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Star Seed (2003) 7 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Label #19-2B9A632-032

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Title was previously Powers that Be #1-6, then continued as as Star Seed #7-9. Cover price $2.95.

Star Seed (2003) 8 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Minor side edge crack; Scuffing on front and back of case

Label #19-2B9A632-033

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Title was previously Powers that Be #1-6, then continued as as Star Seed #7-9. Cover price $2.95.

Star Seed (2003) 9 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on back of case

Label #19-2B9A632-034

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Title was previously Powers that Be #1-6, then continued as as Star Seed #7-9. Cover price $2.95.

Star Trek Countdown to Darkness (2012 IDW) 1RI.CGC CGC 9.6 CGC Variant

Paper: White

Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back

Retailer Incentive Edition.

Label #0962269011

Retailer Incentive CGC Exclusive is a variant of Messinas art cover, "Yellow Insignia", which has been graded and slabbed by CGC. Only 100 copies available. (W) Mike Johnson (A) David Messina The countdown to the motion picture event of 2013 begins here, in this blockbuster 4-issue prequel mini-series that sets the stage for the upcoming STAR TREK film! Like the best-selling STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN in 2009, this all-new series leads directly into the next movie, with a story by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci and Mike Johnson (STAR TREK ongoing series), and drawn by the original STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN artist, David Messina! STAR TREK 2013 PREQUEL is the can't-miss lead-in to the new adventures of the Enterprise crew! Cover price $3.99.

Star Trek Countdown to Darkness (2012 IDW) 2RI.CGC CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Retailer Incentive Edition.

Label #0962288055

Retailer Incentive CGC Exclusive is a variant of Messinas art cover, "Yellow Insignia", which has been graded and slabbed by CGC. Only 100 copies available. Cover by David Messina (W) Mike Johnson (A) David Messina Don't miss the next chapter in this exclusive comics prequel to next summer's blockbuster STAR TREK movie! New characters and new conflicts threaten Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise in this all-new story overseen by STAR TREK movie writer/producer Roberto Orci! Cover price $3.99.

Star Trek Countdown to Darkness (2012 IDW) 4RI.CGC CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back; Minor side/edge crack(s); See item notes

Retailer Incentive Edition. Top edge label strip is loose.

Label #0962304016

Retailer Incentive CGC Exclusive is a variant of Messinas art cover, "Yellow Insignia", which has been graded and slabbed by CGC. Limited to 100 copies (W) Mike Johnson (A) David Messina This is it! Don't miss the shocking conclusion of this official prequel to next spring's STAR TREK film sequel! Overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, this climactic issue leads directly into the upcoming blockbuster as Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew fight for fate of the Galaxy!

Star Wars Blood Ties Boba Fett Is Dead (2012) 4 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #22-0833472-008

(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Chris Scalf The man behind the murder of Boba Fett has sent his army of mercenaries to kill Fett's ex-wife and child, and Boba's half-brother Connor Freeman. But what if Boba Fett isn't quite as dead as everyone thinks? Then there might be . . . Hell. To. Pay. Cover price $3.50.

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Dark Temple (2019 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.2

Paper: White

Label #22-11A3106-029

Written by Matthew Rosenberg. Art by Paolo Villanelli. Cover by Marco Checchetto. IN THE GLORY DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC, TWO JEDI WILL GET CAUGHT UP IN A BATTLE THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND - A BATTLE FOR THEIR LIVES! Leading into Jedi: Fallen Order the upcoming third-person action-adventure Star Wars title from Lucasfilm and Respawn Entertainment, DARK TEMPLE follows the Jedi Master ENO CORDOVA and his impulsive Padawan CERE JUNDA on their most dangerous mission yet. The Jedi Council has sent them to the remote planet Ontotho to oversee the peaceful excavation of a mysterious temple that has been uncovered. But they will come to find that what surrounds the temple may be even more dangerous than the mysteries within it. Clandestine local resistance forces and ruthless corporate security troops in a war for the fate of Ontotho - and the Jedi are caught in the middle! 28 pages, full color. Rating T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Kanan (2015 Marvel) 1B CGC 9.8 TV Show 1:15 Variant

