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    Not Brand Echh (1967) 1 CBCS 5.0

    1st Marvel parody book

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    Label #21-24c87c6-021

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    Starts Jun 10

    1st Marvel Parody book. 1st appearance of Forbush Man. Cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito. The Silver Burper, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia; A comical re-telling of the Surfer's encounter with Dr. Doom from Fantastic Four #57-60, starring Thung (Bim Grimm), Weed Wichards, Human Scorch, and Inevitable Girl (Shrew Storm). The Fastest Gums in the West starring Too-Gone Kid, script by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin. The Battle of the Century, script by Roy Thomas, art by Ross Andru, Bill Everett, and Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); The Human Scorch battles The Sunk-Mariner. A Day of Blunder! starring Sgt. Furious and His Hostile Commandos!!, script by Gary Friedrich, art by John Severin. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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    Not Brand Echh (1967) 1 CGC 4.0

    1st Marvel parody book

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    Label #4055665011

    Starts Jun 3

    1st Marvel Parody book. 1st appearance of Forbush Man. Cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito. The Silver Burper, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia; A comical re-telling of the Surfer's encounter with Dr. Doom from Fantastic Four #57-60, starring Thung (Bim Grimm), Weed Wichards, Human Scorch, and Inevitable Girl (Shrew Storm). The Fastest Gums in the West starring Too-Gone Kid, script by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin. The Battle of the Century, script by Roy Thomas, art by Ross Andru, Bill Everett, and Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); The Human Scorch battles The Sunk-Mariner. A Day of Blunder! starring Sgt. Furious and His Hostile Commandos!!, script by Gary Friedrich, art by John Severin. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #60778376
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    Published Nov 1961 by DC.

    Our Army at War (1952) 112 CGC 4.5

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    Label #4388597012

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Joe Kubert. Battle Shadow starring Sgt Rock, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. The Fighting Blip, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. Tell It to The Marines, script by Hank Chapman, art by Jack Abel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60778377
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    Published Feb 1962 by DC.

    Our Army at War (1952) 115 CGC 5.5

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    Label #4388597013

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Joe Kubert. Rock's Battle Family starring Sgt Rock, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. No Glory For George, script by Hank Chapman, art by Jack Abel. Kindergarten Fighter, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #60778378
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    Published Mar 1963 by DC.

    Our Army at War (1952) 128 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4388597014

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Joe Kubert. The Battle of the Sergeants starring Sgt. Rock, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Rock battles Sgt. Krupp. The Ghost Patrol, script by Hank Chapman, art by Irv Novick. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Peter the Little Pest (1969) 1 CBCS 4.0

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    Label #22-46CC191-002

    Starts Jun 10
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    Put-Ons and Put-Downs Godfrey Cambridge at his Best (1967 Parallax) 1 GD/VG 3.0

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    Godfrey Cambridge Humor. Illustrated by Mort Drucker and Neil Adams. 5-1/4" x 8-1/2, 48 pages, B&W/ with blue. Cover price $1.00.

  • Item #59063006
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    Published Oct 1967 by Marvel.

    Rawhide Kid (1955) 60 CBCS 8.0

    Paper: White

    Label #22-0FD4DC5-042

    Starts Jun 10

    Cover by Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe. Stories by Gary Friedrich, Denny O'Neil and Stan Lee. Art by Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe. The greatest action epic of them all! Now it can be told! The six-gun saga you demanded as the Rawhide Kid thunders into a deadly Indian war in "Massacre at Medicine Bend!" by Gary Friedrich, Denny O'Neil, Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe. Also in this issue: Back-up story "The Bronc Buster!" by Stan Lee and Ayers, reprinted from Two-Gun Kid (1948) #63. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Published May 1958 by Dell.

