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Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 306 VG+ 4.5

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. The 5th Dimensional High-School! starring Superboy, script by Otto Binder, art by George Papp; Mxyzptlk plays pranks on Smallville in order to do well in his 5th dimensional practical joking class. The Legion of Substitute Heroes--Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by John Forte; A group of rejected applicants band together as the Legion of Substitute Heroes and thwart the Plant Men's scheme to take over the Earth; First appearances of Polar Lad, Night Girl, Stone Boy, and the Chlorophyll Kid. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Batman (1940) 490 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #2123175007

Bane pumps up the Riddler with some venom in order to test Batman in "Who Riddled the Riddler?" Written by Doug Moench. Art by Jim Aparo. Cover by Travis Charest & Ray McCarthy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.25.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 7 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4646437024

Cover by Jim Steranko (his final for the series). "Hours of Madness, Day of Death," script by Archie Goodwin (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), art by Frank Springer; Nick gets into a fight at an unnamed foreign embassy, and winds up being injected with a drug that will cause hallucinations, "hyper-intense paranoia", and death after 6 hours; He wanders the streets of NYC, hoping to reach a set rendezvous point for a scheduled pick-up via the Heli-Carrier's vortex beam. However, he's mistaken by a cop as a drunk, and when his felow agents show up, the drug causes him to see them as 3 of his worst enemies!; Jimmy Woo comments that other agents have been going berzerk, which was what Nick was investigating in the first place; Nick is found by Sister Angela, who offers to help get him to the pick-up point; However, they're intercepted by 2 of the spies, who tie them up and send their car racing downhill on a dangerous mouontain road!; Dum Dum, Jimmy & Gabe, who've been following in their van, almost crash head-on, when suddenly the vortex beam picks up both vehicles! 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 7 FN 6.0

Interior tearing.

Cover by Jim Steranko (his final for the series). "Hours of Madness, Day of Death," script by Archie Goodwin (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), art by Frank Springer; Nick gets into a fight at an unnamed foreign embassy, and winds up being injected with a drug that will cause hallucinations, "hyper-intense paranoia", and death after 6 hours; He wanders the streets of NYC, hoping to reach a set rendezvous point for a scheduled pick-up via the Heli-Carrier's vortex beam. However, he's mistaken by a cop as a drunk, and when his felow agents show up, the drug causes him to see them as 3 of his worst enemies!; Jimmy Woo comments that other agents have been going berzerk, which was what Nick was investigating in the first place; Nick is found by Sister Angela, who offers to help get him to the pick-up point; However, they're intercepted by 2 of the spies, who tie them up and send their car racing downhill on a dangerous mouontain road!; Dum Dum, Jimmy & Gabe, who've been following in their van, almost crash head-on, when suddenly the vortex beam picks up both vehicles! 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.