Paper: White

Rebels Variant Cover

Label #4029934006

Limited 1 for 15 Retailer Incentive TV Show Variant Cover. Written by Greg Weisman. Art by Pepe Larraz. Kanan Jarrus--in STAR WARS REBELS, he's a cocky, sarcastic renegade fighting against the Galactic Empire alongside the rag-tag crew of the Ghost...but years before, at the height of the Clone Wars, he was known as Caleb Dume, Jedi Padawan under the instruction of Jedi Master Depa Billaba. Neither master nor apprentice ever suspected that the Clone Troopers they commanded would turn on them upon the issuing of Order 66-the order to execute all Jedi. How did Caleb Dume survive? How did he learn to survive on his own? And how did he become the man we know as Kanan Jarrus? A tale bridging the years between the Clone Wars and Rebels! 28 pages, full color. Rated T. Star Wars Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd. Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Kanan (2015 Marvel) 1B CGC 8.5 TV Show 1:15 Variant

Paper: White

Rebels Variant Cover

Label #3846759008

Limited 1 for 15 Retailer Incentive TV Show Variant Cover. Written by Greg Weisman. Art by Pepe Larraz. Kanan Jarrus--in STAR WARS REBELS, he's a cocky, sarcastic renegade fighting against the Galactic Empire alongside the rag-tag crew of the Ghost...but years before, at the height of the Clone Wars, he was known as Caleb Dume, Jedi Padawan under the instruction of Jedi Master Depa Billaba. Neither master nor apprentice ever suspected that the Clone Troopers they commanded would turn on them upon the issuing of Order 66-the order to execute all Jedi. How did Caleb Dume survive? How did he learn to survive on his own? And how did he become the man we know as Kanan Jarrus? A tale bridging the years between the Clone Wars and Rebels! 28 pages, full color. Rated T. Star Wars Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd. Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Kanan (2015 Marvel) 6 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4067183001

Written by Greg Weisman. Art by Jacopo Camagni. Cover by Pepe Larraz. A tale from the time of Rebels! No longer a Padawan, the adult Kanan finds himself back on the planet Kaller... Will his past as Caleb Dume return to haunt him? 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Kanan (2015 Marvel) 6 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #3932925012

Written by Greg Weisman. Art by Jacopo Camagni. Cover by Pepe Larraz. A tale from the time of Rebels! No longer a Padawan, the adult Kanan finds himself back on the planet Kaller... Will his past as Caleb Dume return to haunt him? 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters (2021 Marvel) 1D CGC 9.8 Tarr Pride Variant

Paper: White

Tarr Variant Cover.

Label #3901422010

Written by Charles Soule. Art by Luke Ross. Cover by Babs Tarr. AT WAR FOR THE GREATEST PRIZE OF ALL: HAN SOLO! THE HUNT BEGINS! Nobody. Steals. From BOBA FETT! The notorious bounty hunter will not stop until he gets what's rightfully his. For the thief, no corner of the galaxy is safe. Good thing for them that the REBEL ALLIANCE, THE EMPIRE and every bounty hunter in the galaxy is standing in Boba's way. With a last-page reveal that will blow this Death Star-sized story wide open, Issue #1 is just the beginning. The biggest crossover in STAR WARS history will continue raging through the pages of the WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS event miniseries and tie-in to STAR WARS, DOCTOR APHRA, DARTH VADER and BOUNTY HUNTERS through October. Only one hunter will be left standing, and the STAR WARS galaxy will never be the same! 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters (2021 Marvel) 1SHATTERED.B CGC 9.8 DiMasi Shattered Partial B&W Variant

Paper: White

Shattered Comics Edition B

Label #3855518009

Shattered Comics B&W variant cover by Matthew DiMasi. Written by Charles Soule. Art by Luke Ross. AT WAR FOR THE GREATEST PRIZE OF ALL: HAN SOLO! THE HUNT BEGINS! Nobody. Steals. From BOBA FETT! The notorious bounty hunter will not stop until he gets what's rightfully his. For the thief, no corner of the galaxy is safe. Good thing for them that the REBEL ALLIANCE, THE EMPIRE and every bounty hunter in the galaxy is standing in Boba's way. With a last-page reveal that will blow this Death Star-sized story wide open, Issue #1 is just the beginning. The biggest crossover in STAR WARS history will continue raging through the pages of the WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS event miniseries and tie-in to STAR WARS, DOCTOR APHRA, DARTH VADER and BOUNTY HUNTERS through October. Only one hunter will be left standing, and the STAR WARS galaxy will never be the same! 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha (2021 Marvel) 1C CGC 9.8 McNiven Variant

