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Item #64103294
Tags: Anthology / CollectionAll-American Comics (1939) 83 GD- 1.8
3" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at original staples. Staples added (not manufacturing).
Starts Jan 19 Cover art by Sheldon Mayer [as Fisher]. The Power of the Primitive starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, art by Paul Reinman; A college football star suddenly finds himself transformed into a weird, stone-age type man, and the Emerald Crusader must solve the enigma before a murder occurs. Bad Blood between Brothers starring Dr. Mid-Nite, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Kroll People starring The Black Pirate, art by Paul Reinman. The Secret of the Unopened Letters starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #63668199
Published Apr 1991 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special TPB (1991 Dark Horse) 1-1ST CBCS 9.4
First Sin City story and first appearance of Marv
Paper: White
Gapping to bottom edge of outer slab.
Label #25-1B17DD8-001
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Ends Jan 15 8:07 PM CST Bid History 9 bids Current Bid $28 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 1st printing.
Cover by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.
Includes Give Me Liberty written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Dave Gibbons; The American by Mark Verheiden, Dougie Braithwaite and Robert Campanella; Aliens by John Arcudi and Simon Bisley; Black Cross by Chris Warner; Concrete by Paul Chadwick; The Aerialist by Matt Wagner; and a special adaptation of an Andrew Vacchs story by Jerry Prosser and Klaus Janson; an epilogue to the Aliens vs. Predator series by Randy Stradley and Phill Norwood, as well first episodes of A Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller, and lots more!
Softcover, 112 pages, PC/PB&W.
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Item #64200339
Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Nov 2006 by Gemstone/Dark Horse.EC Archives Shock Suspenstories HC (2006-2016 Gemstone/Dark Horse) 1A-1ST FN/VF 7.0
Starts Jan 26 Gemstone Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Shock Suspenstories (1952-1955) #1-6.
This beautifully bound hardcover reprints the first six complete issues (24 stories) of the comic book Shock SuspenStories, originally published in 1952. Includes stories by Gaines & Feldstein with art by Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingles, and Wally Wood. Featuring a foreword by Steven Spielberg this book looks back at some of the edgiest and best written stories in comic history.
Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 214 pages, full color.
NOTE: Published by Gemstone.
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Item #62396152
Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant (2021 DC) 1D CGC 9.8 Sauvage Variant
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Sauvage Variant Cover.
Label #4527769006
Ends Jan 16 8:06 PM CST Bid History 10 bids Current Bid $31 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Written by Danny DeVito, Wes Craig, G. Willow Wilson, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nadia Shammas, Joshua Williamson, Stephanie Phillips, Dan Watters and Mairghread Scott. Art by Dan Mora, Wes Craig, Emma Rios, Riccardo Federici, Max Raynor, Max Fiumara, Skylar Patridge and Ariela Kristantina. Cover by Marguerite Sauvage. Gotham City may be protected by the Dark Knight, but this major metropolitan destination is also plagued by some of the deadliest, most nefarious villains in the DC Universe! In this oversize anniversary giant, DC Comics proudly presents tales of Batman's deadliest foes written and drawn by some of the biggest, most exciting names in comics! 2021 marks an anniversary year for the Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul, the Mad Hatter, Killer Moth, and the original Red Hood, and this Anniversary Giant brings these baddies to life in some big ways! Also featuring the anniversary celebration of the Penguin, written by none other than the man who brought Oswald Cobblepot to life in Batman Returns, star of the silver screen Danny DeVito! Featuring: The Penguin in "Bird Cat Love" by Danny DeVito and Dan Mora; Scarecrow in "The Fearless Man" by Wes Craig; Poison Ivy in "Ophiocordyceps Lamia" by G. Willow Wilson and Emma Rios; Ra's al Ghul in "Demon's Game" by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Riccardo Federici; Talia al Ghul in "The Second Eye" by Nadia Shammas, Joshua Williamson and Max Raynor; Red Hood in "For the Sky Is Red" by Stephanie Phillips and Max Fiumara; Mad Hatter in "The Perfect Fit" by Dan Watters and Skylar Patridge; and Killer Moth in "The Happiest Man in Gotham" by Mairghread Scott and Ariela Kristantina. Plus pin-ups by David Lapham, Khary Randolph, Jill Thompson, Ken Lashley, Christian Ward and Gabriel Hernandez Walta. 96 pages, full color. Ages 13+ Cover price $10.99.
