Auctions: comic books in 'Golden age reprints'

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 51-1ST VF+ 8.5

Volume 51 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE HUMAN TORCH" Collects Human Torch (1940) #2-5a. Written & Illustrated by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, and JOE SIMON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Marvel presents more Golden Age goodness, reprinting the first four issues of HUMAN TORCH, 2-5a, from 1940-41. (Yes, folks, odd numbering was not solely the province of modern comic books; the Torch's solo book started with issue 2 and had two 5s.) This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, including the introduction and origin of Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid. See the Torch and Toro fight side-by-side with the Sub-Mariner, as he once again crashes into New York City! Also featuring the adventures of Microman, Mantor the Magician, the Fiery Mask and the Patriot. Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 76-1ST NM 9.4

Volume 76 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE USA COMICS!" Collects USA Comics (1941) #1-4. By JACK KIRBY, JOE SIMON, CHARLES NICHOLAS, AL AVISON, PHIL STURM, SYD SHORES, STAN LEE, BASIL WOLVERTON, MIKE ROY, FRANK GIACOIA, AL EADEH, ED WINIARSKI, GEORGE KLEIN, MIKE SEKOWSKY, and AL GABRIELE. Cover by JACK KIRBY and JOE SIMON. Introduction by Michael J. Vassallo. Marvel proudly presents more Golden Age goodness from 1941. The Defender! Major Liberty! Rockman! Rusty! The original Young Avenger! The origins of the Whizzer, Jack Frost and the Vagabond! Captain Terror turns back a deadly Nazi undersea invasion! Stan 'The Man' himself chronicles the historic first meeting of the USA heroes! This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, some collected for the very first time! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 88-1ST FN+ 6.5

Volume 88 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE HUMAN TORCH!" Collects Human Torch Comics (1940-1949) #5b-8. Story and art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, MICKEY SPILLANE, BASIL WOLVERTON, RAY HOULIHAN, and ART GATES. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Marvel presents more Golden Age goodness from 1941-1942. (Yes, folks, odd numbering was not solely the province of modern comic books; the Torch's solo book had two #5s) This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures featuring two titanic and epic-length battles between the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. First, amidst a raging World War, Sub-Mariner declares all-out war on the surface world attacking Hitler, Stalin & Mussolini before he sets his sights on New York City. Only the Human Torch, Toro, Kazar, the Patriot and the Angel stand in his way of total world conquest. Then the most fantastic plot in the history of modern warfare plunges the Human Torch and Sub-Mariner into an epic struggle against each other when the villainous Python hypnotizes Torch into aiding Hitler's cause. Plus, Torch and Toro face off against the Secret Arsenal, the Legion of Despair and Agent X. Also featuring 'Tubby & Tack,' 'Swoopy the Fearless,' stories by pulp legend Mickey Spillane and Basil Wolverton's 'Peculiar People.' Hardcover, 266 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 116-1ST VF/NM 9.0

Volume 116 - 1st printing. "Golden Age of Marvel Comics" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #13-16. Written by JOE SIMON, RAY GILL,and ANDREW MCWHINEY. Art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, STEVE DAHLMAN, BOB OKSNER and BEN THOMPSON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. And now the flagship title of Marvel's Golden Age REALLY heats up! From day one Marvel Comics brought you Carl Burgos' blazing Human Torch and Bill Everett's undersea powerhouse Sub-Mariner, but two of the Golden Age's most thrilling characters just wasn't enough for MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS-Enter, the Vision! Created by Timely's titanic team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the Vision, burst into the Earthly world via Professor Enoch Mason's dimension smasher and brought to MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS an eerie crime-noir serial that sealed the comic's place at the very top of the Golden Age's greatest! Joined by the crime-fighting Angel, boy-adventurer Terry Vance, the caterwauling science fiction tales of Electro, and Ka-Zar's jungle action, there's no comparison for variety and excitement, so celebrate Marvel's 70th anniversary and reserve your copy today! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 142-1ST VF 8.0

Volume 142 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Human Torch!" Collects Human Torch Comics (1940-1949) #9-12. Art by HARRY SAHLE, AL GABRIELE, CARL PFEUFER, ED ROBBINS, BASIL WOLVERTON, RAY HOULIHAN, LARRY ANTONETTE and ART GATES. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. From the heart of the Golden Age of Comics, the white-hot hero of the decade, the Human Torch, comes burning at you with another exciting quartet of never before reprinted comic adventures! Between keeping America safe on the homefront and fighting the Axis powers abroad, the Torch and his kid sidekick Toro have their work cut out for them. They'll face Nazi rockets, Gestapo madmen, fifth columnists and more as they fight the good fight for the U.S.A. The action really gets going in the massive, 45-page "Death Dance of the Atlantic" when the Torch and Toro find the Sub-Mariner manning a Nazi U-boat. It's an action-packed dash to capture comics' most tempestuous sometimes-hero and decode the Axis' secret signal system, told in the manner that made Marvel great. Backed up by solo Sub-Mariner tales, along with the boy adventurer Jimmy Jupiter and humor shorts by the likes of Basil Wolverton, every issue is a cornucopia from Marvel's early years. Dig into the Golden Age and dig into history! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition 149-1ST VF+ 8.5

Volume 149 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Marvel Comics!" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #17-20. Written by JOE SIMON, RAY GILL, and ANDREW MCWHINEY. Art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, STEVE DAHLMAN, BOB OKSNER and BEN THOMPSON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. The greatest comic magazine of the Golden Age returns with the Marvel Masterworks! Headlining the heavy-hitters of the Timely era, Marvel Mystery Comics has it all-from top-of-the-field super hero action to bizarre mystery, otherworldly noir, jungle adventure and boy detectives! And it all starts off with the history-making Human Torch/Sub-Mariner team-up by the titanic talents Carl Burgos and Bill Everett! Then the Human Torch's sidekick Toro, the Flaming Kid, makes his Marvel Mystery debut. Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, takes his uniquely anarchic brand of action straight to the Nazis' noses, while the Angel's origin is revealed and he begins a multi-part crusade against the sexy villainess, the Cat's Paw. Rounded out by Jack Kirby's eerie agent of vengeance, the Vision; the wonderfully weird Electro; Terry Vance, School Boy Sleuth; and the adventures of Ka-Zar, it's the classic package that made Marvel famous! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Millennium Edition More Fun Comics (2001) 101ERROR VF/NM 9.0 Error Variant

Error Edition. Printed without the embossed gold seal on cover. WRITTEN BY JERRY SIEGEL, JOE SAMACHSON, DON CAMERON, AND JOSEPH GREENE; ART BY JOE SHUSTER, LOUIS CAZENEUVE, MAURICE DEL BOURGO, MORT MESKIN, AND BERNARD BAILY; COVER BY CLIFF YOUNG. What was Superman like when he was a boy? Readers learned the answer in this 1945 issue that featured the first appearance of Superboy (a story written and drawn by Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Rounding out the issue are Golden Age stories of Aquaman, Johnny Quick, Green Arrow and Speedy, and the Spectre! FC, 48 PG. Cover price $2.95.

Spellbound (UK 1961-1966 L. Miller & Co.) 54 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

U.K. Edition.

Label #4346937025

UK Reprint Series. Reprints material from Avengers (1963 1st Series) #3, Mystic (1951 Atlas) #61, Spellbound (1952 Atlas) #24, #29, & #34, Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) #55, Mystical Tales (1956) #3, and Northwest Mounties (1948) #1. 7.25-in x 9.5-in, 68 Pages, B&W.