Auctions: comic books in 'Marvel Legacy Numbering: Doctor Strange', graded by CBCS

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 89 CBCS 6.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #00-0009861-AA-023

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. 1st appearance of Fin Fang Foom in "Fin Fang Foom!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A young historian from Taiwan crosses to the mainland to awake the dragon Fin Fang Foom and foil a communist invasion; He lures the dragon to the coast to wreck the invasion fleet. "The Future" text story. "The Green Things!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A wealthy retiree keeps a magnificent greenhouse, where he talks to the plants; When a burglar tries to kill him, his plants come to life and stop the intruder, saving their friend's life. "The Touch of Midas!", art by Paul Reinman; A greedy man locates the source of Midass power, planning to stop the undesirable effects with gloves; He gains the power but finds that his gloves turn to gold, dooming him to the same fate as Midas. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 167 CBCS 6.0 Restored

Slight amateur restoration

Paper: White

Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch on cover.

Label #18-228F07C-036

Cover art by Jim Steranko. Nick Fury stars in "Armageddon!", script and pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Joe Sinnott; While Jimmy Woo cradles the body of Suwan in his arms a SHIELD Suicide Squad bursts in via The Dreadnought, a colossal tunneling machine; The Claw vanishes but Fury uses a Pseudo-Elliptoid Wrist Tracer to find him, but arrives just as the villain escapes into the Space-Time Continuum in an Infinity Sphere; Fury finds a Prototype Warp-Vest and follows The Yellow Claw as they have a psychic duel. "This Dream—This Doom!", script by Dennis O'Neil and Dan Adkins (co-plot), art by Dan Adkins; The Ancient One is alive and tells Strange he made Zom believe he was dead so he could pass on his powers to his disciple; With the Cosmic Balance restored he was able to shatter the spell that bound him; In his Himalayan retreat Strange and the Ancient One discover that Victoria Bentley is a prisoner in the Dimension of Dreams; Using a mystic gem and with his mentor to mentally guide him Strange travels to Victoria. Ad for Not Brand Echh and Daredevil. Statement of ownership--average print run 428.603; average paid circulation 241,561. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.