Paper: White

Crimson Edition

Label #3842061010

Written by Charles Soule. Art by Steve McNiven. Cover by Steve McNiven (after Stephen Platt's cover to Marc Spector Moon Knight (1989) #55). THE STAR WARS COMIC EVENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! The notorious bounty hunter BOBA FETT has finally landed his greatest prize - HAN SOLO, frozen in carbonite for easy transport. Fett will bring the smuggler to TATOOINE to collect the massive bounty placed on Solo's head by the fearsome crime lord JABBA THE HUTT. Sounds easy. What could go wrong? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha (2021 Marvel) 1E CGC 9.8 SS Christopher Christopher Action Figure Variant

Paper: White

Signed by John Tyler Christopher on 1/23/22 Action Figure Variant Cover

Label #2574719024

Written by Charles Soule. Art by Steve McNiven. Cover by John Tyler Christopher. THE STAR WARS COMIC EVENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! The notorious bounty hunter BOBA FETT has finally landed his greatest prize - HAN SOLO, frozen in carbonite for easy transport. Fett will bring the smuggler to TATOOINE to collect the massive bounty placed on Solo's head by the fearsome crime lord JABBA THE HUTT. Sounds easy. What could go wrong? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha (2021 Marvel) 1E CGC 9.8 SS Christopher Christopher Action Figure Variant

Paper: White

Signed by John Tyler Christopher on 1/23/22 Action Figure Variant Cover

Label #2574719022

Written by Charles Soule. Art by Steve McNiven. Cover by John Tyler Christopher. THE STAR WARS COMIC EVENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! The notorious bounty hunter BOBA FETT has finally landed his greatest prize - HAN SOLO, frozen in carbonite for easy transport. Fett will bring the smuggler to TATOOINE to collect the massive bounty placed on Solo's head by the fearsome crime lord JABBA THE HUTT. Sounds easy. What could go wrong? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Starman (1988 1st Series) 43 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Direct Edition

Label #19-2B047C8-102

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Part 2 of the 4-part 'Star Shadows': Hoping to find a cure for his wildly fluctuating powers, Starman heads into outer space with Dr. Bruce Gordon...where they meet up with Lobo, who's been hired to kill Gordon's alter ego, Eclipso! Written by Len Strazewski, with art by Vince Giarrano. Cover by Mike Mignola. Cover price $1.00.

Startling Comics (1940) 30 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4199677001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Pyroman story. The Fighting Yank story, pencils by Ken Battefield, inks by Everett Raymond Kinstler; The Fighting Yank fights Nazis dressed up as vultures in America. Snow Signal text story by Jackson Cole. Captain Future story. Outlaw Tracks text story by Tex Mumford. Four Comrades story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Merit Badge text story by Henry Hale. The Oracle story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

STAT (1993 Majestic) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on back of case

Label #19-2B0472B-034

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Sting of the Green Hornet (1992) 1A CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front of case

Label #19-2B0472B-043

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Collector's Edition (indicated by cover price of $2.75). Out of the Shadows. Story by Jeff Butler and Ron Fortier. Art and cover by Jeff Butler. An alternate-history series that has the Green Hornet and Kato battling spies during World War II and meeting some familiar faces of the era. The Green Hornet faces the villain known as The Baroness and a German plot to replace an American gangster with a German spy. Featuring cameos by Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and The Shadow. Originally came polybagged with a poster and trading card and may or may not be polybagged when purchased. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.75.

Stormwatch (1993 1st Series) 0P VF+ 8.5 Clark Variant

Signed by artist J. Scott Campbell (on polybag). No certification is included.

Polybagged with card. Cover price $2.50.

Strange (2022 Marvel) 1D CGC 9.8 Campbell Variant

Paper: White

Campbell Variant Cover.