    Rex Allen (1951-1959 Dell) 28 CBCS 7.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #22-0FB9CEE-021

    Starts Jun 10

    Photo cover. Showdown at Shawnee Wells starring Rex Allen, Koko, Sandy Riggs, and Marshall Clay Bassett, art by Russ Manning. The Protege text story, art by Sparky Moore. The Washout--Tales of the Roaring West starring Clem Hardy. The Big Change starring Rex Allen, Koko, Sheriff Trem Todd, Mr. Brown, Biff Yancy, and Bo Yancy, art by Nat Edson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60772393
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    Secret Origins (1961 One-Shot) 1 VG 4.0

    1" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Jun 3

    Reprints: Adam Strange (from Showcase 17), Green Lantern (G.L. 1), Challengers of the Unknown (Showcase 6), J'onn J'onzz (Detective 225), Flash (Showcase 4), Green Arrow and Speedy (1 page text), Superman-Batman team (World's Finest 94), and Wonder Woman (W.W. 105). Pencils by Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, and others. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #61028644
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    Sgt. Bilko (1957) 5 CGC 7.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4419899009

    Starts Jul 6
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    Published May 1963 by Marvel.

    Sgt. Fury (1963) 1 CGC 1.8

    1st app. Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes

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    Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

    Label #4188703006

    Starts Jul 6

    First appearance of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Commandos are ordered to rescue the Underground leader, captured by the nazis, before he reveals the date of D-Day. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #60970487
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    Published May 1965 by Marvel.

    Sgt. Fury (1963) 18 VG 4.0

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    Starts Jun 3

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. "Killed In Action," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers and Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone and Carl Hubbell; Just when he is ready to ask Pamela to marry him, Fury and his Commandos have to go on a mission to sink a German ship. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #60778379
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    Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales (1964) 1 CGC 8.5

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    Label #4388597015

    Starts Jul 6

    Joe Kubert and Russ Heath reprints; 80-page giant with 25c cover price. NOTE: In 2000 a replica edition was issued which has a $5.95 cover price. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60800361
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    Published Feb 1956 by EC.

    Shock Illustrated (1955) 2 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4378731001

    Starts Jul 6

    Painted cover by Rudy Nappi. Stories by Daniel Keyes, Jack Oleck, and Al Feldstein. Art by Reed Crandall, George Evans, Al Williamson, and Graham Ingels. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring crime tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. Cops capture "The Lipstick Killer" after a murder spree, and psychoanalysis reveals his accidental first murder when he was a toddler. A macabre bet between two med-school students leads to a man being buried alive, but the truth is worse still. A sheriff seeks the truth about a woman's death. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. The Lipstick Killer; My Brothers Keeper; A Question of Time; Dead Right. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60897033
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    Showcase (1956-1978) 23 CBCS 4.5

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    Label #0009863-AA-045

    Starts Jun 10

    2nd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. Summons from Space!; Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures. The Invisible Destroyer!; When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Showcase (1956-1978) 46 CGC 6.5

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    Label #4419733008

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    Cover art by Lee Elias. 4th Tommy Tomorrow issue. Chapter 1: Mission to Disaster, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Capt. Tommy Tomorrow and Capt. Lon Vurian meet with Gur Doyka, Chief Minister of the Federation of Planets; The Federation has recently made first contact with a distant solar system, and offered them a non-aggression treaty; The aliens proved suspicious and hesitated signing the pact. On the Planet Og humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Chapter 2: The Plot to Kill a Solar System, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Capt. Tomorrow, Capt. Vurian, and Gur Doyka are captured and imprisoned for kidnapping the boy king. Strange Secrets of the Stars article. Chapter 3: The Palace of Peril, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; While Capt. Vurian poses as King Lorgi, the others steal a spaceship; Unfortunately, the ship they chose is almost out of fuel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Showcase (1956-1978) 47 CGC 6.5

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    Label #4419899019

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    Cover art by Lee Elias. 5th Tommy Tomorrow issue. Part 1: Doomsday for Planet Earth, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Maj. Tommy Tomorrow and Maj. Lon Vurian are brought to the Academy of Planetary Sciences, where they are told of an anti-matter cloud that could destroy the entire solar system; They have 10 years to evacuate the 20 billion people from every planet, or find a way to stop the cloud. Ad for The Brave and the Bold, now featuring hero team-ups; includes cover art from issue #50 by George Roussos. Balancing Act in Space; facts about gravity. Part 2: Nine Worlds Gone Mad, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; While Maj. Tomorrow tries to uncover the person who revealed their mission to the press, there is wide unrest around the solar system because the population believes they are doomed. Doctor Rocket humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Part 3: Threading the Planetary Needle, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Both Maj. Tomorrow's and Maj. Vurian's teams contain a traitor who has been working with a criminal mastermind, Dr. Loglov, to profit from the dire situation. Ad for Flash Annual #1, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Kubert. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Showcase (1956-1978) 52 FN- 5.5

