Nice auction going to be bidding for sure but I think your mistaken about the direct edition part because every comic at a comic shop is a direct edition and if you buy it at say a Barnes & Noble it says News Stand on it
I just remembered, I didn't order this one. I found it in a little mom and pop shop, already bagged and sitting amongst the Low-Rider and Tattoo magazines. The only comic in the shop. He didn't sell comics, it was bagged. I knew it was fetching up to $15 at the comic shops. I figured he must have traded it for a pack of smokes. I took it to the counter and was surprised when he charged me the cover price, $1.95!! WIN!