Label #4372481017

Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Marcelo Ferreira. Cover by J. Scott Campbell. A NEW SORCERER SUPREME RISES! Doctor Strange is dead! And a new Sorcerer Supreme has taken the title, or should we say Sorceress? Haunted by her recently returned memories, Clea longs to bring Stephen Strange back from the dead! But when a mysterious group attacks the magical realm, Clea must rise to the duties of Sorcerer Supreme. For she is now the sole protector of Earth against magical threats. Don't miss the twists and turns as Jed MacKay continues the story from DEATH OF DOCTOR STRANGE with artist Marcelo Ferreira (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN)! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.8 Ramos

Paper: White

Label #21-21EDC05-013

Written by Skottie Young. Art and Cover by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1B CGC 9.8 SS Young/ Ramos Adams Variant

Paper: White

Signed by Skottie Young on 3/27/21 and Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 Variant Edition

Label #2574664002

Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. Cover by Arthur Adams. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1B CGC 9.4 SS Young/ Ramos Adams Variant

Paper: White

Signed by Skottie Young on 3/27/21 and Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 Variant Edition

Label #2574664001

Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. Cover by Arthur Adams. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.A CGC 9.8 SS Momoko/ Young/ Ramos Momoko Comic Mint Variant

Paper: White

Signed by Peach Momoko on 10/11/20, Skottie Young on 3/27/21 and Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 Comic Mint Edition A

Label #2574664010

Comic Mint exclusive variant by Peach Momoko. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.A CBCS 8.5 SS Peach Momoko Momoko Comic Mint Variant

Paper: White

Comic Mint Momoko Exclusive. Verified Signature: Peach Momoko.

Label #23-1651B69-002

Comic Mint exclusive variant by Peach Momoko. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.C CGC 9.8 SS Young/ Ramos/ Campbell Campbell Comic Mint Virgin Variant

Paper: White

Signed by Skottie Young on 3/27/21, Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 and J. Scott Campbell on 7/20/23 Comic Mint Edition C

Label #4258904006

Comic Mint exclusive virgin variant by J. Scott Campbell. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.C CGC 9.6 SS Young/Ramos/Campbell Campbell Comic Mint Virgin Variant

Paper: White

Signed by Skottie Young on 3/27/21, Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 & J. Scott Campbell on 7/20/23. Comic Mint Edition C.

Label #4258904005

Comic Mint exclusive virgin variant by J. Scott Campbell. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1D CGC 9.8 SS Young/Ramos/Campbell Campbell Variant

Paper: White

Signed by Skottie Young on 3/27/21, Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 & J. Scott Campbell on 7/20/23. Campbell Variant Cover.

Label #4258904001

Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. Cover by J. Scott Campbell. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1G CGC 9.6 Opena 1:50 Variant

Paper: White

Opena Variant Cover

Label #3859197009

Limited 1 for 50 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover.Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. Cover by Jerome Opena. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1REP.4TH.ILLUMINATI CGC 9.8 SS Young/ Ramos Ramos Unknown Virgin Variant 4th Printing

Paper: White

Signed by Skottie Young on 3/27/21 and Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 Fourth Printing/ Unknown Comics Edition

Label #2574664014

4th Printing. Comics Illuminati (Unknown Comics, Street Level Hero, and Comic Traders) exclusive variant cover by Humberto Ramos. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1REP.4TH.ILLUMINATI CGC 9.6 SS Young/ Ramos Ramos Unknown Virgin Variant 4th Printing

Paper: White

Signed by Skottie Young on 3/27/21 and Humberto Ramos on 4/4/21 Fourth Printing/ Unknown Comics Edition

Label #2574664013

4th Printing. Comics Illuminati (Unknown Comics, Street Level Hero, and Comic Traders) exclusive variant cover by Humberto Ramos. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1WALMART CGC 9.8 Ramos Walmart Variant 1st Printing

Paper: White

Walmart Edition/Second Printing.