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Item #63761757
Tags: Wolverine Weapon X (part 2), Anthology / CollectionMarvel Comics Presents (1988) 74D CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4609401010
Ends Jan 15 8:40 PM CST Bid History 6 bids Current Bid $39 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Direct Edition. Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Weapon X (chapter 2), script and art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Bush of Ghosts part 7 starring Shanna the She-Devil, script by Gerard Jones, pencils by Paul Gulacy, inks by Gary Martin. The "Freebie" starring The Constrictor, script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Scott McDaniel (as Scott McDaniels), inks by Randy Emberlin. Absolute Zero starring The Human Torch and Iceman, script by Dan Mishkin, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dan Adkins. Back cover art by Sam Kieth. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.25.
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Item #63456363
Tags: Wolverine Weapon X (part 13), Anthology / CollectionMarvel Comics Presents (1988) 84 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #3983576002
Starts Feb 2 Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Weapon X (chapter 12), script and art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Life During War Time Part 3: Triangle starring Firestar, script by Marie Javins and Marcus McLaurin, pencils by Dwayne Turner, inks by Jose Marzan. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.25.
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Item #62972294
Marvel Comics Presents (2019 3rd Series) 5A CBCS 8.0 Witnessed Sig Adams Adams
1st app. Wolverine's daughter (cameo)
Paper: White
Witnessed Sig: Art Adams on 8/17/2019.
Label #19-2F116E0-016
Starts Jan 19 Written by Charles Soule, Chris Claremont, and Leah Williams. Art by Dio Neves, Luke Ross, Guillermo Sanna. Cover by Arthur Adams. Welcome to the 1980s, Marvel style! First, Wolverine's Vigil goes into its fifth decade but doesn't go the way he planned. Then, join Nightcrawler mid-Cross-Time Caper at the fall of the Berlin Wall! 36 pages , full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.
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Item #63041038
Marvel Fanfare (1982 1st Series) 1 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4523747014
Ends Jan 15 8:40 PM CST Bid History 6 bids Current Bid $41 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Michael Golden. 2-page Spider-Man/Silver Surfer pin-up by John Byrne/Terry Austin. Fast Descent Into Hell!, script by Chris Claremont, art by Michael Golden; Tanya comes to Warren with the news that her lost love, Karl Lykos, is alive and well in the Savage Land and she asks the high flying Angel to come with her and investigate; Jameson asks Peter Parker to tag along on the Savage Land expidition and bring back a juicy story for the Bugle; Once they reach the Savage Land, Spidey and Angel are quickly captured by the Mutates and brought to Brainchild. Snow, script by Roger McKenzie, pencils by Paul Smith, inks by Terry Austin; a Daredevil Christmas story. An Open Letter to Stan Lee by Jim Shooter. Frank Miller Daredevil back cover. 36 pgs. $1.25. Cover price $1.25.
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Item #64083243
Marvel Fanfare (1982 1st Series) 45 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #25-310C04E-024
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Starts Jan 19 All pin-up issue: the Fantastic Four (by Arthur Adams), Captain America (Michael Golden), Silver Surfer & Galactus (Jim Lee), Doctor Strange (Kevin Nowlan), Storm of the X-Men (Barry Windsor-Smith), Ka-Zar (Brent Anderson), Loki & Thor Hela (Bret Blevins), Volstagg (Jon Bogdanove/Al Milgrom), the Hulk (Norm Breyfogle), (John Buscema/Brett Breeding), Wolverine (Howard Chaykin), Thor and Captain America and Reed & Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four (Butch (Jackson) Guice), Spider-Man (Klaus Janson), Shadowcat (Michael Kaluta), Iron Man (Bob Layton), Clea (Steve Leialoha), Colossus (Rick Leonardi/Dan Green), the Sub-Mariner (Mike Mignola), the Scarlet Witch (Sandy Plunkett), Dracula (Bill Reinhold), the original X-Men (Marshall Rogers), Daredevil (John Romita Jr./Al Williamson), the Black Panther & Klaw (Steve Rude), Killraven (Craig Russell), the New Mutants (Terry Shoemaker), Magik (Bill Sienkiewicz), Thor (Walt Simonson), the Green Goblin (Paul Smith), Iron Man (Ken Steacy), Black Bolt & Medusa (Charles Vess), the Rawhide Kid (Alan Weiss), and the Punisher (Mike Zeck). Wraparound cover by John Byrne featuring just about every major Marvel hero. Cover price $1.95.
