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First issue. Origin retold. Black Panther guest starring in "This Monster Unmasked!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores. Brief Nick Fury appearance. Cameos by the Avengers and the Sub-Mariner. This story continues from Tales of Suspense 99. Kirby/Shores cover.

First issue. Origin retold. Black Panther guest starring in "This Monster Unmasked!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores. Brief Nick Fury appearance. Cameos by the Avengers and the Sub-Mariner. This story continues from Tales of Suspense 99. Kirby/Shores cover.

This is the 1st printing. Captain America's origin is retold in "The Hero That Was." Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores. Brief appearances by Bucky Barnes and Nick Fury. Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. Kirby/Shores cover.

This is the 1st printing. Captain America's origin is retold in "The Hero That Was." Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores. Brief appearances by Bucky Barnes and Nick Fury. Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. Kirby/Shores cover.

Rick Jones becomes Cap's partner in "No Longer Alone!" Script, pencils, and cover by Jim Steranko, inks by Joe Sinnott. Hulk appearance. First appearance of Madame Hydra.

35 cent cover variant. Distribution on price variants limited. The Red Skull pops up in "Showdown Day!" Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Kirby/Frank Giacoia cover.

35 cent cover variant. Distribution on price variants limited. The cover and title refer to Nazi "X," though he doesn't appear to be in the story--but the Red Skull is here, and that's enough! Plus an android with the brain of Adolf Hitler! "Naxi 'X'!" Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Kirby/Frank Giacoia cover.

35 cent price cover variant, with square price style. First appearance of "The Night Flyer!" Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dan Green. Red Skull cameo. Kirby/Frank Giacoia cover.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; Mystery of the Atomic Boomerang, art by Alascia; Killer From the Grave starring Human Torch, art by Carmine Infantino; Fraternity of Fat Fellows, Pencils by Vince Alascia; The Case of the Accusing Hand—Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; Manhunt text story; and The Case of the Blonde Bombshell, art by Alascia. 52 pgs.

Cover art by Steve Ditko. The Gremlins From Planet Blue, script by Joe Gill, pencils by Steve Ditko, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Captain Atom must rescue Professor Jupe and his daughter from aliens who have brainwashed him into working for them on killer missiles. The Sun God text story. The Vast Unknown-n-n-n, art by Ernie Bache. Previously titled Strange Suspense Stories. 36 pgs. $0.12.

Captain Marvel battles a Kree Sentry in "Out of the Holocaust--a Hero!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Vince Colletta. Colan/Colletta cover.

"Capt. Marvel Sails the Seven Seas," "The Unknown Killer," and "Capt. Marvel and his Loneliest Day."

Cover price is "9d"

(#6) is Harvey Comics Hits # 61 (10/1952).

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bill Everett. ...And Fear Shall Follow!, script and pencilsby Jack Kirby, inks by John Verpoorten; An American U-2 pilot crashes his plane in China; He escapes from the wreckage but a strange man pursues him relentlessly, even walking through walls; The pilot eventually realizes that he died in the crash and the man is going to escort him to the world beyond. The Music From Beyond!, script by Roy Thomas (adaptation) and H. P. Lovecraft (original story), art by Johnny Craig; Adapted from H. P. Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann." The Beast From the Bog!, script by Denny O'Neil, art by Paul Reinman. Letter to the editor from comic artist Alan Kupperberg. 36 pgs. $0.15.

Written by JOHN LAYMAN. Art and Cover ROB GUILLORY. Tony Chu is a cop with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. It's a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the name of justice. And if that wasn't bad enough, the government has figured out Tony Chu's secret. They have plans for him... whether he likes it or not. 32 pages, full color.

Marco Polo, 2nd Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 30, original 4/46 date).

Adventures of Cellini, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Froehlich cover and art. (HRN 38, 6/47 - Overstreet Lists as NO HRN, 6/47)

Mysteries, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 40, 8/47).

Mysteries of Paris, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, printed on normal paper. Used in "Seduction of the Innocent." (HRN 44, 12/47).

Tom Brown's School Days, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 44, 1/48).

David Copperfield, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 47, 6/48).

Silas Marner by George Eliot, 1st printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic story of a linen weaver feared and despised by townspeople because of an affliction. Cited in Seduction of the Innocent. (HRN 55, 1/49).

The Song of Hiawatha, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 55, 3/49).

Cloister and the Hearth, 1st (and only) Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 67, 12/49).

Cover pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by John Verpoorten. First comic book appearance and origin of Conan. The Coming of Conan!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future; Tara returns to her dimension 1st comic book appearance of Kull (cameo). The letters page contains a map of Conan's world of the Hyborian Age drawn by Windsor-Smith (based on Robert E. Howard's own version) and a short essay on The World of Conan. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15.

