The 25th anniversary Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on September 20-22, 2024! The Hero Initiative art auction will return for the 25th Anniversary event! See their website for ticketing information, announced guests, cosplay events, gaming, and more!

On Saturday, September 21st from 5:00pm until 7:00pm, the annual Hero Initiative auction will be taking place. There will be more than 40 pieces of art going up for bid in this incredible event, most of them drawn for this auction. All art will be available to view at Booth #1701. Pre-registration will also be available at the booth, so please come by and ask any of the folks working there for more information.

Hero Initiative is a charity, one for which we should all be grateful and do everything we can to support their incredible effort. This organization helps your favorite comic creators in times of crisis, and even more importantly, they help many creators you’ve never even heard of when they are facing dire circumstances.

Art to be auctioned at this event includes:

• Batman & Mr. Freeze by Kevin Altieri (Director of Batman: The Animated Series
• Death (from Sandman) by Chris Bachalo (Artist of Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman)
• Avengers#4 Cover Recreation Based on the Jack Kirby Original Cover by Nick Bradshaw
• Bloom County Daily Strip 03/03/1982 by Berkeley Breathed
• Vampirella by Danica Brine
• From Hell Recreated Panel from Chapter 10, Page 3 (#14 OF 40) by Eddie Campbell
• Concrete Water Vintage 1992 by Paul Chadwick
• Batgirl Painting by Joe Chiodo
• Poison Ivy Painting by Joe Chiodo
• Painted Study for Usagi-TMNT 40th Anniversary Cover by Kevin Eastman
• Batman by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
• Red Hood: The Hill #3 Cover Featuring Killer Croc by Sanford Greene
• Zootopia Unpublished Cover by Gene Ha
• Poison Ivy Painting by Brian Haberlin
• Medusa Color Drawing by Bo Hampton
• Green Arrow: Year One #2, Page 4 Original of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow by Jock
• Dead Boy Detectives #2 Cover by Dave Johnson
• Big Barda Lightboxed Inked Drawing by Jack Kirby & Dave Johnson
• Sandman and Death Painting by Shawn McManus (Sandman Series Artist with Neil Gaiman)
• TMNT Drawing by Sarah Myer (TMNT Artist)
• Aliens by Mark Nelson (Artist on the First Dark Horse Series)
• Venom Color Drawing by Dustin Nguyen
• Three Pencil Character Design Sheets for Several X-Men Villians, Drawn in 1998 by Carlos Pacheco
• Batman by Mike Perkins (Artist of Batman: First Knight
• Mouse Guard Illustration by David Petersen
• The Goon by Eric Powell
• Sam &; Max Painting by Steve Purcell (Award-Winning Pixar Writer/Director)
• All Star Superman Painting by Frank Quitely
• Batman Maxx #3 Variant Cover by Gabriel Rodriguez
• Uncle Scrooge Color Drawing by Don Rosa
• Usagi Yojimbo Drawing by Stan Sakai
• Superman and Batman (World’s Finest) by Chris Samnee
• Thor/Odin/Loki by Walter Simonson
• Black Knight by Paul Smith
• Defenders by Philip Tan & Rich Friend
• Harley Quinn by Bruce Timm (Co-Creator, Batman: The Animated Series Director, Designer)
• Dinosaurs Attack Painted by Herb Trimpe & JK Woodward
• Shi by Billy Tucci
• TMNT and “The River” by Rick Veitch (The River appeared in a 3-issue arc that has not, because of a contract dispute, been reprinted for 35 years)
• Daredevil by Lee Weeks
• Captain America and Captain Marvel Jr. by Alan Weiss
• Star Wars Episode Three Adaptation, Page 1 by Doug Wheatley
• Ren & Stimpy Tribute to Wally Wood’s Flesh Garden (MAD #11) by William “Bill” Wray (Ren & Stimpy Show Director)