Auctions: comic books in 'Giant-Sized Issue', graded by CGC

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 81 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4314519025

Giant-size issue. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. And Death Is a Woman Called Widow, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel; Black Widow saves DD from drowning and then the two of them take down the Owl; Mr. Kline is revealed to be the robot MK-9 who refers to himself by the code name "Assassin." Black Widow pin-up by Bill Everett. This issue also contains a Fantastic Four reprint from Strange Tales 132, The Sinister Space Trap!, script by Larry Ivie, pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Mickey Demeo. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Ghosts (1971-1982 DC) 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4468242014

Cover art by Nick Cardy. We Challenge You to Read On!, art by Tony DeZuniga; Introduction to the concept of ghosts featuring Abraham Lincoln, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Mark Twain. Death's Bridegroom!, script by Leo Dorfman [as Geoff Brown], art by Jim Aparo; She had waited years for her betrothed, only to have a con man stage a weirdo wedding--until she pulled the last trick on him! Ghost in the Iron Coffin, script by Leo Dorfman [as David George], art by Sam Glanzman. The Tattooed Terror!, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry. The Last Dream!, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry. The Spectral Coachman!, script by Leo Dorfman, art by Tony DeZuniga; Tombstone, Arizona, draws its name from the town graveyard where the greatest badmen of the west are buried. 52 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 102 CGC 9.8 Don Rosa Collection

Paper: White

Don Rosa Collection.

Label #0706490006

Giant-size issue. Cover by Nick Cardy. "The Commune of Defiance," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Jim Aparo (pages 1-13), Neal Adams (pages 14-21), and Dick Giordano (page 22), inks by Jim Aparo (pages 1-13) and Dick Giordano (pages 14-22); Batman recruits the Teen Titans to help defuse an explosive confrontation between Gotham City's "Establishment" and the Young Aquarians, a group of young citizens inhabiting a crime-ridden neighborhood; The situation is complicated by an internal struggle for control of the neighborhood, fought between a local crime boss and the Young Aquarians. Reprint story from The Doom Patrol #100: "The Robot-Maker Must Die" starring Robotman, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, and Negative Man, script by Arnold Drake, art by Bruno Premiani. Letter to the editor from comic editor Bob Rozakis. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 415 CGC 9.2

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4735136012

52-page giant issue. Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. "Challenge of the Consumer Crusader," script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman helps save a consumer advocate from murder and discovers the extortionist who is shielding herself behind his front. "Death Shares the Spotlight!", script by Frank Robbins, art by Don Heck; Continuing from last issue, when taken out on a date by Jason Bard to see the play "Invitation to Murder," the couple soon finds themselves entangled in an attempted murder of Hollywood's "Royal Couple" Robbie and Tiz Marlow; Leaving Jason behind to guard the starlets, Babs goes off to call the police. "The Forbidden Trick!", script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Leonard Starr, story originally printed in Detective Comics #211. "The Case of the Finders Keepers," art by John Prentice, story originally printed in Gangbusters #54. Letter to the editor from Mike W. Barr. Ancient Crime-Detection Methods! fact page. 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 100 CGC 7.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4427280022

Giant-size issue. Cover by Nick Cardy. "The Warrior in a Wheel-Chair," script by Bob Haney, art by Jim Aparo; When Batman is struck by a snipers bullet, only the skilled surgeon Dr. Hellstrom can save his life, however the doctor has to travel to Gotham from Zürich; Meanwhile, Batman is in a weakened condition right at a critical point in his mission to bus the latest shipment of Cocaine into Gotham City; Unable to finish the job himself at risk of killing himself, Batman enlists the aid of Robin, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Green Lantern to help him; He sends the group out to seek out his leads however, each and every single one leads to a dead end; When Batman is undergoing is surgery, the lead surgeon is revealed not to be Dr. Hellstrom, but the drug lord Belknap, who has taken Hellstrom's place to try and kill Batman on the operating table. Reprint back-up story: "Hide and Seek," script by Jack Miller, art by Neal Adams; Deadman seeks to learn what has happened to the police detective assigned to his case; He discovers that the detective, Michael Riley, has been falsely accused of brutally beating a thief who had already surrendered to him, and has been kicked off the force. Letter from comics writer Bob Rozakis. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.