    Starts Jun 3

    Cover by Lee Elias. "Prisoners of the Lost World," script by Bob Haney, art by Lee Elias; When Cave Carson and his team discover the real underground city of Xanadu, they must face a terrifying monster and a monumental decision! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Showcase (1956-1978) 55 VG 4.0

    1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
    Starts Jul 6

    Cover by Murphy Anderson. 1st solo Golden Age Green Lantern in Silver Age (pre-dates Green Lantern 40), Doctor Fate, and Hourman star in "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; When Solomon Grundy last fought Green Lantern Alan Scott, Green Lantern encased Solomon Grundy in an emerald sphere prison floating above Earth; Years later, the sphere has now crash landed back on Earth, and Solomon Grundy has emerged to get his revenge on Green Lantern; Solomon Grundy instinctually heads back to his home of Slaughter Swamp, which at this point is bordering the Tyler Chemical Company plant; At the Tower of Fate, Kent Nelson is warned that there is trouble by his crystal ball; Seeing the source of the trouble to be Slaughter Swamp, Nelson becomes Dr. Fate; Hourman comes across Solomon Grundy in Slaughter Swamp; Hourman pops his Miraclo pill, then attacks Solomon Grundy. One-page text feature tells the origins of Dr. Fate and Hourman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Showcase (1956-1978) 70 CBCS 6.5 SS Friedlander

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    Witnessed Signature: Barbara Friedlander on 7/31/2021

    Label #21-306BA3D-001

    Starts Jun 10

    Leave it to Binky in these reprints! Binky stars in "Duel Shiners," "Changed Man," "Leap Before You Look" and "Perfect Match." Art by Bob Oksner. Plus, the 2-page "Peggy's Page." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #60778773
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    Showcase (1956-1978) 73 CGC 6.5

    1st app. Creeper

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4384477002

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Steve Ditko. 1st appearance of the Creeper in The Coming of the Creeper!, script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Don Segall (Dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Professor Yatz is kidnapped by "Reds"; Jack Ryder, mouthy TV host, is fired, then hired as a security investigator; He buys odds and ends for a bizarre costume for Devlin's society ball; He's stabbed and thrown in Yatz; Yatz hides his inventions: a molecular transmitter goes in the wound, and a healing serum in his veins. A Strange Tale Told by the Creeper filler page, art by Morris Waldinger. Ad for Action Comics #360, an 80-Page Giant featuring Supergirl, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Meet the Men Behind the Creeper; bios of Steve Ditko and Don Segall. Ad for the Enemy Ace, art by Joe Kubert. Ad for Ditko's Hawk and the Dove. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Item #60951949
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    Showcase (1956-1978) 79 CGC 6.0

    1st app. Dolphin

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    Label #4076854011

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81. 1st appearance of Dolphin in The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms!, script and art by Jay Scott Pike; US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault; And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom; When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation--because she has gills; With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Ad for 80-Page Giant Superman #212. The Kid from Atlantis!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish; Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick. Article on "What's In a Fanzine." Ad for Captain Action #2, art by Gil Kane. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 1 CBCS 8.5

    Paper: White

    Label #24-0E3FD1B-001

    Starts Jun 10

    "The Origin of the Silver Surfer!" Cameos by the Incredible Hulk, Doctor Doom, and the Fantastic Four. Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Many years ago, in order to prevent the total annihilation of his civilization and homeworld, Norrin Radd bargained with the Devourer of Worlds. Imbued with the Power Cosmic, he became the Silver Surfer and Herald of Galactus. However, on the fateful day he arrived on Earth, for love of humanity, he betrayed his master, and thus was cursed to never traverse the space-ways again. This is his story. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Wonder of the Watcher!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 1 CGC 4.0

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    Label #2109746016

    Starts Jul 6

    "The Origin of the Silver Surfer!" Cameos by the Incredible Hulk, Doctor Doom, and the Fantastic Four. Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Many years ago, in order to prevent the total annihilation of his civilization and homeworld, Norrin Radd bargained with the Devourer of Worlds. Imbued with the Power Cosmic, he became the Silver Surfer and Herald of Galactus. However, on the fateful day he arrived on Earth, for love of humanity, he betrayed his master, and thus was cursed to never traverse the space-ways again. This is his story. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Wonder of the Watcher!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 CGC 9.4

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    Label #7177192006

    Starts Jul 6

    "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #61086385
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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 CBCS 8.5

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    Label #22-20F6DB2-019

    Starts Jun 10

    "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 CBCS 5.5

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    Label #22-066EAC8-030

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    "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 VG- 3.5

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    "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 GD/VG 3.0

    2" spine split.