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Item #63747757
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 24 VG- 3.5
Cover coming loose at one staple.
Ends Jan 14 8:05 PM CST Bid History 11 bids Current Bid $105 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 3rd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. The Secret of the Black Museum!; When a group of spies steal secret plans for a new space plane from Hal Jordan, Green Lantern goes into action to recover them. The Creature That Couldn't Die!; A blob is turned into a giant monster when exposed to cosmic rays; It is up to Green Lantern to stop the destruction. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #63916264
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 29 GD+ 2.5
Starts Jan 19 Cover art by Russ Heath. Last Dive of the Sea Devils!, art by Russ Heath; As the radio reports a UFO sighting, the Sea Devils, out in the boat Sea Witch, meet a giant "King Neptune" spearing boats from a giant sea horse. Ad for Justice League of America. Frogmen(?) of Olde!; Historical piece about Alexander the Great's use of "combat divers." Undersea Scavenger Hunt!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Russ Heath; Having lost their boat, the Sea Witch, the Sea Devils enter a millionaire-sponsored underwater scavenger hunt to win a new boat; They find a life ring from the Marie Celeste, a jeweled sword, and other treasures, but lose them through mishaps. Ad for Our Army at War. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64200390
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 30 GD/VG 3.0
Ends Jan 14 8:05 PM CST Bid History 15 bids Current Bid $254 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. The Creatures from Atlantis starring Aquaman and Aqualad, script by Jack Miller, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman gets an S.O.S. from Atlantis; Aquaman is captured, but he learns the plans of the Amphibious Aliens. The Battle of the Sea Creatures starring Aquaman and Aqualad, script by Jack Miller, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman and Aqualad stop amphibious aliens and force them back to their own dimension. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #63967613
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 31 GD/VG 3.0
Starts Jan 26 Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C. starring Aquaman, Aqualad, Professor Richards, and John Cook, script by Jack Miller, art by Nick Cardy; John Cook steals Professor Richards' ray that will turn a normal fish into a large sea monster. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #63916265
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 33 GD/VG 3.0
1" Cumulative spine split.
Starts Jan 26 Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. Prisoners of the Aqua-Planet starring Aquaman, Aqualad, and Mermor. Aquaman and Aqualad meet Mermor, an alien from Venus who was driven to Earth by the tyrant Naeco. The Alien Creature Ambush; Aquaman and Aqualad are captured along with Mermor and taken to Venus. King of the Land Creatures; Aquaman helps Mermor and his followers in overthrowing the tyrant Naeco. Scripts by Jack Miller, art by Nick Cardy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64102839
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 34 FR 1.0
1st app. Silver Age Atom
Full length spine split due to oxidation with splitting to first wrap.
