Auctions: comic books

Auction Item: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lot of 9

• Issues 1-9 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2001 1st Printing). Most will grade in NM range with a couple grading closer to VF.

Auction Item: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lot of 9

• Issues 10-18 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2001 1st Printing). Most will grade in NM range.

Auction Item: Terry and the Pirates (1947-55 Harvey/Charlton) 4 VG+ 4.5

• Tape over tear on front cover (interior). 1/2" spine split from top of spine.

Second issue in the series (# 1 & 2 were Boy Explorers). Milton Caniff art, plus 6-page Boy Explorers back-up (continuation from issue 3), "The Isle Where Women Rule!" by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Also in this issue: Soapy Sam the Snooper Man in "The Guy in the Glass House" by Jack Keeler; and 2 one-page text stories, "Danger is Here" and "Horseshoe Death." Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: Thanos Quest Lot of 2

• Books 1 and 2 of Thanos Quest (1990 1st Printing). Both will grade in VF to FN range.

Auction Item: Thing! (1952) 15 FR 1.0

• INCOMPLETE. Story panel cut out. Interrupts art, but no text.

"The Worm Turns," "Day of Reckoning," "Comeback," "If Looks Could Kill," and "Family Mixup" (art on all and cover by Steve Ditko). Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 98 GD+ 2.5

First appearance of the Cobra in "Challenged by the Human Cobra!" Script by Stan Lee, art by Don Heck. Odin and Jane Foster appearances. Second "Tales of Asgard" installment, "Odin Battles Ymir, King of the Ice Giants!" Script by Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Heck. Other back-up stories: "The Purple Planet" with plot by Lee, script and pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Matt Fox; and a two-page text story, "Snowstorm." Kirby/George Roussos cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 103 PGX 7.0

• Paper: Off white to white
• Slab: New, unblemished

"The Enchantress and the Executioner" features the first appearance of the two characters. Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. Jane Foster guest appearance; Odin cameo. "Tales of Asgard" back-up has the final "Boyhood of Thor" story, "Thor's Mission to Mirmir!" script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Stone. Other back-up stories: "To Live Forever" with plot by Lee, script and pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Stone; and the first half of a two-page text story, "Poor Oscar." This issue also has a statement of ownership: average print run 318,413; average paid circulation 187,740. Kirby/Roussos story. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 121 FN 6.0

The Absorbing Man is back in "The Power, the Passion, The Pride!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Loki, Balder, Jane Foster, and Odin. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "Maelstrom!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Balder appearance. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 124 VF 8.0

"The Grandeur and the Glory!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Hercules, Zeus, Jane Foster, and Odin. Thor reveals his secret identity to Jane. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "Closer Comes the Swarm!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Appearances by Balder, Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 134 VG 4.0

First appearances by the High Evolutionary and the Man-Beast in "The People-Breeders!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch, the Recorder, and Jane Foster; Galactus cameo. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "Whe Speaks the Dragon!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 137 VF 8.0

First appearance of Ulik of the Rock Trolls in "The Thunder God and the Troll!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Guest starring Sif. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "The Tragedy of Hogun!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 141 FN/VF 7.0

• Restored (see item notes)
• RESTORATION. Minor color touch on front cover.

"The Wrath of Replicus!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "Alibar and the Forty Demons!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 142 CGC 9.6

• Paper: White
• Slab: New, unblemished
• CGC Serial #0205600008

Thor battles the Super Skrull in "The Scourge of the Super Skrull!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Sif, Odin, Balder, and Loki. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "We, Who Are About to Die!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 143 VF 8.0

Balder and Sif guest star in "And Soon Shall Come: The Enchanters!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bill Everett. Heimdall and Odin cameos. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "To the Death!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Everett. Kirby/Colletta cover (with Marie Severin). Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 144 FN- 5.5

"This Battleground Earth!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Balder, Sif, and Odin. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "The Beginning of the End!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Kirby/Colletta cover (with Marie Severin). Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 145 FN 6.0

• PRINTING ERROR. No bottom staple.

"Abandoned on Earth!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Balder, Sif, Odin, and the Circus of Crime. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "The End!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Colletta. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 147 FN+ 6.5

Thor battles Loki in "The Wrath of Odin!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Balder, Sif, Odin, and the Circus of Crime. "Origins of the Inhumans" back-up: "The Reason Why!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 150 FN/VF 7.0

Loki, Karnilla, the Wrecker, and the Destroyer gang up on Thor in "Even In Death!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Balder, Sif (animates the Destroyer), and Hela. "Origins of the Inhumans" back-up: "Silence Or Death!" Script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Origin of Triton. This issue also contains a statement of ownership: average print run 497,708; average paid circulation 298,219. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 158 FN/VF 7.0

Reprints first Thor (Journey Into Mystery 83) with new pages in "The Way It Was!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Cameo appearances by Balder, Sif, Karnilla, Heimdall, Loki, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Pluto, Ulik, Hercules, Cobra, Jane Foster, and Odin. Letter to the editor from noted fan writer Dwight Decker. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 162 VG/FN 5.0

• Restored (see item notes)
• RESTORATION. Minor color touch on front cover.