    Starts Jun 3

    "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 3 VG+ 4.5

    1st app. Mephisto
    Starts Jul 6

    1st appearance of Mephisto. "The Power and the Prize!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. The valiant Silver Surfer comes face-to-face with the sinister creature who would go on to become his greatest adversary and one of the greatest forces for evil in the Marvel Universe, Mephisto! When the Lord of the Underworld kidnaps Shalla Bal, Norrin Radd has no choice but to venture into the stygian depths and face the devil himself to save the woman he loves. Includes the Watcher back-up "Why Won't They Believe Me?" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. Letter to the editor from comic writer Tony Isabella. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 4 CBCS 8.5

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    Label #22-055F9F9-005

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    Starts Jun 10

    "The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny!" Guest-starring Thor. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema. Cover by John Buscema. When the Silver Surfer ventures to fabled Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, a misunderstanding sets the Sentinel of the Spaceways against the mighty God of Thunder. It's the Power Cosmic vs. godly might. It's Thor vs. the Silver Surfer in a battle that will truly shake the heavens! Includes the Watcher back-up "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba." Story by Stan Lee. Art by Howard Purcell and Paul Reinman. Low distribution. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 4 CGC 8.0

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    Label #4388597016

    Starts Jul 6

    "The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny!" Guest-starring Thor. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema. Cover by John Buscema. When the Silver Surfer ventures to fabled Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, a misunderstanding sets the Sentinel of the Spaceways against the mighty God of Thunder. It's the Power Cosmic vs. godly might. It's Thor vs. the Silver Surfer in a battle that will truly shake the heavens! Includes the Watcher back-up "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba." Story by Stan Lee. Art by Howard Purcell and Paul Reinman. Low distribution. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 4 CGC 1.5 Restored

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    Restored: C1

    Paper: Off white

    Restoration includes: cover re-attached with glue.

    Label #4067757001

    Starts Jul 6

    "The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny!" Guest-starring Thor. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema. Cover by John Buscema. When the Silver Surfer ventures to fabled Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, a misunderstanding sets the Sentinel of the Spaceways against the mighty God of Thunder. It's the Power Cosmic vs. godly might. It's Thor vs. the Silver Surfer in a battle that will truly shake the heavens! Includes the Watcher back-up "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba." Story by Stan Lee. Art by Howard Purcell and Paul Reinman. Low distribution. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 5 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4389610012

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    "...And Who Shall Mourn for Him?!" Cameos by the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema. The Silver Surfer encounters a being of unimaginable cosmic power. Can even the Sentinel of the Spaceways hope to defeat the enigmatic Stranger? Meanwhile, for the fate of many innocent lives, one man will make the ultimate sacrifice. Includes the Watcher back-up "Run, Roco, Run!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Howard Purcell and John Tartaglione. 68-page giant. Letter to the editor from Wendy Pini (Fletcher) of Elfquest fame.

    1st appearance of Al Harper. He makes a return in Silver Surfer: Ghost Light (2023 Marvel) #1. - Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist

    Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 6 CGC 9.2

    Paper: White

    Label #4388597017

    Starts Jul 6

    "Worlds without End!" Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema. Cover by John Buscema. Through an inexplicable occurrence, the Silver Surfer arrives in the far off future. A future where the galaxy has been made a barren wasteland and what few patches of humanity remain alive life as slaves to the despot responsible for everything. In order to save the universe the Surfer must give up that which he has sought for so long - freedom! Includes the Watcher back-up "The Unsuspecting!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Syd Shores and Frank Brunner. 64-page giant. Cover price $0.25.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 8 VF- 7.5

    Starts Jul 6

    "Now Strikes the Ghost!" Part 1 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. Mephisto, the very embodiment of evil, sends a powerful emissary, The Flying Dutchman, to destroy his hated enemy, the Silver Surfer. Cover price $0.15.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 8 CBCS 6.0

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    Label #22-33325AD-002

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    Starts Jun 10

    "Now Strikes the Ghost!" Part 1 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. Mephisto, the very embodiment of evil, sends a powerful emissary, The Flying Dutchman, to destroy his hated enemy, the Silver Surfer. Cover price $0.15.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 8 CBCS 4.0 Restored

    Slight amateur restoration

    Paper: Off white to white

    Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch on cover.

