Auctions: comic books July 1973
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Item #61094976
Tags: Thanos: The Final Threat (part 4), ThanosCaptain Marvel (1968 1st Series Marvel) 27 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4419918001
Starts Jun 24 The Super-Skrull continues to pester Captain Marvel in "Trapped on Titan!" Script by Mike Friedrich, plot and pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Pablo Marcos. Meanwhile, Thanos seeks out the Cosmic Cube. Cameos by the Thing (of the Fantastic Four), the Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, the Scarlet Witch, the Vision, and the Black Panther), and Drax the Destroyer. This issue also contains a map of Titan. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #61121111
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Hulk (part 165), HulkIncredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 165 CGC 9.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4425713003
Starts Jun 24 Cover art by Herb Trimpe. The Green-Skinned God!, script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sal Trapani; Hulk has been trapped on the ocean floor by Omen but is helped by Omen's traitorous son who wants the Hulk to lead his people back to the surface world; When Omen catches wind of the betrayal, he unleashes Aquon to battle the Hulk and quell the rebellion; The fight damages Omen's submarine badly enough that he has no choice but to rise to the surface and capitulate to Filius' demands; As the Infra-Worlders joyously experience the surface for the first time, they begin to explode in the new lighter pressure; Talbot and company finish their training and head off to rescue Ross from the Russians. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #61121106
Tags: Black PantherJungle Action (1972 Marvel) 5 CGC 9.4
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4425713004
Starts Jul 6 Black Panther stories begin. Cover art by John Romita. The Monarch and the Man-Ape! (reprinted from Avengers 62), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by George Klein; When the Black Panther and his fellow Avengers return to Wakanda they are captured by M'Baku, who plans to kill the Black Panther. Ad for The Ultimate Fan Club! FOOM! Friends Of Ol' Marvel. Monsters Unleashed ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #59831572
Kamandi (1972 DC) 7 FN/VF 7.0
Starts Jun 24 "The Monster Fetish." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Cover by Kirby and Royer. Gorillas capture Kamandi and try to get Tony (a giant talking ape) back from the Lion Men. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #61017302
Where Monsters Dwell (1970) 22 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4416321015
Starts Jul 6 Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. Elektro! He Held a World in His Iron Grip!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A scientist creates a computer so sophisticated that it can out think human beings; It hypnotizes the scientist into building it a huge robot body so that it can move and conquer the world. I Found the Girl in the Blue Glass Bottle!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A curio shop owner uses an ancient magic bottle to shrink people, but one of his victims turns the magic of the bottle on him and escapes, as the shop owner shrinks to nothing. The Demon in the Dungeon!, art by Don Heck; A novelist rents a castle in Transylvania, where the locals believe a demon lives; He discovers that the creature is a lost alien child. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.