Auctions: comic books September 1974
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Item #61016495
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Amazing Spider-Man (part 136), Spider-ManAmazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 136 VG+ 4.5
1st app. Harry Osborn as Green Goblin
Water damage. Cover oxidation.
Starts Jun 24 Cover by John Romita Sr. First appearance of Harry Osborn as the new Green Goblin in "The Green Goblin Lives Again," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt; After a fulfilling Sunday together, Peter and MJ decide to spend a quiet evening at his and Harrys apartment; But as Peter opens the door, an explosion is set off!; Who has rigged Peters apartment?; And is his secret identity as Spider-Man a secret no longer? The letters page has Marvel Value Stamp series A # 95: Mole Man. Reprinted in Marvel Tales # 113. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #59922626
Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 113 FN 6.0
Starts Jun 24 First appearance of Death-Stalker (cameo). Cover pencils by John Romita, inks by John Romita and Frank Giacoia. When Strikes the Gladiator!, script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Vince Colletta; The Gladiator kidnaps Candice Nelson for doing a story on work by Ted Sallis; DD heads to the Florida Everglades looking for Ted and runs across the Gladiator who got there first. Appearances by the Black Widow and Shanna the She-Devil. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #85 (Lilith, Dracula's Daughter by John Romita Sr.). 36 pgs. Cover price $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #59082990
Tags: Fantastic FourHuman Torch (1974 1st Series) 1 CBCS 8.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #22-0FD4FF7-012
Starts Jun 10 Cover pencils by John Romita, inks by Joe Sinnott. Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; In Glenville, Johnny lives with his sister Sue; While she's known as a member of the Fantastic Four, he tries to keep a low profile; We get to see the house, much of which is chemically fire-resistent, and equipped with various crime-fighting equipment; But even in the suburbs danger lurks, as someone called The Destroyer is hell-bent on wrecking a local amusement park nearing completion. Part 2: The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!; Ben shows up, but Johnny refuses help, saying it's his fight. Horror Hotel!; A hotel is terrorized by a "man-killing beast," sending tenants fleeing. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60901802
Tags: Fantastic FourHuman Torch (1974 1st Series) 1 CBCS 3.0
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #23-253E131-002
Starts Jun 10 Cover pencils by John Romita, inks by Joe Sinnott. Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; In Glenville, Johnny lives with his sister Sue; While she's known as a member of the Fantastic Four, he tries to keep a low profile; We get to see the house, much of which is chemically fire-resistent, and equipped with various crime-fighting equipment; But even in the suburbs danger lurks, as someone called The Destroyer is hell-bent on wrecking a local amusement park nearing completion. Part 2: The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!; Ben shows up, but Johnny refuses help, saying it's his fight. Horror Hotel!; A hotel is terrorized by a "man-killing beast," sending tenants fleeing. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #59787425
Plop (1973) 7 FN/VF 7.0
Starts Jun 24 "The Lawn That Devoured Cleveland" (script by David Michelinie, art by Sergio Aragones), "It Came From Beneath the Sink!" (story and art by Lee Marrs, script by Steve Skeates), "Switch Ending" (script by Jack Oleck, art by David Manak), and a framing sequence by Aragones that features Superman. No ads. Basil Wolverton covers. Cover price $0.20.