Auctions: comic books in 'Golden age reprints'

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 161-1ST NM- 9.2

Volume 161 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Captain America: Book 5!" Collects Captain America Comics (1941-1954 Golden Age) #17-20. Written by STAN LEE. Art by AL AVISON, DON RICO, JIMMY THOMPSON and CARL PFEUFER. Cover by AL AVISON. The never-before-reprinted adventures of Captain America's Golden Age exploits continue with four more amazing 64-page issues! There's action aplenty with menacing monsters; sub-earth horrors; super villains out for revenge; and, of course, more than just a few of Cap's World War II Axis enemies gettin' a red-white-and-blue sock in the kisser! You'll see Cap and Bucky grapple with Killer Kole, the reanimated murderer; battle the lovely and lethal Queen Medusa, ruler of towering sub-earth monster worms; go ten frames against the fifth column's bowling alley of death; contend with the return of the super villains the Black Talon and the Black Toad; and fight crocodile-men. And in a special story written by Stan Lee, the dire threat of the Nazi is spelled out in no uncertain terms. To top it off, Cap's tales are backed up by the Human Torch; the Sub-Mariner; Fighting Yank; and Roddy Colt, the war-bond-promoting boy hero also known as the Secret Stamp. Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 920 copies. Cover price $59.99.

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 166-1ST NM- 9.2

Volume 166 - 1st printing. "Golden Age of Marvel Comics: Book 6!" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #21-24. Written by STAN LEE, JOE SIMON, and RAY GILL. Art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, BEN THOMPSON, BOB OKSNER, AL GABRIELE, and SID GREENE. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. The series that made Marvel the biggest name in comics continues its heralded run in the MARVEL MASTERWORKS! Headlined by the hottest hero of the Golden Age, the Human Torch, and the anti-hero with a temper just as fiery, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS presents a collection of stories that defined the medium! Torn from the turbulent headlines of 1941 America, each tale crackles with the tension of a nation on the brink of war - and there's no doubt these heroes were ready to fight! And arriving on the scene to prove it is Jeffrey Mace, a.k.a. the Patriot, making his MARVEL MYSTERY debut! Of course, each 64-page issue is also jam-packed with the adventures of Ka-Zar, protecting his jungle domain from Nazi invaders; school-boy sleuth Terry Vance and his monkey compatriot, Dr. Watson, solving mind-boggling mysteries; other-dimensional hero the Vision, fighting the weirdest menaces imaginable; and the gritty Angel, battling evil from gangsters to ghosts! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 870 copies. Cover price $59.99.

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 172-1ST NM- 9.2

Volume 172 - 1st printing. "Golden Age USA Comics: Book 2!" Collects USA Comics (1941) #5-8. By SYD SHORES, VINCE ALASCIA, ALEX SCHOMBURG, MIKE SEKOWSKY, BASIL WOLVERTON, and CHIC STONE. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Hot on the heels of the explosion of star-spangled super heroes, U.S.A. COMICS presented a wild and wooly selection of patriotic characters fighting for the Red, White and Blue. From the Victory Boys and the American Avenger to wilder heroes like Roko the Amazing, the Blue Blaze and the Fighting Hobo, U.S.A. was a comics magazine bursting at the seams with crazy concepts. But with the Second World War raging, it became clear there was only one hero who could headline a book titled U.S.A.: Captain America! Backed up by the Destroyer, Marvel Boy and the Whizzer - as well as the adventures of regular joes like Sergeant Dix and Jeep Jones, and true tales of WWII - U.S.A. COMICS was the perfect dose of four-color excitement for the American G.I.! Sporting some of the most famous covers of comics' Golden Age, the early Captain America issues of U.S.A. are some of the rarest Marvel comics of all time, and they're collected here for the first time ever! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $64.99.