Value of Original Rick Hoberg Art

Rick Hoberg art price guide

A journeyman artist who worked for both Marvel and DC Comics as well as creating independent comics, Rick Hoberg original art has decent value.

Facts About Original Rick hoberg Comic Art

Record Sale for Artwork:
$14,400 Batman #384 Cover Art

Key Comic Book Issues:

• Batman #380
• Action Comics #572
• Iron Man #209
• What If..? #6

How Much is Rick Hoberg Artwork Worth?

The record of $14K is an outlier. Most of Hoberg's pieces sell for a few thousand dollars.

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Prices For Rick Hoberg Art

Batman #384 Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $14,400. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Batman #384 Cover Art sold for $14,400
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What If..? #10 Page 17 by Rick Hoberg sold for $14,400. Click here to get your original art appraised.

What If..? #10 Page 17 sold for $14,400
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All-Star Squadron #34 Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,375. Click here to get your original art appraised.

All-Star Squadron #34 Cover Art sold for $1,375
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Batman #380 Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $5,260. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Batman #380 Cover Art sold for $5,260
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Batman #380 Splash Page 3 by Rick Hoberg sold for $2,870. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Batman #380 Splash Page 3 sold for $2,870
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Batman #385 Partial Story Group of 3 by Rick Hoberg sold for $2,030. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Batman #385 Partial Story Group of 3 sold for $2,030
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Batman and the Outsiders Annual Page 27-28 by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,315. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Batman and the Outsiders Annual Page 27-28 sold for $1,315
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Brave and the Bold #199 Page 8 by Rick Hoberg sold for $2,030. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Brave and the Bold #199 Page 8 sold for $2,030
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Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures #9 Unpublished Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,035. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures #9 Unpublished Cover Art sold for $1,035
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Darth Vader Style Guide Illustration by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,135. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Darth Vader Style Guide Illustration sold for $1,135
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DC Challenge #8 Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $2,870. Click here to get your original art appraised.

DC Challenge #8 Cover Art sold for $2,870
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Green Arrow #55 Partial Story Group of 16 by Rick Hoberg sold for $720. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Green Arrow #55 Partial Story Group of 16 sold for $720
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Green Arrow #59 Double Splash Page 6-7 by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,135. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Green Arrow #59 Double Splash Page 6-7 sold for $1,135
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Green Arrow #71 Partial Story Group of 9 by Rick Hoberg sold for $600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Green Arrow #71 Partial Story Group of 9 sold for $600
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Green Lantern #162 Splash Page 1 by Rick Hoberg sold for $2,870. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Green Lantern #162 Splash Page 1 sold for $2,870
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Justice League of America Annual #1 Splash Page 1 by Rick Hoberg sold for $2,390. Click here to get your oringal art appraised.

Justice League of America Annual #1 Splash Page 1 sold for $2,390
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New Gods #21 Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,315. Click here to get your original art appraised.

New Gods #21 Cover Art sold for $1,315
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Star Wars Daily Comic Strip 8-8-80 by Rick Hoberg sold for $2,150. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Star Wars Daily Comic Strip 8-8-80 sold for $2,150
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Star Wars Tie Fighter Style Guide Illustration by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,195. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Star Wars Tie Fighter Style Guide Illustration sold for $1,195
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Strangers #1 Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $960. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Strangers #1 Cover Art sold for $960
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Star Wars Sunday Comic Strip 8-10-80 by Rick Hoberg sold for $5,020. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Star Wars Sunday Comic Strip 8-10-80 sold for $5,020
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Tarzan Unused Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $960. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Tarzan Unused Cover Art sold for $960
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What If..? #5 Cover Art by Rick Hoberg sold for $7,470. Click here to get your original art appraised.

What If..? #5 Cover Art sold for $7,470
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What If..? #10 Double Page Spread by Rick Hoberg sold for $5,975. Click here to get your original art appraised.

What If..? #10 Double Page Spread sold for $5,975
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What If..? #10 Page 36 by Rick Hoberg sold for $1,140. Click here to get your original art appraised.

What If..? #10 Page 36 sold for $1,140
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History of Rick Hoberg in Comic Book Art

Rick Hoberg was a comic artist and animator who began working in the industry in the early 1970s. His earliest work was for Russ Mannning's Tarzan comic book series, handling its distribution overseas.

Hoberg would also assists Manning again on the Star Wars daily newspaper comic strip. The Sunday pages for Fred Kida's The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip was also assisted by Hoberg's ghost drawing from 1981-1982.

After being hired by Marvel Comics in 1977, Hoberg provided artwork for titles like The Invaders, Kull the Destroyer, Savage Sword of Conan, Star Wars and What If..?

He co-developed the format for Marvel's Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe series,  along with writer Dennis Mallonee. The two would later also co-create the series Eternity Smith.

Hoberg also worked for DC Comics throughout the 1980s on series like All-Star Squadron, Batman, The Brave and The Bold, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, Green Arrow, Green Lantern and the Justice League of America Annual. He was also among the artists who worked on the 1986 DC Challenge limited series.

During the 1990s Hoberg had a long run as penciller on the Green Arrow series. He would also pencil select issues of the series DC's New Gods. He also co-created the series The Strangers, published by Malibu Comics, serving as its penciller as well from 1993-1995.

From 2002-2003, Hober pencilled for the Batman Family series.

Hoberg has also worked in animation as far back as 1978 as a storyboard artist, model designer and layout man on series like Hannovers-Barbera, Marvel Productions, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Comapny, Cartoon Network and Warner Bros, among others.

He has contributed to animated series like Godzilla, The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Justice League, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the first X-Men cartoon and many more.

In 1984, Hoberg received an Inkpot Award.

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