Starts Jan 19 Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. Origin and 1st appearance of Silver Age Atom in "Birth of the Atom!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson; Scientist Palmer is experimenting with his reducer lens to try and reduce objects in size without blowing them up, all without success; However, when he, Jean and students are trapped in a cave-in, he decides to use the lens on himself and save the others before he is destroyed. "Battle of the Tiny Titans!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson; When one of Jean Loring's friends is accused of stealing money from the bank where she works as a teller, she explains that a little man appeared and stole the money; When Jean tells Ray that her friend is a trustworthy person, Ray decides to see what he can do with his shrinking powers. 2-page text history of the Atom from the Golden Age by Julius Schwartz, art by Ben Flinton; E. E. Hibbard. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64132881
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 43 CGC 6.5
1st Silver Age movie adaptation
Paper: White
Label #4649155020
Ends Jan 14 8:06 PM CST Bid History 13 bids Current Bid $89 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 1st Silver Age movie adaptation. Cover art by Bob Brown. Five B&W photos of James Bond and Doctor No. Doctor No, art by Norman J. Nodel; In Jamaica, John Strangways is grabbed by three "blind" beggars; He was checking on "massive interference" with Cape Canaveral rocket launches; Bond goes to Jamaica and zeroes in on Crab Key; He survives fist fights, a tarantula in his bed, gunshots, and being run off the road; Finally, with the help of Honey Ryder and Quarrel, a fisherman, he reaches the island; based on the 1962 feature film. The Man Behind the Typewriter; Background on James Bond and his creator, Ian Fleming. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072695
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 50 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436006
Starts Feb 2 Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. I – Spy, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson (new material). Spy Train starring King Faraday, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; King Faraday, on the trail of a killer, rides the Orient Express, where he meets a movie starlet and a camera-happy tourist; two attempts are made on Faraday's life. Hangman's House starring King Faraday, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072697
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 55 CGC 8.5
1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
Paper: White
Label #4646436008
Ends Jan 14 8:06 PM CST Bid History 11 bids Current Bid $227 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 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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Item #64072696
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 55 CGC 8.5
1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
Paper: White
Label #4646436007
Starts Jan 19 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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Item #64071104
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 55 FR 1.0
1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
Staple rust. Rust migration. Water damage.
Starts Jan 26 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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Item #64072698
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 56 CGC 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436009
Starts Apr 4 Cover by Murphy Anderson. Doctor Fate and Hourman star in "Perils of the Psycho-Pirate," script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; On a remote dig in the Middle East, archaeologists Kent Nelson (aka Dr. Fate) and his wife Inza discover the fabled Masks of Medusa; These masks supposedly forced the viewers to be overcome with emotions; Their dig a success, the Nelsons return home to an unveiling party hosted by longtime friend Rex Tyler; The Medusa Masks are put on display at the party, with Rex Tylers fiancé Wendi Harris admiring them; However, when a mysterious man lights a cigarette lighter underneath one of the masks, Wendi is filled with the desire to steal the masks; When the rest of the guests notice the theft, the stranger passes the lighter under another mask, and all of the attendees burst into uncontrollable laughter. One-page text feature tells the origin of the original Psycho-Pirate. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072699
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 56 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436010
Starts Jan 26 Cover by Murphy Anderson. Doctor Fate and Hourman star in "Perils of the Psycho-Pirate," script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; On a remote dig in the Middle East, archaeologists Kent Nelson (aka Dr. Fate) and his wife Inza discover the fabled Masks of Medusa; These masks supposedly forced the viewers to be overcome with emotions; Their dig a success, the Nelsons return home to an unveiling party hosted by longtime friend Rex Tyler; The Medusa Masks are put on display at the party, with Rex Tylers fiancé Wendi Harris admiring them; However, when a mysterious man lights a cigarette lighter underneath one of the masks, Wendi is filled with the desire to steal the masks; When the rest of the guests notice the theft, the stranger passes the lighter under another mask, and all of the attendees burst into uncontrollable laughter. One-page text feature tells the origin of the original Psycho-Pirate. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64051680
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 60 CGC 9.0
1st Silver Age app. The Spectre
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4151335004
Ends Jan 14 8:06 PM CST Bid History 12 bids Current Bid $375 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Murphy Anderson. The Spectre makes his first 1st Silver Age appearance in the book-length tale War That Shook the Universe, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers. Little Pete humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. Origin of the Spectre by Julius Schwartz, art by Bernard Baily; One-page text feature tells the origin of the Spectre. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072701
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 60 CGC 8.5
1st Silver Age app. The Spectre
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436012
Starts Apr 4 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. The Spectre makes his first 1st Silver Age appearance in the book-length tale War That Shook the Universe, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers. Little Pete humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. Origin of the Spectre by Julius Schwartz, art by Bernard Baily; One-page text feature tells the origin of the Spectre. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072700
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 60 CGC 8.0
1st Silver Age app. The Spectre
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436011
Starts Feb 2 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. The Spectre makes his first 1st Silver Age appearance in the book-length tale War That Shook the Universe, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers. Little Pete humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. Origin of the Spectre by Julius Schwartz, art by Bernard Baily; One-page text feature tells the origin of the Spectre. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #64072702
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 61 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4646436013
Starts Jan 26 Cover art by Murphy Anderson. Beyond the Sinister Barrier!, script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Cloud 9 page of cartoons by Mort Drucker. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #63768173
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 73 CGC 8.5
1st app. Creeper
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4610512014
Ends Jan 14 8:07 PM CST Bid History 13 bids Current Bid $100 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 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.
