The 27th anniversary Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on September 25-27, 2026! The Baltimore Comic-Con welcomes the return of the Hero Initiative art auction to our 27th Anniversary event! See the website for ticketing information, announced guests, cosplay events, gaming, and more!
On Saturday, September 26th at 5:00pm, the annual Hero Initiative auction will be taking place in Room 339-342. There will be more than 30 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 #1704. 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, among other items:
- A vintage water color by Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed featuring his most iconic character. A very rare offering. 13 x 13.5 inches.
- Incredibly atmospheric vampire Batman drawing by Kelley Jones. 11 x 17 inches.
- Gigantic Golden Age Superman painting by Shawn McManus measuring a huge 20 x 32 inches
- Batman and Man-Bat illustration by Kevin Nowlan who was inspired by his classic Man-Bat Secret Origins story to create what might have been that stories cover. 11 x 17 inches.
- Spider-Man illustration by Mike Perkins. Just look at that background that Mike drew! 11 x 17 inches.
- Sam and Max painting by Steve Purcell. Purcell doesn’t sell his art but created this incredible painting for this auction. 14 x 14.5 inches.
- Watercolor reimagining of his All-Star Superman #1 cover by Frank Quitely. 11 x 17 inches.
- Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo does battle with one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! 12 x 9 inches.
- Inspired by his ongoing run on Batman and Robin Year One, Chris Samnee turned in this stunner! 9 x 12 inches.
- Walter Simonson sent this massive battle piece featuring Thor and the Warriors Three doing battle with a huge monster. 30 x 22 inches!
- Rick Veitch, fresh off his triumphant return to Swamp Thing, sent us this incredible illustration based on one of the most controversial story-lines in comics history! 11 x 17 inches.
