The early 1990s were a ground-shaking and world-changing time in comic books with a number of young artists challenging the traditional ways in their field -- in the business itself, on their pages and elsewhere.

You can see that in the spread above.

It's a dynamic piece from noted baseball collector, toy creator and media maven Todd McFarlane -- a pair of pages from Spider-Man No. 8 in 1991 and it's on the auction block ending tonight over on ComicLink.

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The box: Fairfield Superhero Collector Box
Where to buy: Target ($9.99)
Packs per box: 12

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She's one of the comic book world's biggest icons and a ferocious superheroine vampire — and her first story ever published back in 1969 is now in the hands of one of the world's biggest comic art collectors.

She's Vampirella and the original art — the complete seven-page story — from Vampirella No. 1 is in the hands of Thomas Fish, the owner of BlowoutCards.com. The artwork previously sold in May 2009 after it had been in the collection of its creator, Forrest J. Ackerman all these years.

"During the last comic art con in Secaucus, N.J., I had an opportunity to meet the previous owner and discuss this historic first appearance piece of comic book and horror memorabilia," Fish said. "After some negotiation, we were able to come to a deal we were both happy with and the artwork is now part of my collection."

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