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Item #64173773
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 79 VG/FN 5.0
1st app. Dolphin
Includes certificate from the IRS Collection.
Ends Jan 14 8:07 PM CST Bid History 11 bids Current Bid $146 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 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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Item #64133525
Showcase (1956-1978) 95 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4632047016
Starts Jan 19 Cover by Jim Aparo. "The Origin of Celsius," script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; General Immortus tortures Celsius to find out the secret of immortality serum that flows in her--a wedding day gift from her husband, Niles Caulder. Hostess Twinkies ad with Wonder Woman. Brief bios of Paul Kupperberg and Joe Staton. Publishorial by Jenette Kahn. DC Profiles #19, Julius Schwartz. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.
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Item #63635083
Showcase (1956-1978) 96 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4621939012
Ends Jan 14 8:07 PM CST Bid History 10 bids Current Bid $135 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Defection!", script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bruce Patterson; The Doom Patrol returns home after their defeat of General Immortus to find a U.S. agent waiting for them in their headquarters; Lt. Matt Cable has been assigned by U.S. Intelligence to apprehend and arrest Russian ex-cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valentina Vostok, aka the new Negative Woman; The Doom Patrol defends their new teammate, and trap Lt. Cable in a locker; Robotman grills Negative Woman on her past, and she leaves; Her exit, though, is interrupted by the Cossack, a Russian agent assigned to bring her in. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.
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Item #64133534
Showcase (1956-1978) 96 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4632047006
Starts Jan 19 Cover by Jim Aparo. "Defection!", script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bruce Patterson; The Doom Patrol returns home after their defeat of General Immortus to find a U.S. agent waiting for them in their headquarters; Lt. Matt Cable has been assigned by U.S. Intelligence to apprehend and arrest Russian ex-cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valentina Vostok, aka the new Negative Woman; The Doom Patrol defends their new teammate, and trap Lt. Cable in a locker; Robotman grills Negative Woman on her past, and she leaves; Her exit, though, is interrupted by the Cossack, a Russian agent assigned to bring her in. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.
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Item #64200455
Special Marvel Edition (1971) 15 FN 6.0
1st app. Shang Chi
Ends Jan 14 8:13 PM CST Bid History 19 bids Current Bid $106 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Written by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin. Art and cover by Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom. Shang Chi, making his first appearance, is a master of martial arts and the son of Fu Manchu, a Chinese mandarin and scientist. Fu Manchu sends Shang Chi to England in order to assassinate the evil Dr. Petrie for the common good. Shang Chi reluctantly agrees, but after the deed is done he is confronted by Sir Denis Nayland Smith, a former British intelligence officer who tells him the truth about Fu Manchu; that he is a nearly immortal evil mastermind. Shang Chi travels back to his father's secret lair in New York and renounces him. Text articles by Roy Thomas and Englehart about the creation of Shang-Chi. Ad for Astonishing Tales #21. A brief obituary for Syd Shores. Ad for the Marvel fan club FOOM (Friends of Ol' Marvel). 36 pages, full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Published Jan 1982 by Russ Cochran.
Weird Science Fantasy and Incredible Science HC Slipcase Set (1982 Russ Cochran) The Complete EC Library SET#1 VG
Starts Jan 19 Includes 2 Volumes (with Slipcase).
Book 1: Collects the entire run of Weird Science-Fantasy #23-29. Book 2: Collects the entire run of Incredible Science Fiction #30-33 of the 1950's comics. Featuring tales by Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, and Joe Orlando.
Hardcover (2 Volumes with Slipcase), 9 1/2-in. x 12 1/2-in., 352 pages, B&W.
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