Auctions: comic books May 1992, graded by CBCS

Aliens Hive (1992) 4 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #19-2B978A3-032

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Written by JERRY PROSSER. Art and cover by KELLEY JONES. Surrounded by Aliens and a hostile Grant Corporation ship, Stan, Julie and Gill are running low on options. When there seems to be no possible means of escape, Stan discovers that there's always one more way out! Cover price $2.50.

Batman (1940) 477 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-259AD0A-004

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Part 1 of the 2-part 'A Gotham Tale.' Batman is trapped in a vault with two other people, with only enough air for two! As they wait for workers to break them free, each of the victims explains why he should survive. Continued next issue. Written by John Wagner, with art by Cam Kennedy. Photo cover by Tom Taggart. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.25.

Crazyman (1992 1st Series) 2 CBCS 8.5

Paper: White

Label #19-2BC24B4-010

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Buried Alive! Story by Peter Stone. Art by Tristian Shane and Neal Adams. Cover by Neal Adams and Brian Bolland. Hotshot troubleshooter Danny Brody uses his emotional instability as a superpower, giving him added strength and pain resistance - or at least, that's what he believes. During a mission, CrazyMan is plagued by nightmares of being buried alive. When the dreams come true, it's too crazy even for him to stand. Featuring a rare pairing of Neal Adams and Brian Bolland on the cover. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.50.

Dark Horse Presents Aliens (1992) 1A CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case

Label #19-2A9840C-026

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All of the stand-alone stories from the past issues of Dark Horse Presents in one volume, and in color for the first time! This package includes stories by Mark Verheiden and Mark A. Nelson (DHP #24), Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan (DHP # 42-43), John Arcudi and Simon Bisley (DHP 5th Anniversary Special), and Arcudi, Guinan and Tony Akins (DHP #56). This volume is colored by Rachelle Menashe and Chris Chalenor. All wrapped up in a stunning new cover painting by Simon Bisley. Cover price $4.95.

Darkhawk (1991 Marvel) Annual 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #19-27C178C-011

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Assault on Armor City, Part 1 of 3. Iron Man once again is hunting down anyone wearing armor he thinks was illegally based on his own designs. And his first suspect is Darkhawk! Continues in Avengers West Coast (1986) Annual #7. Written by Danny Fingeroth. Art and cover by Mike Manley. Cover price $2.25. Cover price $2.95.

Deathlok (1991 1st Series) 11 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #19-2AD1D20-019

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Cover art by Denys Cowan. Welcome To The Terrordome, script by Dwayne McDuffie, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Mike Manley; Deathlok tracks down High-Tech, who had stolen Cybertek files from Magnum Munitions, and protects him from Moses Magnum's minion, Terrordome; First appearance of Curtis Carr (aka the first Chemistro) as High-Tech. 36 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 644 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-2364435-011

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Part 1 of the 3-part 'Electric City': Buzz Galvan goes to the electric chair...and survives! After the courts decree that he must be set free, he begins a campaign of revenge becoming...the Electrocutioner against all who gathered to watch him die. Even Batman is on his list! Continued next issue. Written by Chuck Dixon, with art by Tom Lyle and Scott Hanna. Cover by Michael Golden. Cover price $1.00.

Excalibur (1988 1st Series) 50 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Direct Edition

Label #19-27C178C-053

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Giant-Sized Spectacular - "Winner Loses All!" Story by Alan Davis. Art by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer. The last 49 issues have all been leading to this moment. Its the Phoenix vs. the Anti-Phoenix and the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance. 48 pages, FC. Cover price $2.75.

Lobo's Back (1992 DC) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #22-1BB7372-003

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This is the 1st printing. 2nd printings are identified by having a Roman Numeral "II" in the price box on front cover. Everybody's favorite bad boy of comics returns! This time Lobo's taken a job as a skip-tracer, courtesy of his old friend Ramona, the skip-tracing hairdresser who's set him on the trail of his bounty, Loo. That's Loo, the self-proclaimed 'baddest bastich in the galaxy'...who may just be a match for Lobo himself. Yeah, right! LOBO'S BACK is a pulse-pounding, action-packed bonanza of violence, hilarity and more violence, brought to you by the creative team responsible for LOBO: THE LAST CZARNIAN and THE LOBO PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, and artist Simon Bisley, who provides both interior art and covers. All the covers, because issue #1 features three separate covers, but all three appear on every copy - no fraggin' variant editions here. Strongly and Vehemently Suggested for Mature Readers...so put it back, kid! New Format. Cover price $1.50.

