from 1939’s Amazing Mystery Funnies #7 9.4, and Superman #24 offers a classic Jack Burnley cover joining a selection of Fred Ray’s Action Comics art.

The Red Skull is also classically creepy in his second proper appearance in Captain America Comics #16 8.0. Then there’s Silver Age selections including Amazing Fantasy #15 and Amazing Spider-Man #1 9.4. Loki, Odin, and Asgard debut in Journey Into Mystery #85 8.0, and Tales to Astonish #13 sports the introduction of Groot, The Monster from Planet X.

New original art includes contributions from Jack Kirby with a Thor page from Journey Into Mystery #86 and a Bronze Age beauty as a nightmare gets broken up on the cover of The Sandman #5. There’s more mastery from John Buscema with the cover of Fantastic Four #117 (plus a guest turn by John Romita, Sr.) and Gil Kane penciling and water-coloring a Living Mummy cover for Supernatural Thrillers #15.

Jim Starlin provides an updating of a Tales of Suspense story via cover art for Where Monsters Dwell #20. There’s a George Pérez cover for Fantastic Four Annual #15 with Dr. Doom alongside Reed Richards battling a Skrull. The auction also includes work from Alex Ross, Sal Buscema, and others. More will be added to Event Auction 61 before the auction opens on Monday, February 24.