The beginning of the origin of Galactus (continued in Thor 168) in "Galactus is Born!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Balder, the Recorder, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, and Odin. Cameos by Galactus, Karnilla, and Heimdall. Kirby/Colletta cover. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 167 VF/NM 9.0

Loki returns in "This World Renounced!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Balder, Sif, Karnilla, Heimdall, Galactus, and Odin. John Romita Sr. cover. Cover price $0.15.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 169 VF/NM 9.0

Galactus origin, part 2 in "The Awesome Answer!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. Appearances by Balder, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, the Watcher, the Thermal Man, and Odin. Letter to the editor from book and comics retailer Bud Plant. Kirby/Klein and John Romita Sr. cover. Cover price $0.15.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 175 FN 6.0

Loki returns in "The Fall of Asgard!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bill Everett. Appearances by Balder, Sif, Karnilla, Fandral, Volstagg, Hogun, and Loki. Jack Kirby/Tom Palmer cover (with Marie Severin). Cover price $0.15.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 178 FN 6.0

The Stranger and the Abomination attack in "Death is a Stranger!" Script by John Buscema, inks by Vince Colletta. Appearances by Sif and Odin. Cameos by the Silver Surfer and Warlock Prime. Buscema/John Verpoorten cover. Cover price $0.15.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 181 FN+ 6.5

Thor manages to get his own body back from Loki in "One God Must Fall!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Joe Sinnott. Appearances by Sif, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Heimdall, Odin, Balder, and Mephisto. Cover by Neal Adams/Marie Severin, John Verpoorten, and others. Cover price $0.15.

Auction Item: Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 344 VF 8.0

Balder takes center stage in "Whatever Happened To Balder the Brave?" Script, art, and cover by Walt Simonson. First appearance of Malekith. Appearances by Odin, Frigga, Loki, and Karnilla. Cover price $0.60.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 10

• Issues 270-279 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in FN range.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 10

• Issues 280-289 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in VF to FN range with #282 and #285 grading closer to VG.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 10

• Issues 290-299 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in VF to FN range with #297 grading closer to GD.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 10

• Issues 300-309 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in VF to FN range with #300 grading closer to VG.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 12

• Issues 310-321 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in VF to FN range.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 12

• Issues 396-407 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in NM to FN range with #396 grading closer to VG.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 12

• Issues 408-419 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in NM to VF range.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 13

• Issues 383-395 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in low NM to FN range with a couple grading closer to VG.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 14

• Issues 256-269 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in FN to VG range.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 15

• Issues 322-336 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in high VF to FN range.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 4

• Issues 201, 202, 206, and 212 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in high VF to high FN range.

Auction Item: Thor Lot of 8

• Issues 185, 191-195, 198, and 200 of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery). Most will grade in high VG to GD range.

Auction Item: Thrilling Comics (1940-51 Better/Nedor/Standard) 60 GD+ 2.5

Auction Item: TMNT Movie Lot of 5

• Complete set of issues 1-5 of TMNT Movie Prequel (2007 Mirage). Most will grade in NM range with #3 grading closer to VF.

Auction Item: Tomb of Dracula (1972 1st Series) 1 FN- 5.5

• Autographed by Gene Colan with Lone Star Comics certificate of authenticity.

First appearance of Dracula in a Marvel comic in "Dracula." Script by Gerry Conway, art by Gene Colan. First appearance of Frank Drake. Neal Adams cover. Cover price $0.20.

Auction Item: Tomb Raider (1999) 1HOLO VG 4.0

Holofoil Variant Cover by Andy Park. Cover price $19.95.

Auction Item: Tomb Raider (1999) 1TRHOLO FN+ 6.5

This is the Tower Records Exclusive "HOLOFOIL" gold logo variant cover. Cover by Andy Park.

Auction Item: Tomb Raider (1999) 2TRHOLO VF- 7.5

This is the Tower Records Exclusive "HOLOFOIL". Cover by Andy Park.

Auction Item: Tomb Raider (1999) 3MONSTER FN/VF 7.0

Monster Mart Variant Cover. Top Cow Comics (W) Dan Jurgens (P) Andy Park (I) Jon Sibal Amid death, turmoil, and treachery, the odds are long as Lara Croft races against incredible odds to find the coveted Medusa Mask! Few know of its existence, but those who do will pay any price and commit any crime to make sure it's theirs! FC, 32pg"

Auction Item: Tomb Raider (1999) 4DFGOLD VF- 7.5

Dynamic Forces Exclusive Gold Edition. Certificate of authenticity

Auction Item: Tomb Raider (1999) 17BOSTON FN/VF 7.0

Boston Convention Exclusive Limited to 1200 copies. Cover art by Andy Park, Jonathan Sibal and Jonathan D. Smith. Written by Dan Jurgens. "Pieces of Zero" Part 2 of 4. Cover price $10.00.

Auction Item: Tomb Raider (1999) 32A VF- 7.5

(W) Adam Hughes & James Bonny (P) Tony Daniel (I) Jonathan Sibal (C )Jonathan D. Smith Top Cow joins together with Eidos to tell the story of the upcoming game, ANGEL OF DARKNESS. If you're a fan of the game, or if you've never held a joystick in your life, you'll love this action filled story arc starring the world's hottest philanthropist, Lara Croft! FC 32 pages $2.99 continuing series Cover price $2.99.

Auction Item: Twilight Zone Lot of 4

• Issues 12, 13, 42, and 65 of Twilight Zone (1962 1st Series Dell/Gold Key). Most will grade in VG to GD range.

Auction Item: Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) Variant White Cover 1 CGC 9.6

• Paper: White
• Slab: New, unblemished
• Variant Cover.
• CGC Serial #0212298004

Variant White Background Edition. Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, & Art Thibert. Varient cover. Brian Michael Bendis story. Mark Bagley & Art Thibert art. Mark Bagley cover. First "Ultimate" cover. Cover price $2.99.