Auctions: comic books April 1977

Batman (1940) 286 VF 8.0

Cover art by Jim Aparo. That Dirty Beach Hostess snack cakes ad with Aquaman. "The Joker's Playground of Peril!", script by Denny O'Neil, Julius Schwartz (plot assist), and E. Nelson Bridwell (plot assist), pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bob Wiacek; The Joker breaks out of Arkham Asylum and shrinks and kills his psychiatrist with a strange liquid; Robin convenes with Batman and Commissioner Gordon beside the doll-sized corpse of Dr. Tugwell, who has written "RIP" in the sand beside him; Batman deduces the letters stand for Revelry In the Park, a costume charity carnival held in Paradise Playground, an amusement park, which he believes will be the site of the Joker's next crime. And Now... Still Another Message Of Untold Importance From Our Prolific Publisher!! article by Jenette Kahn. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

Batman (1940) 286 VG+ 4.5

Cover art by Jim Aparo. That Dirty Beach Hostess snack cakes ad with Aquaman. "The Joker's Playground of Peril!", script by Denny O'Neil, Julius Schwartz (plot assist), and E. Nelson Bridwell (plot assist), pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bob Wiacek; The Joker breaks out of Arkham Asylum and shrinks and kills his psychiatrist with a strange liquid; Robin convenes with Batman and Commissioner Gordon beside the doll-sized corpse of Dr. Tugwell, who has written "RIP" in the sand beside him; Batman deduces the letters stand for Revelry In the Park, a costume charity carnival held in Paradise Playground, an amusement park, which he believes will be the site of the Joker's next crime. And Now... Still Another Message Of Untold Importance From Our Prolific Publisher!! article by Jenette Kahn. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

Black Lightning (1977 1st Series) 1 VF- 7.5

Ex-Olympic athlete Jefferson Pierce takes a job as a school teacher at an inner city school in Metropolis, commissions a costume from tailor Peter Gambi, takes on the name of Black Lightning, and goes after a group of bad guys called the 100. Script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Trevor Von Eeden, inks by Frank Springer. Cover by Rich Buckler and Springer. 1st app. of Black Lightning. Cover price $0.30.

Black Lightning (1977 1st Series) 1 FN- 5.5

Ex-Olympic athlete Jefferson Pierce takes a job as a school teacher at an inner city school in Metropolis, commissions a costume from tailor Peter Gambi, takes on the name of Black Lightning, and goes after a group of bad guys called the 100. Script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Trevor Von Eeden, inks by Frank Springer. Cover by Rich Buckler and Springer. 1st app. of Black Lightning. Cover price $0.30.

Freedom Fighters (1976 DC) 7 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4323359003

Written by Bob Rozakis. Art by Dick Ayers and Jack Abel. Cover by Rich Buckler and Jack Abel. The Emperor of the North Pole; The Freedom Fighters travel to the New York Christmastime attraction SANTALAND, where they find themselves face to face with the evil ELF, and face off against his weapons of choice-deadly doll recreations of the Justice League of America, including Batman, Superman, Supergirl, Robin and Wonder Woman! 36 pages, full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

Spidey Super Stories (1974) 22 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4416265014

"Doc Ock is Back in Town!" Story by Jim Salicrup. Art by Winslow Mortimer and Mike Esposito Cover by John Romita, Sr. Spidey must face off with the always dangerous Lizard. Includes the 1-page features "Who is Ms. Marvel?" and "The Wit of the Webslinger." Includes the back-up tale "Gone with the Windbag!" By Kolfax Mingo. Based on the Electric Company script by Thad Mumford. Plus, Spidey has a team-up with Marvel's very own super-woman to battle the Beetle in "Ms. Marvel, Ms. Marvel!" Guest-starring (you guessed it) Ms. Marvel. Featuring the clip and collect Spidey Stamp: #6 Ms. Marvel. Cover price $0.35.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 104 VF 8.0

"Magneto!" Starjammers cameo. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Dave Cockrum and Sam Grainger. You knew it had to happen sooner or later, the all new X-Men must battle the team's oldest and most dangerous adversary - Magneto, the Master of Magnetism! Plus, who are the Starjammers, and what is Mutant X? NOTE: 1st appearance of the Starjammers - Corsair and Ch'od. Cover price $0.30.