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Werewolf by Night (1972 1st Series) 27 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white

Label #2708160013

Marvel Value Stamp. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. The Amazing Dr. Glitternight, script by Doug Moench, art by Don Perlin; the Werewolf battles the Soul-Beast; story continued in part from Giant-Size Werewolf #3. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Werewolf by Night (1972 1st Series) 28 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4095838021

Gil Kane cover. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins. The Darkness From Glitternight, script by Doug Moench, art by Don Perlin; the Werewolf battles Dr. Glitternight; Lissa Russell becomes a werewolf. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Werewolf by Night (1972 1st Series) 28 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4478815009

Gil Kane cover. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins. The Darkness From Glitternight, script by Doug Moench, art by Don Perlin; the Werewolf battles Dr. Glitternight; Lissa Russell becomes a werewolf. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Werewolf by Night (1972 1st Series) 29 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4467049019

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Klaus Janson. A Sister of Hell, script by Doug Moench, art by Don Perlin; Jack Russell, as the Werewolf, battles his sister, Lissa, who has become a werewolf. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Trap." 32 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Werewolf by Night (1972 1st Series) 30 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2708165017

"Red Slash Across Midnight!" Written by Doug Moench. Art by Don Perlin. The city trembles as a were-beast stalks the streets! And it's not Jack Russell. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.25.

West Coast Avengers (1984 Limited Series) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Label #4072279021

"Avengers Assemble!" Guest-starring the Shroud. Script by Roger Stern. Pencils by Bob Hall. Inks by Brett Breeding. Cover by Bob Hall and Brett Breeding. Earth's Mightiest Heroes are branching out! In Avengers 243, the Vision commissioned Hawkeye to form a new team on the west coast! And fortunately for Clint Barton, several former avengers already live in California! But can the ace archer and Mockingbird convince them to join the new Pacific-based team? Wonder Man, Tigra, and the new Iron Man (aka Jim Rhodes) promptly answer Hawkeye's call! However so does someone else... shrouded in secrecy! And just like that the West Coast Avengers begin their inaugural adventure! Cameo appearances by Jarvis, Jessica Drew, Lindsay McCabe, and the Vision. (Notes: The west coast team appears next in Iron Man Annual #7. This four-part limited series was reprinted in 2010 in the hardcover: Marvel Premiere Classic Library Edition #44.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

What If (1977 1st Series) 11 FN- 5.5

"What If the Fantastic Four Were the Original Marvel Bullpen?" Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Stan Lee becomes Mr. Fantastic, Sol Brodsky the Human Torch, Jack Kirby the Thing, and Flo Steinberg the Invisible Girl. Co-starring the Sub-Mariner. Kirby/Joe Sinnott cover. Cover price $0.60.

Where Creatures Roam (1970) 1 FN 6.0

Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby and Marie Severin (alterations), inks by Steve Ditko and Marie Severin (alterations). All reprints: "I Am the Brute That Walks!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Scrawny scientist Howard Avery develops a growth serum so his girlfriend Sally will like him better, but it turns him into a giant monster. "Kragoo!", art by Don Heck; An alien soldier is given immense strength and the ability to possess the body of one victim in order to hypnotize the population of their target planet. "Fear in the Night," art by Steve Ditko; Two space explorers, a human and a robot, crash-land on an unknown planet where they are menaced by a monster. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Where Monsters Dwell (1970) 12 FN+ 6.5

Staple rust.

Giant-size issue. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!, art by Don Heck; An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man. The Earth-Crawlers!, art by Steve Ditko; An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa; He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice. The Metal Monster, art by Paul Reinman; An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. The Last Voyage of Captain Kragg, art by Steve Ditko. The Pretender!, art by Paul Reinman; A man looking through an abandoned house find notes in an alien language. Quogg!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko. The Black Clock!, art by Don Heck. All reprints. 52 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.15.

Witching Hour (1969 DC) 46 FN- 5.5

"The Killer Came Slithering" (script by George Kashdan, art by Lee Elias), "A Ghastly Revenge," and "Burial Insurance" (script by Kashdan). One page E.R. Cruz art. Nick Cardy cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4391127015

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Direct Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1N CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4481112010

Newsstand Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 3N VF+ 8.5

Newsstand Edition. Wolverine's Japanese adventure continues in "Loss." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Cover price $0.60.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 4D CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4177457008

Direct Edition. Wolverine's Japanese adventure concludes in "Honor." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Cover price $0.60.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 206 FN 6.0

Cover by Nick Cardy. "War of the Wonder Women!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Vince Colletta; Wonder Woman learns untold facts about her origin: that a second statue of a child, created from black clay, was created by Queen Hippolyta at the same time as she was, and was also given life by Aphrodite, becoming Nubia, who was stolen from her cradle by Mars; Now Nubia has become the adult pupil of Mars, and is set against Wonder Woman just as Mars attacks Paradise Island. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 207 VG- 3.5

Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta. "The Riddle of the Chinese Mummy Case!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta; Wonder Woman goes back in time to ancient China to aid a princess and to discover why a statue of Wonder Woman was found in a 2000-year-old mummy case. "The Four Dooms!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta; Inventa, a criminal scientist sentenced to Transformation Island, escapes her Venus Girdle with a special key of her devising, liberates the rest of the prisoners, and takes Paradise Island by force; Then she sentences Wonder Woman and Queen Hippolyta to the Island of Four Dooms; This a re-imaginating of an Earth-Two Wonder Woman story originally presented in Wonder Woman #33. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 226 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4089338018

Cover pencils by Ernie Chan, inks by Vince Colletta. "A Life in Flames," script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Vince Colletta; Wonder Woman faces the threat of Hephaestus, god of fire, who menaces her and singer/actress Julie Gabriel with golden female robots and fire that feeds on emotion. Superman stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Justice For All Includes Children" (#7) with art by Neal Adams. Aquaman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Twinkies and Kelp.". 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series Whitman) 250 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Whitman Variant.

Label #4481170016

Whitman edition. First 40-cent cover price. "Tournament!" Script by Jack C. Harris, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Joe Giella. Fred Hembeck comic strip. Converse shoes ad features Tony Dorsett. Rich Buckler cover pencils, Dick Giordano cover inks. Cover price $0.40.

World's Finest (1941) 222 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4429896020

Cover art by Nick Cardy. Evil in Paradise starring Super Sons of Superman and Batman, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Vince Colletta; The super-sons accompany two scientists with opposing views on the essential nature of man - good or evil - to a newly discovered civilization between South America and Antarctica; But when the experiment doesn't go the way one scientist expects, he interferes in it with deadly results. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

World's Finest (1941) 235 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4429897013

Cover pencils by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua], inks John Calnan. Superman's Stolen Birthday starring Superman and Batman, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by John Calnan; Superman and Batman battle a criminal mastermind named Cyclops. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.