Cover pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by John Verpoorten. First comic book appearance and origin of Conan. The Coming of Conan!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future; Tara returns to her dimension 1st comic book appearance of Kull (cameo). The letters page contains a map of Conan's world of the Hyborian Age drawn by Windsor-Smith (based on Robert E. Howard's own version) and a short essay on The World of Conan. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith and John Romita (re-touches). The Keepers of the Crypt, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Tom Sutton and Tom Palmer; setting: Lost city of Lanjau; Conan battles a giant lizard & Undead creatures; Jenna & Conan flee village on horse at end of story; adapted from a synopsis by Robert E. Howard. The letters page reprints the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. First comic book appearance of Elric of Melnibone in A Sword Called Stormbringer, plot by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: Koth grasslands; Conan saves Zephra's life, fights against and later with Elric; Conan fights to save Hyborea and Melnibone from Queen Xiombarg. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. The Thing in the Temple, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins; setting: Island city of Bal-Sagoth in Vilayet Sea; Conan & Fafnir slay demons and flee from Bal-Sagoth as a volcano destroys the island; They are picked up in the Sea by Yezdigerd; adapted from the non-Conan story, The Gods of Bal-Sagoth by Robert E. Howard; Fafnir appearance. Letter to the editor from Ted White (editor of Amazing, Fantastic). Kane cover pencils, John Romita Sr. cover inks. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Black Hound of Vengeance, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; setting: Ship, City of Makkalet; Fafnir loses his arm and is thrown overboard by Balthaz to drown; Conan infiltrates the Temple of Tarim and kills a black hound; Conan kills Balthaz and flees Yezdigerd's ship. The letters page reprints the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. The page also announces the winners of the 1971 Academy of Comic Book Arts. (Best Continuing Feature, Conan the Barbarian; Best Individual Story, "Snowbirds Don't Fly" by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams from Green Lantern 85; Best Dramatic Penciler, Neal Adams; Best Dramatic Inker, Dick Giordano; Best Writer, Roy Thomas.) 36 pgs.Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. First full Red Sonja story, The Song of Red Sonja, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith; setting:Makkalet; Conan and Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in and steal a snake-tiara, and fight a magical snake; at the end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha; the Red Sonja story continues in Savage Sword of Conan 1. Final Windsor-Smith art on this title. The art in this issue (at least on page 8, and perhaps elsewhere) was altered without Windsor-Smith's approval. See Marvel Treasury Edition 15 or Savage Sword of Conan 82 for the original version. (The reprint in Conan Saga 8 contains the altered version). In the letters column, Roy Thomas responds and announces Barry Smith's final departure as Conan the Barbarian artist; Incidentally, Roy's responses to R. Benitz and Keith Taylor are mistakenly transposed.36 pgs. Cover price $0.20.

"The Anniversary Gift" (by Joe Schuster and Ray Osrin), "Express Car # 105," "I'll Never Sing Again" (art by Sam Moskowitz), and "A Deadly Circle." Dick Giordano cover pencils, Vince Alascia cover inks.

Myron Fass cover. Sally the Sleuth in "Murder Wears a Mask" (art by Wally Wood), Ray Hale in "A Noose for News" (art by Ken Battefield), Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective in "Bellyboard Bump-Off!" (script by Robert Leslie Bellem), Gail Ford, Girl Friday in "The Case of the Hidden Murder" (art by Pierre Charpentier. Two page text story, "Be Careful, Killer!" by Ric Hasse.

"Out of the Frying Pan" (art by Johnny Craig), "A Trace of Murder" (art by Jack Kamen), "The Escaped Maniac" (art by George Roussos), and a Haunt of Fear story, "Partnership Dissolved" (art by Graham Ingels). Craig cover.

"When the Cat's Away" (art by Johnny Craig), "The Screaming Woman" (adapted from a Ray Bradbury story; art by Jack Kamen), "Water, Water, Everywhere"/"And Not a Drop to Drink" (art by George Evans), and "Hail and Heart-y" (art by Graham Ingels). Craig cover.

1st appearance of Dawn. This is the first printing. Mature readers. 2nd and 3rd printings stated on cover.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bill Everett. First appearances of Daredevil, Karen Page, and Foggy Nelson in The Origin of Daredevil, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett (splash page penciled by Jack Kirby); Matt Murdock saves a blind man from an oncoming truck but is struck blind himself by a radioactive canister during the rescue; The radioactivity heightens Matt's other senses and gives him an uncanny radar sense; Matt graduates college and begins practicing law with his college roommate Foggy; Matt's father, a boxer, is killed by the Fixer after he refuses to throw a fight; Matt designs a costume and a billy club (from his cane) and takes his derogatory childhood nickname "Daredevil"; DD tracks down the Fixer and the man who shot his father. Spider-Man and Fantastic Four appear on the cover but not in the story inside. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. The Evil Menace of Electro!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Vince Colletta; The Thing and the F.F. hire Matt to look over the new lease on the Baxter Building; Matt goes to inspect the property but, unbeknownst to him, Electro has broken in to steal all of Reed Richard's secrets; Mayhem ensues; Fantastic Four cameo. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Origin and first appearance of the Owl inThe Owl, Ominous Overlord of Crime!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Vince Colletta; A wealthy and ruthless financier is exposed as a criminal and begins his reign as the Owl; The Owl hires Matt Murdock to get him out of his legal troubles; The Owl gathers a gang, traps DD and Karen and begins his bid to rule the underworld; DD escapes and takes the Owl down. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. First appearance of the Purple Man in Killgrave, the Unbelievable Purple Man!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Vince Colletta; DD runs up against a purple man who can make anyone do what he wants just by suggesting it. First letters page. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

Cover art by Wally Wood. First appearance of Daredevil's red costume in In Mortal Combat with Sub-Mariner!, script by Stan Lee, art and cover by Wally Wood; Namor hires Franklin and Murdock to sue the human race on his behalf; When this doesn't work, he gets himself arrested so he can have his day in court; Realizing humanity won't listen, the Sub-Mariner goes on a rampage which brings Daredevil into the (hopeless) fray; Namor returns to the sea out of respect for DD and to stop Krang from taking over Atlantis. Sub-Mariner/Daredevil pin-up by Wood. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.