Label #3838941013

1st Printing. Walmart exclusive variant cover by Humberto Ramos. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 2F CGC 9.8 Ramos Variant 4th Printing

Paper: White

Fourth Printing

Label #3765807020

4th Printing. Written by Skottie Young. Art and Cover by Humberto Ramos. Go to class with the students at STRANGE ACADEMY! Your class schedule: 8:15-9:15 HISTORY OF MAGICAL OBJECTS with THE ANCIENT ONE, 9:25-10:25 ELEMENTS OF CHAOS MAGIC with SCARLET WITCH, 10:35-11:35 GYM with COACH TAYLOR, 11:40-12:10 LUNCH (cooked by MINDFULL ONE), 12:20-1:20 INTRODUCTION TO THE UNDEAD with BROTHER VOODOO, 1:30-2:30 INFERNO 101 with MAGIK, 2:40-3:20 (Pending survival) STUDY HALL, 3:30-4:30 MAGICAL PLANTS AND THE CARE THEREOF with PROFESSOR MAN-THING. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 13A CGC 9.8 Ramos

Paper: White

Label #4411748003

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Written by Skottie Young. Art and Cover by Humberto Ramos. The Strange Academy kids have a night on the town in New Orleans! Some kids go for a tour of a famous NOLA graveyard, and Im sure you know how teens in graveyards usually go. Emily takes a field trip of her own, and we also learn the SECRET ORIGIN OF ZOE LAVEAU! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Strange Academy Finals (2022 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.A CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Comic Mint Edition.

Label #4181763003

Comic Mint Edition Cover by Humberto Ramos. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. FRESHMAN YEAR IS ALMOST OVER! From day one, people have been wondering - who is the savior of Strange Academy, and who can bring it all down? The future of Marvel Magic is going to be decided here and it will take FAR more than the Sorcerer Supreme and his school if magic has a chance!, rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 76 CBCS 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #22-1A209AC-018

Prototype issue (Human Torch). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Am Dragoom! The Flaming Invader!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A flaming alien monster terrorizes Earth; A movie director fools him by using special effects to fake the arrival of police from Vulcan in pursuit of the monster, frightening him away. "The Pact" text story. "Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!", art by Don Heck; A fugitive hides in an abandoned house, but aliens from another dimension appear to him; They cannot hurt him, but instead they phase him into an immaterial state and leave him there forever. "The Dummy and Me!", art by Paul Reinman; Some gangsters come for a ventriloquist who has unpaid gambling debts; They corner him in the alley and shoot him. "I Found the Mad Universe!", art by Steve Ditko; A scientist uses a powerful new microscope to discover an entire world existing at the sub-atomic level; He is horrified to find that this world, Earth, is just as barbaric and violent as his own. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 115 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #1362288007

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. Dr. Strange's 4th appearance finally provides his origin in "The Origin of Dr. Strange," script by Stan Lee (co-plot, script) and Steve Ditko (co-plot, un-credited), art by Steve Ditko; Dr. Stephen Strange, a top neurosurgeon, damages his hands in an accident and seeks out a mystic for help; He saves the seer from his treacherous student, becoming his pupil and finding a new purpose; First mentions of Dormammu and the All-Seeing Agamotto (though no actual appearances). Baron Mordo appearance. Second appearance (and brief origin) of the Sandman in "The Sandman Strikes!", script by Stan Lee (co-plot, script) and Dick Ayers (co-plot, un-credited), art by Dick Ayers; The Human Torch fights and defeats Spider-Mans old enemy Sandman. "Zero of Time" text story. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 115 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. Dr. Strange's 4th appearance finally provides his origin in "The Origin of Dr. Strange," script by Stan Lee (co-plot, script) and Steve Ditko (co-plot, un-credited), art by Steve Ditko; Dr. Stephen Strange, a top neurosurgeon, damages his hands in an accident and seeks out a mystic for help; He saves the seer from his treacherous student, becoming his pupil and finding a new purpose; First mentions of Dormammu and the All-Seeing Agamotto (though no actual appearances). Baron Mordo appearance. Second appearance (and brief origin) of the Sandman in "The Sandman Strikes!", script by Stan Lee (co-plot, script) and Dick Ayers (co-plot, un-credited), art by Dick Ayers; The Human Torch fights and defeats Spider-Mans old enemy Sandman. "Zero of Time" text story. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 129 VG+ 4.5

1/2" cumulative spine split.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. The Human Torch and the Thing star in "The Terrible Trio!", script by Stan Lee and Dick Ayers (co-plot), pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Frank Giacoia (as Frankie Ray); On the golf course, Doris nags Johnny by comparing him to "gentlemanly" Peter Parker; When the latest emergency arises, she says a girl like her should have her head examined; Johnny falls into a trap of The Terrible Trio, but manages to send out a distress signal to Ben, who takes on these losers and saves Johnny's life in a railway yard. "Beware...Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!", script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Don Rico (script), art by Steve Ditko; A panel of three scientists appear on a TV program, rejecting Dr. Strange as an authority on the supernatural and dismiss magic as superstition; When the lights go out the men vanish and Dr. Strange is summoned; He discerns that the idol they dismissed is a gateway to the dimension of Tiboro, a powerful entity set to attack Earth; Strange travels to Tiboro's land and a fierce battle commences. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 136 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4419733009