Lobo's Back (1992 DC) 1 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #22-1BB7372-002

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This is the 1st printing. 2nd printings are identified by having a Roman Numeral "II" in the price box on front cover. Everybody's favorite bad boy of comics returns! This time Lobo's taken a job as a skip-tracer, courtesy of his old friend Ramona, the skip-tracing hairdresser who's set him on the trail of his bounty, Loo. That's Loo, the self-proclaimed 'baddest bastich in the galaxy'...who may just be a match for Lobo himself. Yeah, right! LOBO'S BACK is a pulse-pounding, action-packed bonanza of violence, hilarity and more violence, brought to you by the creative team responsible for LOBO: THE LAST CZARNIAN and THE LOBO PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, and artist Simon Bisley, who provides both interior art and covers. All the covers, because issue #1 features three separate covers, but all three appear on every copy - no fraggin' variant editions here. Strongly and Vehemently Suggested for Mature Readers...so put it back, kid! New Format. Cover price $1.50.

Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990 1st Series) 26 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #22-0FD4FF7-030

"Where is Namor?!" Guest-starring Namorita. Cameos by Captain America, Iron Fist, and the Daughters of the Dragon. Story by John Byrne. Art by Jae Lee and Bob Wiacek. Cover by Jae Lee. Six months after his fateful confrontation with the wizard Master Khan, Prince Namor remains missing. His friends have all but given up hope of ever finding him again. Meanwhile, far to the northwest, a stranger emerges from the woods with no memory of who he is and where he came from. It isn't long before this mysterious stranger gets caught up in a local feud that could mean death. Cover price $1.25.

Solar Man of the Atom (1991) 9 CBCS 9.8 SS Layton/Shooter

Paper: White

Witnessed Signatures: Bob Layton on 9/13/2015 & Jim Shooter on 10/24/2015.

Label #00-7002239-AA-038

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The most amoral, self centered, selfish, evil and remorseless being on Earth has the power to kill billions. Solar faces his greatest struggle against the deadly power of the "Godchild." Issue also has part nine of "Alpha and Omega," a 10-part origin story of Solar Man of the Atom with script by Jim Shooter and art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton. Each chapter of the origin story has a two-page pinup. When all 10 two-page pinups are put together, they form a gigantic page of the climax of the origin story. Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith. Cover price $2.25.

Spider-Man (1990 Marvel) 22D CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #19-27ED9D3-037

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Direct Edition. Revenge of the Sinister Six: Part 5 of 6. "The Sixth Member!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk, Ghost Rider, Deathlok, Solo, and Sleepwalker. Story, art, and cover by Erik Larsen. Spider-Man and his amazing friends - the Incredible Hulk, Ghost Rider, Deathlok, and Sleepwalker - unite to stop the Sinister Six. Plus, after Sandman's betrayal, the bad guys unveil a mysterious new sixth member! Cover price $1.75.

Terminator Hunters and Killers (1992) 3 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #19-2B978A3-194

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Written by Toren Smith, Adam Warren and Chris Warner. Art by Bill Jaaska and Jeff Albrecht. Cover by John Taylor Dismukes. As a Soviet commando team prepares to launch the world's last remaining nuclear weapons against the killing computers of Skynet, an assault team of Terminators--led by undetectable "stealth" units that copy real people in every detail--makes a desperate attempt to seize the missiles and use them to destroy the human resistance. Soviet commando Larisa Bandera becomes convinced that the former KGB missile technician needed to launch the missiles is not what he seems. As time runs out, Bandera is faced with a terrible dilemma: if she kills the technician, will she be protecting the missiles from a Terminator, or--if she's wrong--protecting the Terminators from the missiles? 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

Warlock (1992 Marvel Limited Series) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front of case

Direct Edition

Label #19-347BA2F-006

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Reprints Strange Tales 178, 179, and 180 by Jim Starlin. Cover price $2.50.

Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 54 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #19-347BA2F-038

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Station Identification! Guest-starring Shatterstar. Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Darick Robertson and Don Hudson. Cover by Darick Robertson and Joe Rubinstein. Wolverine and Shattersar from X-Force team-up to take down a street gang that uses camcorders to video the mayhem that they cause. Cover price $1.75.