    Label #21-24c87c6-024

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    Starts Jun 10

    "Now Strikes the Ghost!" Part 1 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. Mephisto, the very embodiment of evil, sends a powerful emissary, The Flying Dutchman, to destroy his hated enemy, the Silver Surfer. Cover price $0.15.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 9 CBCS 8.5

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    Label #24-07FA31A-006

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    Starts Jun 10

    "...To Steal the Soul of the Silver Surfer!" Part 2 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. The embodiment of evil in the Marvel Universe, Mephisto, has sent a powerful force for evil to bring him the soul of the Silver Surfer. Cover price $0.15.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 10 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jun 24

    "A World he Never Made!" Part 1 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. In an effort to better understand mankind, the Silver Surfer ventures among them, incognito. Cover price $0.15.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 11 CBCS 7.5 Restored

    Slight amateur restoration

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    Label #21-24C87C6-025

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    Starts Jun 10

    "O, Bitter Victory!" Part 2 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. When a madman puts the Silver Surfer's true love's life in jeopardy, Norrin Radd does the only thing he can...send her back to Zen-La where she'll be safe, and perhaps lost to him forever. Cover price $0.15.

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    Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 11 CBCS 5.5

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    Label #21-2FFD315-006

    Starts Jun 10

    "O, Bitter Victory!" Part 2 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. When a madman puts the Silver Surfer's true love's life in jeopardy, Norrin Radd does the only thing he can...send her back to Zen-La where she'll be safe, and perhaps lost to him forever. Cover price $0.15.

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    Spin and Marty (1958-1959 Dell) 6-15CENT CGC 7.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4405576008

    Starts Jul 6

    15ยข Price Variant. "The Hermit of Thunder Lake" and "The Lost Canyon Mine." Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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    Spin and Marty (1958-1959 Dell) 7 CGC 8.5

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    Label #4405576009

    Starts Jul 6

    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Star Trek (1967 Gold Key) 1 VG+ 4.5

    Starts Jul 6

    Comic book version of the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Photo cover of Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, & George Takei. Photo of U.S.S. Enterprise inside front cover. Note: There is ONLY one version of this issue. It has a photo of William Shatner on the back cover. There is no version of this issue with an ad on the back. "The Planet of No Return," script by Dick Wood, art by Nevio Zeccara; An expedition team discovers its secret too late... K-G, Planet of Death!; The planet K-G is a plant dominated planet that sends out spores that change mammals into plants; They also eat mammals; The crew beams down five crewmen and you never know who will make it because no one wears red. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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    Strange Adventures (1950 1st Series) 157 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story.

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    "Plight of the Human Cocoons!" (pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella); "The Immortality Seekers!" (art by Sid Greene); "Rescue By Moonlight!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by John Giunta). Murphy Anderson cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Strange Adventures (1950 1st Series) 205 CGC 7.0

    1st app. Deadman

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    Label #1216807008

    Starts Jul 6

    1st appearance of Deadman in "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?" Script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Carmine Infantino. Back-up story: "War of the Mind Readers!" Infantino/George Roussos cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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    Strange Suspense Stories (1952 Fawcett/Charlton) 75 CGC 8.5

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    Label #4419733018

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    Cover art by Steve Ditko. Edited by William Anderson and Pat Masulli. "Introducing Captain Atom," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; When Captain Adam is trapped in an atomic rocket, Captain Atom is born; Captain Atom goes on to stop some enemy agents who had sabotaged a Jupiter Rocket. "The Magic Box" text story. "The Ghost of Amy Rector" one-page story, inks by Ernie Bache. "Captain Atom on Planet X," art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom guards a new orbital satellite from enemy missiles. "The 2nd Man in Space," art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom goes into space to check on the first Russian cosmonaut and finds himself helping save the Russian. "Out of this World," art by John Severin. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

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

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #22-1A209AC-018

    Starts Jun 10

    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.