Auctions: comic books in 'Clock', graded by CGC

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.

Rawhide Kid (1955) 46 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4646436003

Cover pencils by Larry Lieber. Stories by Larry Lieber and Alex Toth. Art by Larry Lieber, Alex Toth and Vince Colletta. No gunfighter could match the speed of..."The Deadly Doc Holliday!" by Larry Lieber. It's one of the Rawhide Kid's greatest adventures! Also in this issue: Back-up story "The Warning!" by Alex Toth and Vince Colletta. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.