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko (bottom tier), inks by Mike Esposito and Steve Ditko (bottom tier). "Find Fury or Die!", script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Severin, inks by John Severin; HYDRA agents tail Fury intent on finding SHIELD's HQ, but Fury is aware he's being followed. HYDRA Section Leader B, a "Hydra-Hunter," runs the mission and hands over his hood to the Imperial Hydra so he will have no place to hide should he fail; When a few HYDRA agents show up at the barber shop which is the secret entrance to SHIELD's HQ, they're captured and hypnotized into believing the HQ is located in a warehouse blocks away. "What Lurks Beneath the Mask?", script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Dormammu imprisons Clea, telling her she will witness Strange's defeat. Mordo tells Dormammu that Strange is searching for "Eternity" and is puzzled by the dark lord's violent reaction; Strange continues his search, going from one mystic to another with no results, until The Aged Genghis tells him only he and The Ancient One know the secret; He gives him a scroll, which leads Strange to a being imprisoned in another dimension; a trap he barely escapes. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 137 VG+ 4.5

Cover art by John Severin (signed) and Steve Ditko (lower tier). "The Prize Is... Earth!", script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Severin, inks by John Severin; SHIELD agents attempt to get microfilm to HQ but they fail, sacrificing themselves to prevent falling into HYDRA hands; The microfilm would have revealed the location of the Betratron Bomb, which Hydra will use to ransom the world; Leslie Farrington, chairmanship of Imperial Industries tells his assistant, Brown to track info on every board member, one of which is the Imperial Hydra. "When Meet the Mystic Minds!", script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Desperate to learn the secret of "Eternity," Dr. Strange probes the unconscious mind of The Ancient One, meeting one deadly trap after another, until at last, he reaches the mind of his beloved Master, and convinces him of his identity and good intentions; Brief Baron Mordo appearance. Order form for the Merry Marvel Marching Society. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 138 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4064961007

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by John Severin. "Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!", script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Severin, inks by John Severin; Aboard SHIELD's Intercontinental Ballistic Plane Fury uses the Televiewer Tube to locate the Betraton Bomb launch site; It is destroyed but the bomb was already launched; Agent G unsuccessfully implores her father, Imperial Hydra to come to his senses; He sends HYDRA's Fox Division to deliver his terms to every nation on Earth; Tony Stark prepares to show Fury the Braino-Saur,a new weapon when HYDRA agents capture him. "If Eternity Should Fail!", script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; In another dimension that defies description, Dr. Strange comes face-to-face with Eternity, who learns that Strange is indeed worthy of The Ancient One's trust; He knows that if Mordo & Dormammu are not stopped, all mankind will be in jeopardy; But after all Strange has been through, Eternity tells him he already has the power he needs; First appearance of Eternity; Appearance by Clea. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 138 VG- 3.5

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by John Severin. "Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!", script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Severin, inks by John Severin; Aboard SHIELD's Intercontinental Ballistic Plane Fury uses the Televiewer Tube to locate the Betraton Bomb launch site; It is destroyed but the bomb was already launched; Agent G unsuccessfully implores her father, Imperial Hydra to come to his senses; He sends HYDRA's Fox Division to deliver his terms to every nation on Earth; Tony Stark prepares to show Fury the Braino-Saur,a new weapon when HYDRA agents capture him. "If Eternity Should Fail!", script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; In another dimension that defies description, Dr. Strange comes face-to-face with Eternity, who learns that Strange is indeed worthy of The Ancient One's trust; He knows that if Mordo & Dormammu are not stopped, all mankind will be in jeopardy; But after all Strange has been through, Eternity tells him he already has the power he needs; First appearance of Eternity; Appearance by Clea. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 157 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case

