With the populatity of comic books, collecting and making them into movies you would think that the industry and it’s fans would take steps to make sure this art is showcased as it should. Hey Stan the Man could bankroll the whole thing I bet or at least lay the foundation of such.
Stan’s probably still angry over the artists getting back their drawings in the 1980s (Jack Kirby and others sued Marvel to get back the originals that had never been returned, much of the art had “walked off” over the years).
Some of the writers were upset that the artists got to resell artwork while they could make no more money off of past work (except perhaps reprint payments).
I remember back to around 1992 when an EC cover would cost a couple of thousand dollars. The boat has sailed. And those who do have them are probably unlikely to part with one.