Label #3774617005

Cover art by Jim Steranko. Nick Fury stars in "Crisis!", script and art by Jim Steranko; Strucker announces that the impregnable dome over Hydra Island will keep them safe from the "Death Spore" plague, and plans to use Fury's body as the basis for an army of HYDRA androids to "police" the world, once he's dead from the Alpha Ray beam; But Fury escapes!; As SHIELD searches the Heli-Carrier for the bomb with no result, Fury, "playing it by ear", takes on one group of HYDRA thugs after another, until Strucker faces him one-on-one. "The End of the Ancient One!", script by Stan Lee and Marie Severin (co-plot), pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Herb Trimpe; In order to pass his powers onto his disciple, The Ancient One allows Zom to defeat him; Before Strange's eyes, his mentor is fused with one of the giant rocks at Stonehenge, but not before he utters a warning; A battle ensues; First appearance of the Living Tribunal. Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 158 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white

Label #3774617006

Cover pencils by Marie Severin. Nick Fury stars in "Final Encounter!", script and art by Jim Steranko; The battle between Fury & Strucker rages until Fury manages to remove his Satan glove; Minutes later, as HYDRA thugs enter the room, they discover 2 Strucker's! One of them is revealed to be wearing a mask, panics, and is incinerated in an Alpha-Particle Reactor Cube; The other orders Laura put aboard the Dyna-Soar and takes off from Hydra Island, despite the imminent detonation of The Death Spore bomb. "The Sands of Death," script by Roy Thomas and Marie Severin (co-plot), pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Herb Trimpe; The Living Tribunal decrees that because Doctor Strange has unleashed a menace to the cosmos Earth must be destroyed; Before he recites the Incantation of Oblivion he recounts events leading up to his decision, agreed upon by his 3 faces of Equity, Revenge & Necessity; Doctor Strange challenges the Tribunal to let him deal with the menace, having defeated the forces of darkness in the past. Strange is granted a reprieve for as long as it takes the Sands of Death to run out of a mystic Hourglass resting in the middle of Stonehenge; Cameos by Dormammu and Umar. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bill Mantlo. Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 158 VG- 3.5

Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Marie Severin. Nick Fury stars in "Final Encounter!", script and art by Jim Steranko; The battle between Fury & Strucker rages until Fury manages to remove his Satan glove; Minutes later, as HYDRA thugs enter the room, they discover 2 Strucker's! One of them is revealed to be wearing a mask, panics, and is incinerated in an Alpha-Particle Reactor Cube; The other orders Laura put aboard the Dyna-Soar and takes off from Hydra Island, despite the imminent detonation of The Death Spore bomb. "The Sands of Death," script by Roy Thomas and Marie Severin (co-plot), pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Herb Trimpe; The Living Tribunal decrees that because Doctor Strange has unleashed a menace to the cosmos Earth must be destroyed; Before he recites the Incantation of Oblivion he recounts events leading up to his decision, agreed upon by his 3 faces of Equity, Revenge & Necessity; Doctor Strange challenges the Tribunal to let him deal with the menace, having defeated the forces of darkness in the past. Strange is granted a reprieve for as long as it takes the Sands of Death to run out of a mystic Hourglass resting in the middle of Stonehenge; Cameos by Dormammu and Umar. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bill Mantlo. Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 162 FN- 5.5

Cover art by Dan Adkins. Nick Fury stars in "So Evil, The Night!", script and pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Frank Giacoia; The Gaff presents Fury with his new car which is made entirely out of clear fiberglass, making it completely invisible from 100 feet away; Fury & Val go to SHIELD's rebuilt ESP Division; There, Jimmy Woo detects that The Yellow Claw is in Chinatown; Nick tells Woo it's his job now, and goes there alone; After a harrowing encounter with a pair of Claw goons, Fury impersonates one of them, and in a darkened shop, meets Fang-Chu (The Claw) face-to-face. "From the Never-World Comes... Nebulos!", script by Jim Lawrence and Dan Adkins (co-plot), art by Dan Adkins; Nebulos commands Strange to take hold of his Staff of Polar Power which places Strange under his control; He returns Strange to Earth to face Mordo, whose power is absorbed by the staff; Strange's spell sends Mordo into cosmic limbo; Returning to Stonehenge where the mystic hourglass remains Strange attempts to remove it from earth but both are pulled back to the Planets Perilous by Nebulos, whose staff returns to him. Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.